Life, 1897-05-20 · page 19 of 20
Life — May 20, 1897 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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The left side features a social cartoon depicting a formal gathering where a well-dressed woman addresses a doctor about an unseemly red-nosed man in attendance. The caption reveals the punchline: the doctor treated the man's condition—the implication being venereal disease or alcoholism (indicated by the red nose, a period stereotype). The satire mocks both the "respectable" social hypocrisy of Victorian society and the doctor's candid admission of treating such patients. The right side consists entirely of advertisements: Farina Cologne (warning against counterfeit versions), Waverley bicycles (boasting their popularity despite English prejudice), Indiana Bicycles, and Union Pacific's "Overland Limited" train service to California. The page reflects Gilded Age concerns: class anxiety, medical propriety, product authenticity, and emerging transportation technologies.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
GENUINE FARINA COLOGNE Inferior products and spurious imitations are vow being sold as“ Farina Cologne,” and so closely have the bottles and labels been cupied that even Cealers are deceived. The words, “gegenuber dem Julichs Z they constitute Schiefictin & Co., New York, Sole Agents. Since Waverleys were intro- duced into England last sum- mer no less than five makers have named a bicycle The Wa- verley, and two of them have adopted our style of trade-mark. Rather hard on us but signifi- cant.—No other American bi- cycle has gained so much respect against English prejudice, and all in a few months too, INDIANA BICYCLE CO., Indianapolis, Ind. Catalogue Free. “The Overland Limited” am" California. Runs on Time Only 4 Bays from Every Da: soyey New York City in the Send Stamp for Copy of ‘Sights and Scenes in California.’ Tickets via Union Pacific System can be ob- tained from all Ticket Agents ia the United States and Canada; and full information relative to this system will be cheerfully fur- nished upon application to R. TENBROECK, General Eastern Agent, 287 Broadway, New York City. E. DICKINSON, General Manager. o E. L. LOMAX, General Pass. aud Ticket Agent, She ¢ WUAT, DOCTOR, THAT HORRIBLE RED-NOSED CAD AN ACQUAINTANCE OF YOURS? ‘Omaha, Neb. “VES, 1 TREATED TIM.” “To wHaT ?" comicbooks.com