Life, 1900-05-03 · page 19 of 20
Life — May 3, 1900 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements interspersed with one cartoon joke**. The main cartoon depicts a choir rehearsal where the conductor scolds "Jones" for blowing his nose in the "wrong key" (K flat instead of F). The humor is a pun: it treats a mundane, involuntary bodily function as if it were a musical performance requiring pitch-perfect execution. This is absurdist comedy typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines. The page otherwise features ads for insurance (The Travelers Insurance Company), golf equipment (B.G.I. Golf Clubs), garters, cigarettes (Nestor), and whiskey (Old Overholt). These advertisements suggest the magazine's affluent male readership—the products target businessmen, sportsmen, and gentlemen of leisure. No clear political satire appears on this page; it's primarily entertainment and commercial content.
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Choir Master; LOOK BERR, JONES! 1 CAN'T HAVE YOU BLOWING YOUR NOSE IN K FLAT, WHILE WE ARE SINGING IN PI —Moonshine, | “The mildness of sweetness, , a quality their exclusive own.’ INSURE . Oldest, Largest, | THE “He TRAVELERS OF HARTFORD, CONN. Mite Endowment ana Accident Insurance, OF ALL FORMS. HEALTH POLICIES... INDEMNITY FOR DISABILITY CAUSED BY SICKNESS. LIABILITY INSURANCE ... Manufacturers and Mechinics, Contractors and Owners of Buildings, Horses, and Vehicles, can all be protected by policies in THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY. Tatap Cash Capital, $1,000,000.00 | Liabilities, . . . §$28,780,827.64 27,760,511.56 | EXCRSS, 34% basis, 4.020 688.95 Returned to Polley Holders, . $39,784,920.89 J. G. BATTERSON, President. S.C. DUNHAM, Vice-President. H. J. MESSENGER, Actuary. IN E. MORRIS, Secretary. E. V. PRESTON, Sup’t of Agencies. and Best. PR IMPLEMENTT CO. GOLF CLUBS & everything for Golfers -G.L GOODS ARE STANDARD Were for a Catalogue cont taining “RULES OP GOLP™ as adopted the U, S. Golf Association, Feb. 21 “Elementary Instruction to never by Joun D. DUNN, also Golf dar, re, TS RETAIL AGENCIES BW YORK | BOSTON PHILADELPHIA! 1313 Broadway 408 Washington Se. 1028 Chestnut Se. The Improved BOSTON |GARTER The Standard for Gentlemen Lies flat to the leg—never Slips, Tears nor Unfastens, BOLD EVERYWHERE. Why Take Chances When you can be sure of it? OLD OVERHOLT direct from the ben rel at the distillery A, OvEernott * Co... PITTSBURG, Pa.