Life, 1899-10-19 · page 20 of 20
Life — October 19, 1899 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements with one cartoon**. The cartoon, titled "Advanced Economy," satirizes penny-pinching landlords. A boarding house keeper instructs a new servant (Matilda) to go up and down stairs two steps at a time to save wear on the carpets. The joke is absurd: the servant's footfalls would cause *more* damage, not less. The satire mocks how miserly boarding house operators pursued false economies—prioritizing carpet preservation over logical sense or worker efficiency. The surrounding advertisements showcase typical early-1900s products: Whitman's chocolate, Kremette punch flavoring, "don't sew on buttons" fasteners, Lea & Perrins sauce, Dixon's pencils, and wool soap. These ads reveal consumer goods and domestic concerns of the era, including labor-saving devices for middle-class households.
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ADVANCED ECONOMY. Boarding House Keeper (to new servant): 1 WIS YOU WOULD GO CP AND DOWN STAIRS TWO AT A TIME, MATILDA; IT WOULD SAVE MY CARPETS 80 MUCHL—Fun, Candy connoisseurs hold up Chocolates and Confections as the highest standard of candy excellence, Sold everywhere, Whitman's Instantancous Chocolate Is perfect In flavor and quality, delicious am healthful, Made instantly with’ boiling water, Stepbea ¥. Whitman & Son, 1910 Chestest Street, HAVE YOU TRIED “Kremette”? All lovers of good living will find in. this article a ds ion to theie dinner oF evening le * KREMETTE," added to a a ice cream, will give you the successor ETTE PUNCH.” “Kremette Punch" i hotels and summer reso desserts, If you Your xuests with + ow used in all the leading ay the latest creation in fancy want something distinctly new, serve Kremette Punch. FOR SALE BY ALL GROCERS. Cc. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sore Propnicrons. HARTFORD, Conn, NEW YORK, N. Y. | DON’T SEW ON BUTTONS. | Bachelor's ~ 5 y Famovers ity. ue lever — ney bold ike yin d ly released ‘when desired, By mail, 10 jearh. Illustrated catalogue.ehowing collar battons an’ other useful nov- Cities made with these fasteners, free on request. American Ring Co. P.0.Box PRESS OF THEY. w. 6O0UPS OFTEN LACK RICHNESS AND A DELICACY OF FLAVOR. AFAULT EASILY REMEDIED BY USING LEA PERRINS SAUCE THE ORIOINAL AND GENUINE WORCESTERSHIRE: {thas more Imitations than any other brand ever produced. 700 kinds—z0,000,000 made yearly. DIXON’S AMERICAN CRAPHITE PENCILS JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE CO., Jersey City, N. J |For Toilet! ;and Bath: comicbooks.com