Life, 1898-05-12 · page 19 of 20
Life — May 12, 1898 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** interspersed with two cartoons. The **top cartoons** (credited to B. Raster, from "Le Rire," a French publication) appear to be humorous domestic scenes. The French caption translates roughly to "Oh! My God, are you ill, Francisque? You look haggard!" The joke seems to involve a wife's exasperated reaction to her husband's appearance or behavior—likely satirizing marriage or male vanity, though the specific reference is unclear to modern readers. The page otherwise showcases **turn-of-the-century American advertising**: locomotive services, English tobacco products, industrial engines, suspenders, medicinal products (for dyspepsia/constipation), and cycle headlamps. The ads reflect common health concerns and commercial priorities of the era. One notable advertisement features a **map of the U.S.** promoting Endwell Braces, suggesting widespread national distribution was a selling point. The page represents Life's mixed editorial-advertising format typical of early 20th-century American magazines.
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OW | MCN DIEU, SERAIS-TU MALADE, FRANCISQUE ? COMME TC AS LES YEUX HAGARDS ! Dessin de B. Raster. —Le Rare, "CHICAGO MILWAUKEE= ST.PAUL RAILWAY Those Fine English Tobaccos siras'< Westward Ho rot op ty WD. & H. 2: Ned ee of Bristo! a Three Castles Gold Flake,ete. LINE BENG INES NO FIRE NO SMOKE | NO SMELL | e ) No Government NO HEAT eaneir : Inspection WAT as No Explosions No Danger The most EFFICIENT and RELIABLE MOTOR MADE. ABSOLUTELY SAFE EASY TO RUN. STARTS AT ONCE. ECONUMICAL. COMPACT. DURABLE. 2 to 50 Horse Power, Send for our catalogue of Launches and Engines, containing testimonials from those who are using them. Pennsylvania Iron Works Co., 50th Street and Lancaster Avenue, Phile., Pa. NEW YORK OFFICE, G21 Broadway. i are attaching gentlemen to their trousers, with elegance and ease. WON-ELASTIC, YET PERFECTLY ELASTIC. A Paradox? Just Investigate the ‘graduated’ cord ends, Ask yourfurnisher forthe “ Endwell,” or send 50c. for a sample pair postpaid. Cheaper model, ‘the C. forasc, Scarf fastener free, for: ourfur- niheranamelthe doesnot keep 'Eodwaltiraeese™ CHESTER SUSPENDER CO, 3 Decatur Ave., Roxbury Crossing, Mass. DYSPEPSIA “Kor etx years 1 wan a victim of dyes epaia in its worst form. I could eat nothin, bse milk toast, and at times my stomach would pot retain and digest even that’ Last March I began taking CASCARETS and since then! have steadily improv until lam as well as I ever was in my life. Davip H. Murray, Newark, O. TRADE MARK REOISTERED Pleasant, Palatable, Potent. Taste Good. Do Good. Never Sicken, Weaken. oF Gripe. lOc. 25. S00. CURE CONSTIPATION. sterling Remedy Company, Chlengs, Montreal, Kew York. SI NO-TO-BAG gu wraiewnetee tee