Life, 1899-03-02 · page 19 of 20
Life — March 2, 1899 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page mixes editorial content with advertisements. The main cartoon (top) is a French satire from *Le Rire* magazine, captioned "Come now, gentlemen, one more small round of applause for the amateur." It depicts a rotund, muscular man performing or posing before an audience of well-dressed spectators, apparently mocking either amateur athletic competition or vaudeville-style performance. The joke likely satirizes the pretensions of amateur "strongmen" or performers seeking approval from crowds. The rest of the page advertises two products: Bound Volume XXXII of *Life* magazine itself (priced at $4.00, or $2.00 if exchanging previous issues), and the 23rd Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show held in New York City. The page is primarily **commercial**, using the cartoon as decorative filler to attract readers to these advertisements rather than making a political point.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
e % a 2 « aH “ VOYONS, MESSIETRS, ENCORE UN PETIT BRAVO POUR L'AMATECR."—Le Rire, “Bounp wort XXXII. é OF ‘i LIFE READY FOR DELIVERY FEBRUARY oth. Five hundred and sixty pages of text and illustrations, Hand- somely bound in green and gold, red and gold, or full black. $ cn Price, $4.00. The bound volume of LIFE is an ornament to any library. If you have the numbers comprising this volume, we will exchange them for the bound volume for $2.00. aie ‘Publishing Company, 19 West 3lst St.,N. Y. ERE E REE RRR ER 23d Annual Dog Show... WESTMINSTER <S___KENNEL CLUB. wm Square Garden, New York City, on Th erence for the dog of 1899, and will be sent to any address on recelpt of S0centa, Address, LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 19 & a1 West 31st Street, New York City