Life, 1898-06-23 · page 17 of 20
Life — June 23, 1898 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is **primarily an advertising page**, not a satirical cartoon page. It contains early 20th-century product advertisements with minimal social commentary. ## Key Advertisements: **Sozodont** (teeth/breath product) and **Crescent Bicycles** dominate the upper portion—representing consumer goods marketed to middle-class Americans. **Eau de Cologne** by Mühlens & Kropff emphasizes Old World refinement ("used by persons of refinement" for "three-quarters of a Century"), appealing to aspirational consumers. **Club Cocktails** advertisement features a Victorian-era illustration of gentlemen, marketing cocktails as sophisticated "fashionable drink[s]" for "good livers." **Williams Shaving Soaps** advertises quality grooming products. The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture: bicycles as leisure technology, imported European perfumes as status symbols, and cocktails as markers of refined living. There is **no obvious political satire**—this is straightforward commercial messaging targeting affluent, genteel audiences.
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STANDARD PRICES A rrnebeenn BICY S mC ex ex SOLD BY AGENTS A Sample Phial for the postage. three cents. if you mention this publication. EVERYWHERE Address, P, O. Box 247, New York City. errr mmm tae Give rare cycling pleasure. Crescent Tandems double it, adding companion- ship, dividing work” + > eee CRESCENT TANDEMS Are properly built in every way. Strong, is rigid, reliable. And the price—an hon estone = eo ee uaa ™ $75. CRESCENTS are the most popular bicycles made. “ Art Catalogue, with “ Care of the Wheel,” FREE. WESTERN WHEEL WORKS - é Cnicaco Makers NEw YoRK The most pungent, exhilarating and refreshing Perfume. ‘is R | i R Used by persons of refinement. .Imported into America peeess 4 Y . é z > | mis for three-quarters of a Century. Be sure to get ‘* No. as 4711,” which is the standard in all civilized countries. MULHENS & KROPFF, N. Y., U. S. AGENTS. What Is It? _ cv Why, the most delicious and exquisite Natural Champagne Fermented in the bottle. Excels in health- giving properties. Ask your dealer for it, or address q The New Hammondsport Wine Co. Key Hammondsport, N. Y. erat . Tomore thoroughly introduce our productions, we will deliver al i ky Mountains hav- anypointin the United States east of te eee potties jee! Iron and Wine, and »s of assorted Still Wines, famous for the wheat Club Cocktails ? Peue LATHER “A MODERN ECSTASY” is a Shakespearian definition for a ‘*Cock- i s t tail.” “Kings it makes gods, and - \ 7 meaner creatures kings,” vOR ' Wherever good livers are found, . wherever convivality exists, even to the } most remote corners of the earth, the = “CLUB COCKTAIL” reigns supreme 7 : >. asa fashionable drink. a 1 The “CLUB COCKTAILS” never reencse Wit LTA MS* are kept six months before being drawn. aero that are served over the S H AV I N G bar do not contain these indispensable qualities. Seven varieties : Manhattan, Martini, _ —_ Rf Vermouth, Holland Gin, York, ‘Tom Sensios Yookes Sharton sea J ne oes : Gin, Whiskey. Kanury Shaniog Yates 23 ct ani ; For sale by all first-class dealers. sity Crea ene eet a iams* ‘Shay Je 7 wil E ing Soap (Darbers’). 6 Round Cakes, G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sole Proprietors, NINE 4. 8. WLLIAMS Cov, Glastonbury: Conn Hartford, Conn. London. * LOMO col ser init eerie