Life, 1899-10-26 · page 19 of 20
Life — October 26, 1899 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a two-panel cartoon about weight loss, plus period advertisements. **The Cartoon**: A woman visits a doctor claiming to want to lose weight. In the first panel, she's weighed on a scale. In the second, she's gained eleven pounds instead—shown here with the doctor and a small dog present. The joke satirizes the futility of weight-loss treatments: despite the doctor's intervention, the patient has actually gotten heavier. The caption credits "Journal Amusant," a French source, suggesting this was a reprinted international cartoon. **The Advertisements**: The page includes typical early-20th-century ads for: - Boston Garters (men's sock supporters) - The Club Cocktails (alcoholic beverages) - Vaupel's Uric Acid Cure (a patent medicine claiming to treat gout and rheumatism) The medical "cure" advertisement is particularly ironic appearing alongside a cartoon mocking ineffective treatments—both reflect an era when unregulated patent medicines made exaggerated health claims.
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Gentlemen. ALWAYS EASY. The Name “BOSTON GARTER” Is stamped BE on every loop. Lies flat to the leg —never slips, tears nor unfastens, very Pair Warranted. SOLD EVERYWHERE. Gample Petr, Bifk £0¢, Cotton "Ze. Malled oo receipt of price. MANHATTAN MartTINi. WHISKEY. HOLLAND GIN, Tom Gin, | Vermouth, AND York. ACockrait Must Be Coup To Be Goon; To Serve In Perrect Conoition. Pour Over Crackeo Ice. (Not Swaven) Stia Ano Strain OFF. Uric Acid Cure absolutely cures and prever.ts a return $ of Gout, Rheumatism, Lumbago, and all kindred diseases, It acts as a soothing laxative, dispel *s ling all poisonous matters caused by affection of the Uric Acid, and, unlike other so-called remedies, contains noth. §§ fs ing injurious, and if the direction which will be found with every package, are intelligently followed, permanent relief will be accorded. Price, $1.00 by Mall or of all Druggists. Prepared only by * The Vaupel Samaritan Co., 45 Sheriff St., “GRACIOUS! I HAVE GAINED ELEVEN POUNDS !"—Jourval Amusant,