Life, 1900-08-16 · page 20 of 20
Life — August 16, 1900 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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**Main Cartoon:** The sketch titled "Were They Playing Hamlet?" depicts a shopkeeper and a lodging-house proprietor. Mrs. Todgers asks for eggs for her lodgers "the actors," while the shopkeeper asks whether she needs them "for cooking or preservation purposes." The joke plays on the apparent poor quality or preservation state of theatrical boarding-house fare—suggesting eggs might need to be preserved rather than freshly cooked. This mocks both struggling actors' living conditions and the quality of cheap lodging-house food in Edwardian London. **Page Content:** Predominantly advertisements for alcohol (Martell brandy, Old Crow rye whiskey) and beverages, with smaller ads for Lea & Perrins sauce and tooth powder. The layout is typical of Life's satirical format mixing humor with commercial content. The cartoonist is credited as "Moonshine" (a pseudonym for the artist).
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Angust 16, 1900, A Cooling, Refreshing, Exhilerating’ You do not know just what it Is, if you never drank a White Rock Lemonade. Lemons and sugar with water which has‘‘the vim and life without the bite,”” make a sur- prising combination. White Rock mixes perfectly with all beverages, WHITE ROCK MINERAL SPRING COMPANY, ‘Waukesha, Wis. “‘h Genuine Old Brandy made from Wine.” — Medi Press (London), Aug, 1899, A MARTELL’S : 2 THREE STAR Mrs, Todgers: 1 WANT soMR EG08 YOR MY LoDOERS THE ACTORS. The Shopkeeper : YOR COOKING OR PRESENTATION PURPOSES, MUM? Moonshine, | AT ALL BARS AND RESTAURANTS. It is “Our Plain Duty” to advise you to buy straight = Hand-made, Sour-mash UGE Whiskey, ™he origina srsire> he & Genuine worcester) ; Makes all Chafing-dish cookery palatable 2 Old and digestible.— Gives a delicate flavor to j Welsh Farebits, Lobster Newburgh, Oysters. etc. ice row en rey Rye because it's not only reliable, ‘ Gf but is the best for you, as are LIFE. Vol. 35 now ready. Bound in Maroon and Gold, § all straight Bateles ar toon Green and Gold, Full Black. PRICE, $4.00. and drink. If Copies are returned an allowance of $2.00 is made. H. B. KIRK & Co., Sole Bottlers, NY. The Refined MILLION use LISTERATED TOOTH POWDER, 2% ————————— PRESS OF THE J. W. PRATT CO., NEW YORK.