Life, 1898-03-10 · page 2 of 20
Life — March 10, 1898 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising and business content** rather than political satire. The left column features "Verses" from Life Publishing Company—likely humorous poetry typical of Life magazine's satirical style, though the specific cartoon/verse content isn't clearly visible in this image. The bulk of the page contains ads for The Evening Post newspaper, Hotel Windsor in Atlantic City, and Arnold Constable & Co. clothing store. The lower half displays a financial statement for The Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New York, reporting 1897 income and assets—standard corporate disclosure advertising. **No clear political satire or recognizable caricatures are evident** on this page. It represents Life magazine functioning as both satirical publication and advertising vehicle, common for period magazines.
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LIFE: YOU CAN HAVE wooo | Oe Foening Post Sent to any address in the United States for 75 cents per month. Office, 206-210 Broadway, New York Che Florida of the North. << ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Men’s Wear, | 3'¢ Hours from New York. . . VERSES . + Vestibule Trains Daily. Worsted and Saxony Coatings. = THE HOTEL WINDSOR | “""2isce.s"" DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE CO. THE MOST MODERN HOTEL Covert Cloths and Venetians, ee’ ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. ‘OR the benefit of the readers of LIFE. Fancy Vestings. and oth copie, about one hundred of —_—_— he d ‘and most. cle adi’ Geet eae ile. poems printed in these pagextiavet Apartments en suite. Hot and Cold Sea Baths Attached. Special Designs for Golfers. Rue New York Sun saves tho verses, American and European Plans. Refines and Whipcords French Service in Cafe. Russian Orchestra. for Liveries. pst si] x ve that combina: tion of ne: delicate irony and playful 80 feet from Ocean. Turkish Room, humor oh stic of the brightest little Marine Room. Ship's Room Paper of its 5 4 fe > he price of the volume fs also attractive Colors. 75¢. club binding: $t.go full leather, Sun Balconies. Address . « Life Publishing Company $50 CASH PRIZE Broadway A 19th a be einen forthe bet cover. design for tuo ealors for tack =. ide of a series of Little Classics, size n 1 EW Ke 19 and 21 West Sist St, | or before Marehs ith next, Alt NEW oR NEW YORK CITY Yachting Cloths in Blue and ape. West Stet Street, New York City. ANNUAL STATEMENT Insurance Company of New York. HENRY B. STOKES, President. INCOME IN 1897. | DISBURSEMENTS IN 1897. Premiums . sees . $1,880,691 52 " Total payments to policy-holders... $1 Interest, rents, and other receipts. . Stl le Other disbursements. ...-........- Assets Dec. 31st, 1897, $15,143,941.27. LIABILITIES. Reserve on policies in force (N. Y. Standard 47) $15,425,931 00 All other liabilities ee 270,658 43—813,696,589 Surplus December 31, 1897, $1,447,351.84 Increase in Assets (over half million dollars) . $522,418.57 Increase in Surplus (over quarter million dollars). $266,769.65 GROSS PAYMENTS TO POLICY-HOLDERS OVER FORTY-TWO MILLION DOLLARS. COPYRIGMY FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAWES MEMOERSON