Life, 1901-12-19 · page 19 of 20
Life — December 19, 1901 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, typical of early 20th-century magazines. The single cartoon at top-left is French, showing a director and caricaturist in dialogue. The caricaturist argues that once his portrait appears in print, he'll no longer be unknown—a light joke about the power of published imagery to create fame. The rest consists of product advertisements: Club Cocktails (pre-mixed drinks for home delivery), Milo Cigarettes, Toledo bicycles, California train travel, Beeman's Pepsin Gum (marketed as digestive aid), Benedict Brothers jewelry, Ypsilanti underwear, and Thoroughbred Angora kittens. Notable to modern readers: the prominent alcohol advertising (pre-Prohibition era), health claims for gum and underwear, and the leisurely California tourism pitch emphasizing year-round sports. The French caption reflects Life's earlier sophistication and European cultural references.
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sh ease Other- jection ‘and it ceived, be con ny Tan- zn lan- ish. ¥ Die jecdote ublis will be igment t three | Le Directeur: comme Dessin DE PREMIERE PACE, Yous M'APTORTEZ VOTRE PonThalt; c'est DE L'APLOMB, POUR UN INCONNU. Le Caricaturiste: MAIS DU MOMENT QUE MON PORTRAIT PARAITRA, JE NE SEAL PLUS UN INCONNC. —Polichinelle, It is Summer all Winter in CALIFORNIA Golf, Tennis, Polo, Coaching, Riding, Driving, Fishing, Hunting, Boating, Bathing Every Day in the Year TAKE THE “SUNSET LIMITED” (Palatial Hotel on Wheels) Superb Equipment Fast Time Leave New York Tuespays, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS Apply to SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. 339 Broadway, or | Battery Place, New York CHEW BEEMAN’S THE ORIGINAL PEPSIN GUM Cares Indigestion ) and Sea-Sickness, AML Chora aco tmitatices. | Order some “lub Keocktails” Sent Home To-day. You will then have on your own sideboard a better cocktail then can be serv in the world, Ask your Whiskey, BENEDICT BROTHERS, ferent liquors, and all blends improve with age. The “Club Cocktatls” are made of the best of liquors; made by actual weight and measurement. No guesswork about them. breakfast which he =a Manhattan, M Holland ' in. Vermouth or nd’ then. surprise him with one at his dinner. For sale by all Fancy Grocersand Dealers. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO. 29 Broadway, N.Y. Martford, Conn. substantially husband. at prefers artini, JEWELERS. ey Fine Watches, Diamonds and Rich Jewelry. wt NAVE REMOVED TO THE Washingtcn Lif: Insurance Building, 141 BROADWAY, Corner cf Liberty Street, New York. TRY OUR PATENT COLLAR BUTTON YPSILANTI UNDERWEAR THAT TRADE MARK te Se ma Send WAY & TODD MFG. CO., the genuls jarments, all als. Sold by for handsome book! Union Suits and sizes---only best ressive dealers. let, FREE, Ypsilanti, Mich. capacity end mi to meet the demanca of the most exacting. PRICE $1100 American Bicycle Company Automobile Dept. Toledo, Ohio trains daily FASTEST TIME ACROSS THE CONTINENT. Tue OveRtann Ltaitep leaves Chicago 8.09 p. m, daily and arrives San Francisco thi Tim Paciric Ex- $ leaves Chicago 10.00 a. m. daily and arrives San Francisco 4.15 p. m. third day. ‘Tue CALIFORNIA EXPRESS leaves Chicago 11.30 p.m. daily and arrives San Francisco 8.2¢a.m. fourth day. Unrivaled scenery and most luxurious service via CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN, UNION PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAYS. All meals in dining cars. Best of every- thing. Personally conducted excursions every Tuesday and Thursday, All agents sell tickets via this route. THOROUGHBRED ANGORAS Kittens in all colors and ages; Partlcularis cholce for thet extra reeding: desirable pets baring charming dispositions ; playful ‘and fotelligent. Mlustrated cir- alars 10C., Box 2023, Boston, Mass. LS cl Walnut Ridge Farms,