Life, 1900-05-17 · page 20 of 20
Life — May 17, 1900 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**The Main Cartoon:** The single illustrated cartoon depicts two men in conversation—a well-dressed banker and a shabby music-hall performer. The joke relies on ironic role reversal: the banker boasts he hasn't visited a music hall in twenty years, while the performer sadly admits he hasn't worked in a bank for twenty years. The implication is that the entertainer has fallen into poverty and desperation, forced to take any available work (including banking), while the banker has abandoned lowbrow entertainment—suggesting class anxiety and economic displacement during uncertain times. **The Rest:** The page is primarily **advertisements** for luxury consumer goods: Evans' Ale, Martell's Brandy, Lea & Perrins Sauce, Feu de Cologne, Vigoral beef drink, and travel books. These ads suggest the magazine's affluent readership and the era's focus on refined leisure and consumption.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Affable Passenger : INDEED, AND YOU ARE A MUSIC-IALL ARTIST, TAM A BANKER, AND I, THINK IT 18 TWENTY YEARS SINCK 1 WAS IN A MUSIC TALL, Music-Hatt Artist (regre!fully) : AND VM CENTAIN, GUV'NOR, 118 TWENTY YEARS SINCE 1 WAS IN A BANK.—Moonshine, The Original a Genuine worcestershire Makes all Chafing-dish cookery palatable | ) and digestible.— Gives a delicate flavor to } Welsh rarebits, Lobster-Newburgh, Oysters.etc. * SIGNATURE Lo, on every bottle. HE standard of all Colognes for over 1 years. Used by the Royal and Imperial Families of Europe. An indispensable Tollet Accessory for all persons of refined taste, = Manufactured only by ; FERD. MULBENS, 4711 Glockengasse, Cologne °/R, 5 U.S, Agents: MULBENS & KROPFP, 3g-37 White ‘St, New York. The Gleam of the Sunbeams that ripened the bops; the merry laughter of the pickers; the songs of the visiting birds ; the murmuring music of the Summer winds playing amid the vines— Memortes of all are in each bottle of Evans’ Ale Good fellowship, too, and present pleasures, You don't have to ordcrdirect from the Brewery, any dealer will supply “you. ‘A Genuine Old Brandy made from Wins.” — Medical Press (London), Avg, 1m, MARTELL'’S THREE STAR BRANDY ‘Wo publish two books, The titles are Colorado California ‘Thero aro two kinds of books, One—tho cheap sort, exaggerated instatement, poorly done, given away by the thousand. ‘Tho other—of literary excellence, informative, beautifully tila trated, printed by experts oa fine paper; a work of art. Our books are of tho second kind, Cultivated people like them. Price 6c each; postage stamps ‘will do, ‘Witt yon send for themto FS, Evans, Ageste oneral Passenger Arent ©. B. &Q. Mt It, Chicago, ML = Fr zce™ 161 BROADWAY. 688 BROADWAY. A deliciously seasoned beef drink. Tones up a weak stomach- A satisfying substitute for stimulants Armour & Company Chicago. Served at all Cafes,Clubs 3 Soda Fountains PRESS OF THE J..We PRATT CO., NEW YORK. comicbooks.com