Life, 1899-08-03 · page 19 of 20
Life — August 3, 1899 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top cartoon depicts the Christian Last Judgment—angels, demons, and souls ascending or descending. The joke turns on two New Yorkers discussing whether they've seen "Quicky" (likely a person's name). One says he went to Philadelphia last night and won't return for "three or four days"—implying that even on Judgment Day, a trip to Philadelphia takes several days to recover from. This is urban humor mocking Philadelphia as tediously distant or unpleasant compared to New York. The page is primarily advertising: The Travelers Insurance Company (Hartford), Kremette ice cream dressing, and Old Crow whiskey dominate the layout. A second cartoon below shows a doctor observing patients, with text praising "Hebrew variety" as uniquely obedient—a crude ethnic stereotype presented as scientific observation.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
[NSURE ww... THE TRAVELERS, OF HARTFORD, CONN. OLDEST, LARGEST, Life,.... Endowment, and Accident Insurance, OF ALL FORMS. a Health Policies. Indemnity for Disability caused by Sickness. and BEST. THE JUDGMENT DAY. First New Yorker: 1 HAVEN'T SEEN QUICKLY YET, HAVE YOU? “NO; NOR YOU WON'T LMIMEDIATELY. HE WENT TO PHILADELPHIA LAST MIGHT, AND 1 DON? SUPPOSE WE'LL iability I aur sn00r 1 OR THREE On POUR DAYS.” Liability Insurance. Manufacturers and Mechanics, Con- tractors, and Owners of Buildings, Horses, and Vehicles. can all be pro- tected by policies in THe TRAVELERS 5 AND PALATABLE ADDITION InsuRANCE CoMPANy. 5 To Vanitia Ice CREAM ASK Your w For a KREMETTE PUNCH wn»icn 15 at VanoinG KREMETTE ToVANILLA Ice CREA SS. KREMETTE 1s soo Byars &BRO. ASSETS, . . $25,315,442.46 eouDen Liabilities, . . 21,209,625.36 EXCESS, . . 4,105,817.10 wt J. G. BATTERSON, President. S. C. DUNHAM, Vice-Pres‘dent. JOHN E. MORRIS, Secretary. H. J. MESSENGER, Actuary. No Other Brand cf Whiskey ° Advertised can claim to be really Old-fashioned, Hand-made Sour Mash Whiskey, and none other can be as good as made by the sctentific James Crow formula from “that fine spring of water.” We Assure you that no other costs as much to make: that we bottle and sell Old Crow Rye in its purity, and that we make bo misstatements about our goods, “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN OBSERVING TH® CHARACTER AND ABITS OP THE HUMAN ANIMAL, I H. B. KIRK & CO. FIND THAT THE HEBREW VARIETY 13 THE ONLY ONE WHICH 13 NOT TREACUEKOUS AND DIFFICULT . ‘ To Tame.” New York, Solo Bottliers. comicbooks.com