Life, 1901-09-19 · page 19 of 20
Life — September 19, 1901 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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The main cartoon (top left) is a social satire titled "How Nice," depicting two women in conversation. The caption quotes a Moonshine joke: when asked if "the course of their true love run smooth" (a Shakespeare reference), one responds "Oh yes, there are banks on both sides." This is commentary on **marriage and money**: the joke implies that women's romantic choices are determined by financial security—the presence of "banks" (wealth) on both sides of the relationship. It satirizes the mercenary nature of upper-class courtship in the early 1900s, where matrimonial prospects were inseparable from economic status. The remainder of the page consists of **period advertisements** for Harper Rye whiskey, New York City corporate bonds, Ramona and Athena sugar wafers, Old Overholt whiskey, and a Life magazine binder—typical commercial content of the era, offering no additional satirical content.
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HOW NICE. “ DORS THR COURSE OP THEIR TRUE LOVE RUN SMOOTH?” “OM YES, THERE ARE BANKS ON BOTH StDRS."— Moonshine. A GENTLEMAN’S DRINK of international fame—‘'rich, rare and racy."’ If local dealers cannot supply it, write to the distillers, BERNHEIM BROS., Louisville, Ky. Proposals for $3,.000.000.00 34% Corporate Stock OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. Exempt ‘rom all Taxation in the State of New Yors, except for State Purposes, Prin:ipal and loterest Payable in Gold EXECUTORS, ADMINI 8, GUARDIANS, AND OTHERS HOLD ‘fT FUNDS SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECKIVED RY THE COMPTRE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, at his office, No. 280 Broadway, to Tho City of New York, wotll Monday, the 46th day of Szpt., 1904, at 2 orclock P. My for the whole or @ part of the fol lescribed Rex Stock of the CI pie ‘ Prine A A Deposit nae PE money vor certified check. 0 or State abapk in The CITY RECORD, Copies to he procured at No, 2 City Hall. a > For fuller Information ” ace BIRD S. COL THE CITY DEPARTMENT OF Comptroiier. COMPTROLLER'S the dinner without the dessert, Serve RAMONA and ATHENA Sugar Wafers New in Substance Form and Flavor NATIONAL eisculr COMPANY An old fashioned whiskey— Old Overholt Made just as it was a century ago— Bottled in bond. A. Overholt & Co. Pitsburg, Pe. CHEAP, STRONG AND DURABLE. We furnish these In black of red. to hold 26 num- bers, for $1.00, postage prepald, Life Publishing Company, 19 West Thirty-first St., New York.