Life, 1901-05-09 · page 19 of 20
Life — May 9, 1901 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** from an early 20th-century *Life* magazine, with one small cartoon. **The Cartoon ("Hardly, Sympathetic"):** A man in a hat confronts a woman, apparently about her husband's drunkenness. The caption quotes her saying he was so badly behaved she had to bail him out of jail, and jokes that he wants her to come retrieve him again—she responds incredulously that she doesn't have a "stomach pump" (implying he's a hopeless drunk). This is gentle domestic humor mocking both male alcoholism and female exasperation. **The Advertisements:** The bulk of the page sells luxury goods—Ramona and Athena sugar wafers, Ruinart champagne, Redfern corsets (women's undergarments), and a California train service. These ads reflect period concerns: refined table presentation, wine as sophistication, women's fashion/figure control, and leisure travel. The champagne ad even invokes Shakespeare to associate the product with culture and gentility.
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