Life, 1900-04-05 · page 2 of 20
Life — April 5, 1900 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising and announcements**, not political satire. The top half contains two advertisements: Hollanders (a clothing retailer in New York and Boston) announcing spring/summer Paris gowns and suits, and Vigoral, a beef drink marketed as a stomach tonic. The bottom half announces the upcoming **Easter Number of Life magazine** (April 7th), priced at 25 cents. The illustration is a stylized profile sketch of a woman's head, typical of early 20th-century decorative art—not a caricature of any particular figure. The announcement lists artistic contributors (C.D. Gibson, Henry Hutt, others) and literary features including an Easter sermon and poems. This represents Life's positioning as a magazine combining humor, art, and literary content. There is **no political cartoon or satirical commentary** on this particular page.
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290 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 202 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON Announce the arrival of their Spring and Summer | Collection of Models in PARIS GOWNS WRAPS AND JACKETS comprising all the most exquisite creations designed for the coming season, SUIT DEPARTMENT Special attention is paid to the production of TAILORED GOWNS, MUSLIN, PIQUE and FOULARD |] A DELICIOUSCY SEASONED BEEF DRINK Dresses, FANCY SILK WAISTS, Silk, Swiss, TONES UPA WEAK STOMACH Embroidered and LINEN SHIRT WAISTS. All at moderate prices. SOLD BY DRUGCISTS & GROCERS ALSO === Armour & Company.Chi TRIMMED HATS, PARASOLS AND FANCY NECK WEAR. READY APRIL SEVENTH! EASTER NUMBER OF LIFE | FOR SALE ON ALL NEWS-STANDS. PRICE, 25 CENTS. LIFE’S Easter Number will be filled with good things Artistic and Literary. THE COVER will show an exceptionadly rich design by Abert D BLasuFiELp, printed in colors and gold. THE PICTURES. C. D. Ginson, who draws exclusively for LIFE, will have a double page drawing in this number. Beautiful full page half- tones by Henry Hutt, C. Attan Gitpert, T, K. Hanna, Jr, E. W. Kemstt, and many others. . LITERARY FEATURES, An Easter Sermon by Acnes REPPLIER A Satire by Mapetine Brinces, and Poems and Stories by THEoposi [/ PickerinG Garrison, Paut West, Tom Masson, and many others. : A “©The Easter Number is sent to all regular subscribers to LIFE without extra charge |) For sale by all book-sellers aad newsdealers, or sent on receipt of price by y lA LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 49 and 21 West Thirty-first Street, New York City. COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON UNDER THE ACT OF 1601. comicbooks.com