Life, 1896-06-25 · page 2 of 17
Life — June 25, 1896 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising rather than satirical content**. The main items are: 1. **Life's Comedy #2** — an advertised publication about "Sweethearts and Lovers" with 32 illustrated pages, priced 25 cents 2. **French Books** — a catalog listing various French titles at different price points (25¢ to 75¢) 3. **"Chip's Dogs"** — a humorous illustrated book featuring drawings by "Chip," a cartoonist known from Life magazine columns. The book costs $1.00 and shows a small dog in the illustration 4. **Product advertisements** for Hartford and Right brand tires, and Tiffany & Co. silverware The page functions as a **publisher's catalog and advertising section** rather than containing political satire. The only cartoon element is the small dog illustration advertising Chip's book collection.
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LIFE’S COMEDY. HE second number of Lire’s Comepy, devoted to SWEETHEARTS AND LOVERS On Sale at ALL NEWSDEALERS. THIRTY-TWO PAGES of beautifully printed illustrations on heavy calendered paper, with a specially decorated cover printed in colors. PRICE, 25 CENTS. Subscriptions, One Dollar a Year, Postage Paid. Drawings by Gibson, Wenzell, Van Schaick, Johnson, Sulli- vant, and others. MITCHELL & MILLER, PUBLISHERS, 19 & 21 West 3ist St., New York City. Rich Sites Patrons selecting hous hold articles for Weddin Presents will find in Ti fany & Co.’s stock co stant accessions of grac¢ I] LOW. WCCO Uv J Right cal res | LY stay Trine. No. 75 Hartford Single Tubes—the stand. ard racing tires, the kind Bald rode in 1695. FOR PLEASURE No. 80 Hartford Single-Tubes—the stand- ard fast road tires, delightful, buoyant, comfortable. =) wy Neen) ful new forms in fan Compact chests of Forks and Spoons in Tiffany & 7 Co.’s_ copyrighted pat Y Z FOR SECURITY No. 77 Hartford Single-Tubes—the stand- ard tires for those who are willing to sacti- fice a little speed for greater security from puncture. ‘The ideal tire for tandems, FOR ROUGH SERVICE No. 70 Hartford Single. Tubes—the stand ard tires for rocky, hilly country. Tne HantForp Rueber WorKs 7 HARTFORD, CONN, New york. AS. W«W«iéié«éiis«Ci a | terns at $1.10 per ounce Sets in combinations from 5} dozen to 44 dozen individual pieces and 77 serving pieces. <4 TirFANY & Co. UNION SQUARE NEW YORK RES FRENCH BOOKS| PAPER At Achard, Nelly. Balzac, La Cousine Bette. * Le Curé de Village. Chateaubriand, Atala. Dash, Comment Tombent Les Femmes. * Une Femme entre 2 Crimes. Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, 6 vols. “Les Deux Reines, 2 vols. Dumas Fils, La Dame aux Camélias, At Case, La Volonté du Bonheur. Illustr. Ohnet, La Filledu Depute. Prevost, La Marriage de Juliette. Ilustr. Les Trois Mousquetaires, 2 vols. | COVERS, 25 Cents a Vol. Girardin, La Croix de Berny. Karr, Genevieve. |‘ Voyage autour de mon Jardin. Méry, La Floride. Murger, Scénes de la vie de jeunesse. Riviere, La Marquise d'Argantine. Sand, Adriani. Souvestre, Pierre et Jean. . Souvenirs d'un Vieillard. SO Cents a Vol. Roujon, Miremonde. Theuriet, Annees de Printemps. At 7275 Cents a Vol. Bauer, Memoires d’un jeune homme. Bourget, Outre-Mer. 2 vols. Cadol, L’Archeduch Deschamps, Chemin Gyp, Autour du Mar «Le Bonheur de “ Leurs Ames. Hervieu, Le Petit Duc. restier, La jambe Coupée. Maurceley, Le Triomphe du Coeur, ant, Fort comme la Mort. Michelet, La Femme. Ohnet, La Dame en gris. L'Inutile Richesse. O'Monory, Histoires Tendres. aballe. Richepin, Mes paradis. Roux, Hugaule—O mon Passe. Schultz, Les Francailles de Gabrielle. De Tinseau, Dette Oubli¢e. ‘ Vers I'Ideal. De Turique, Madame et Monsieur. Vignow, Jeanne de Mauquet. Zola, Rome. (Catalogue Free}. BROAD HAY re P OLE Owss |POURTH AVE. NEW Succtssons roAT. Stewart & Co, BROADWAY PALIODS FOURTH AVE YORK. Le Propos de Mme. Mauch- A collection of humorous drawings by the famous “ CHIP,” elsewhere. so well known in the columns of Lire and Large Quarto 9% x 12, on plate paper, handsomely bound, Price, $1.00. For sale by all booksellers, or will be sent postpaid to any address on receipt of price by the publishers, R. H. Russell & Son, 33 Rose St., NEW YORK, COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENOEREON UNDER THE ACY OF 1001, comicbooks.com