Life, 1896-07-16 · page 4 of 20
Life — July 16, 1896 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The main content includes: 1. **Nubian Fast Black** - a cotton fabric advertisement emphasizing durability for dress linings 2. **The Club Cocktails** - an illustration showing men in what appears to be a social/drinking establishment, advertising various cocktail ingredients (Manhattan, Martini, Whiskey, etc.) 3. **Haviland China** - promoting authentic porcelain marked with specific maker's marks 4. **Secondary ads** - for bicycles (Messinger), revolvers (Smith & Wesson), and champagne (Gold Lack) The cocktail illustration reflects early 20th-century leisure culture and social drinking among gentlemen. There is **no apparent political cartoon or satire** on this page—it represents typical commercial content from Life magazine's advertising-heavy format during this era.
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Fast NUBIA Black \. Cotton Dress Linings—For Waist and Skirt, Will Not Crock. rs A is positively unchangeable and of superior quality. Nothing else so fully satisfies the highest requirements and yet the cost is moderate enough for any dress. . . . . . All Leading Look for this on DRY GOODS EVERY YARD Stores, of the Selvage. Baa For tha Yacht, Camping Party, Summer Hotel, _ Fishing "Party, Mountains, Seashore, or the Martini, Whiskey, Holland Gin, All ready for use, require no mixing. Connoisseurs agree that of two cocktails made of the same fons, the one bottled and aged must be the better. Try our York Cocktall—without any sweetening—dry and ‘or sale on the Dining and Buffet Cars of the principal railroads of the U. S., and alf druggists and dealers, AVOID IMITATIONS. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sole Props. 39 Broaoway, New York. Hartroro, CONN. 20 Piccapitty, W. LONDON, EN. Haviland China It is it. portant to buyers that they should be informed that the only ware that has always been known as Haviland China is marked under each piece: govilands Limoges . On Decorated China. Hace trance On White China, Qa “Twas traveling with P. T, Barnum once," g Mr. Stow, ‘long before the railroad shows in existence. We traveled by wagons froth toy to town in those days, halting on the outskins, the town to enable the show clothes and prepare for the parade. Weve to show in a small town in Pennsylvania, and |\, noticed that a bridge over which the wagons vaq) to pass was weak, I sent word to Mr. Barnus y| put the rhinoceros wagon at the rear, but he didte do so, and as it was in advance it broke the brit The show did not reach the town in time | make much of a parade. “That night Mr, Barnum was seated in thed lage hotel when an angry lot of people, who wm disappointed at the size of the parade, waited uz him and told him he was a fraud. * How so?’ said Barnum, “** Well,’ replied the spokesman for the cro “ you advertised two miles of parade, and there m only one.’ “* Yes,’ replied Mr. Barnum, ‘there was « mile of parade and another mile of d—d fools lowing it. That makes two miles, doesn’t it ?"* —Syracuse Courier A MOTHER was explaining toa diminutive venile the meaning of a picture representing number of martyrs who had been thrown to so hungry lions. She tried to impress his infant mind with terrors of the scene, and thought she had succea ed, when suddenly he exclaimed : “Oh, ma | just look at that poor little lion hind there! He won't get any.”—Answers. ISLITTLE peaiigh to pay when it assures you > health,comfart "S& and pleasure in | $350... CYCLING: ~ MESINGER HULBERT BROS & CO. MAJESTIC 26 WEST BICYCLES 23° ST. ing the REVOLVERS «=. and workmanship used in their manufacture are not reliable. The SMITH & WESSON REVOLVER is as carefully constructed as 8 high-class watch, every part being thoroughly tested before used. Send for handsome illoe trated catalogue telling you all about them. pens WESSON Oe eS eoeseooeseneneest Orrin DEUTZ & GELDERMANN, Ay, France Possessing to the fullest extent the fruity’ and delicate character peculiar to the wise of the famous AY district. Agent C. H. ARNOLD, 278, Wijllam St., N.Y. (i CON set wm