Life, 1896-03-26 · page 2 of 20
Life — March 26, 1896 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Content Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical cartoons. It contains: **Left side:** Life Publishing Co. advertises framed proofs of original drawings available for purchase ($2-$4), with artists listed as "Gibson, Wentzell, Van Schaick, Johnson, Sullivan, and others." **Right side:** Mitchell & Miller publishers promote Life's Comedy issue devoted to "The American Girl" (second edition, nearly exhausted), priced at 25 cents. **Bottom half:** Department store advertisements for Arnold Constable & Co. (ladies' furnishings), Halton, Hughes & Co. (sewing machines and bags), and Stern Bros. (Paris costumes and wraps). The illustrated figures are fashionable women in period dress, serving as decorative elements for the ads rather than satirical commentary. This appears to be a turn-of-the-century advertising section.
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LIFE Framed Proofs of Originals LIFE’S COMEDY. ROOFS of any of the original drawings from LIFE will be fur- nished, suitably and daintily framed, on application. drawings, portation, $2.00. Proofs without frames Make selections from files be promptly filled. Large double-page | including frame and trans- $4.00. Smaller drawings, at half the above prices. of LIFE and orders will | | | | | | tifully ) [HE first number of} Lire’s Comepy, devoted to THE AMERICAN GIRL, Second Edition Nearly Exhausted. It contains 32 pages of beau- — printed tllustrations on | heavy calendered paper, ‘with a specially decorated cover printed in colors. PRICE, 25 CENTS. Subscriptions One Dollar a Year. Postage Paid. Gibson, Wenzel, . Johnson, Sulli- vant, and others, "MITCHELL & MILLER, LIFE PUBLISHING CO. 19 and 21 West 31st St, LA DIES’ FURNISHINGS. Taffeta Silk Petticoats. | Fancy Trimmed Waists. Organdie, Batiste, Linon and Dotted Swiss Waists. Matinées, Dressing Sacques, Tea Gowns, Corsets. Ladies’ & Children's PARIS LINGERIE. ‘TROUSSEAUX. Proadoy Ao s9tb ot. NEW YORK. New York City. (BROADWAY +. ASO POURTH AVE. down at our doors—just where | olvenue and Fourth Avenue crowds Broadway. c handier ! Sewing Machines, $12.75 Do you know what it costs to make a high grade Sewing Machine ? Very likely not. The old-way dealers who charge $50 or $40 dgn't care to have you know what a big |share of the money goes for commissions and extras. Anyone can make high grade Sewing Machines. Almost every patent of any significance has expired. mainly a question of honest workmanship. We begin by choosing a machine that we know to be right and up-to-the-hour; we drop every cent of middlemen’s cost. We passthe Machines along to you just as we would pass a chair or table—with only the merest varnish of profit added. And so here are full-size, 3-drawer oak-finish Machines: ; nd at $18.75 Machines more handsomely cased and in every way as good for service and wear as can be made. ‘Sewing Machines are delivered free any- where east of the Rocky Mountains, Successors to AT. Stewart & Co, Soenef Cons OCe FROM ANYWHERE IN TOWN the way lo the store is easy. cable cars, horse cars—FIVE It is now} PUBLISHERS, 19 & 21 West 3ist St., New York City, GROADWAY ALORS FOURTH AYE Elevated trains, CENTS—and you are sel Third Avenue crowds Fourth What could | \Bags and Trunks. Choosing is at its easiest; stocks are at) their fullest, and prices are likely to be higher rather than lower. Genuine alligator leather-lined Club Bags, gilt trimming, Vienna handles, 10 to 14 in., $2.05. We believe these to be the best and cheapest Bags of the size in New York, Genuine alligator Club{Bags, with toilet fittings, ry and 15 in., $5.93 $7.50 kind. Russet leather Dress Suit with brass spring lock, $3.38. Solid leather Dress Suit Cases, steel frames, best brass lock, 22x24 in., $5.50. Duck covered, cloth lined Trunks, 2 trays, iron bottom with rollers, best brass ex- celsior locks, 32 in., $5.50; 34 in., $63 36 in., $6.g0- A full line of Trunks in all styles for women and men, and all of them where you can see sorts and sizes at a glance. Awnings and Shades. The sun will soon have everything sizzling and then everybody will be rushing for Awaings and Shades, Why not be a little ahead of the crowd? Better for us, better |for you. We make Store, Porch and Piazza Awn- ings a specialty—measured and put up just as you say—just as they ought to be. Win- dow Awnings, $3.50 and upward. Best materials, fit and workmanship guaranteed of course. COPYMONT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMED HENDEROON ses, 22x24 in.,| Stern Bro | are now exhibiting | Their First Spring Importations of Paris Costumes, | Walking Suits and Wraps | Also the Productions of Their Own Workrooms which they offer at ‘Very Attractive Pri West 23d SI cComicbooks.com