Life, 1898-03-03 · page 19 of 20
Life — March 3, 1898 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with one small cartoon at the top. The cartoon depicts a "nearsighted hunter who has forgotten his glasses"—a simple visual gag where the hunter appears to have mistaken rabbits (or similar small game) for larger prey, suggesting comical confusion due to poor vision. The humor relies on the absurdity of hunting without proper eyesight. The page otherwise features period advertisements for W.L. Douglas shoes, Elk razor strops, Pozzoni's complexion powder, Ely's cream balm (a nasal remedy), and the Burlington Route railroad. These ads reflect early 20th-century consumer products and services typical of American Life magazine. The cartoon's credit "Le Rire" indicates it was reprinted from a French satirical publication, suggesting Life regularly borrowed international humor for its American audience.
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Oe ASK YOUR DRUCCIST for a generous 10 CENT TRIAL SIZE. -sighted hunter who has forgotten his glasses: were, minor !—Le Rire. Iie tong-wearing qualities of the W. L. Douglas Shoes ere appreciated by over a million wearers. Itis the shoe for an economical man to purchase. We could not make these permanent customers unless our shoes are as good as we claim, = % ft fF Seeger Made in Box Calf, Russia Storm Calf, Black Vicl Kid (Kid Lined), French Enamel, Patent Calt, Cordovan, Call, etc. Austratina Kangaroo Tops and Fast-Color Hooks aad Eyelets Ety’s CREAM BALM age \ zontaina no cocaine, mercury nor an other in: Sold in our 54 stores in the large cities and by 5,000 partons, crag. Je Shere ot Giemation, -iieste dealers throughout the United States. NONE GenuINe / and Protects the Membrane. Iestores the Senses unless W. L. DOUGLAS Name and Price is stamped on “4 Of Taste end Smell, Ie quickly absorbed. oe bottom. If not convenient to dealers of our stores, whv not dette ee ‘A Trial Size 10 cts. at Droggists ts or by wall. try our Mail Order Department? We send shoes evervwhere on ELY BROTHERS 66 Warren Street, New York, receipt of price with 25 cents extra for carriage. State size and width wanted, we can fit vou. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. Catalogue Free. \ 3 lon Sececcccooccocsosccsooooocococoeoes | iar construction. Made of elk hide and tanned by epectal process, hones and strops at same time, gives CHICAGO or ST. LOUIS TO an {deal edge, keeps razors in condition all the time. SF cee. & | ST PAUL Sees ORHAN | MINNEAPOLIS _— >a 7 < .