Life, 1902-02-06 · page 17 of 20
Life — February 6, 1902 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and travel notices** from 1902, with one small political cartoon. ## The Cartoon The "President Suspender" cartoon shows a suspender (braces) device labeled as "not an ordinary suspender" — this is **satirizing President Theodore Roosevelt** as a mechanical device. The joke appears to mock Roosevelt as being artificially "constructed" or artificially holding things together, rather than a natural leader. Given Roosevelt's relatively recent accession to the presidency (after McKinley's 1901 assassination), the satire likely questions his legitimacy or suggests he's a manufactured political solution rather than an organic choice. ## Advertisements The page features luxury travel cruises (Black Sea steamship), banking services (Guaranty Trust), railroad tours, and whiskey. These ads target wealthy readers — the audience Life assumed could afford expensive vacations and financial services. The sidebar promoting "Endowment Policy" insurance speaks to Life's satirical point: wealthy men who spend lavishly on luxuries could afford life insurance to protect their families.
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DELIGHTFUL ? N°. an ordinary suspender 0 MATER CRUISE ow | entation PS S| PRESIDENT “ PRINZESSIN a SUSPENDER VICTORIA LUISE” Rasa prisclote of!is own, Refase tml. Leaving New York March 12, 1902 wa A most delightful and Interesting cruise, enabling tourists to visit points in the Black Sea Region and the Caucasus which could hitherto only be visited by long and tedious trips overland. The * Prinzessin Victoria Luise * 18, in every detail, the most perfect crulsing cratt afloat. ————— ITINERARY :—FROM NEW YORK TO L (Madelra): GIBRALTAR, MT HULEPRANCIE (ice Monte Carian PALERMO, CONSTANTINOPLE ZOND (Avia Minor), BATUUM (Tidis , SEBASTOPOL, BALACLAVA (Batu deldaat tho Crescan Wary YALTA {Litadia’ Oflagda), ODESSA (itussia), ATHENS, NAPLES (Vesuvius, Rome, Pompell, Sorrento, Capri), ALGIERS, LIBSON (Cintra, Cascaes), SOUTHAMPTON (London), and HAMBURG; thence by any of the Com- pany’s Express Steamers to x V YORK. Total Duration About 67 Days For further information, rates, ete., apply to Dept. 8) of the MBURG-AMERICAN LINE 35-37 Broadway, New Yo 70 State Street, Boston 1229 Walnut Street, Phitedelphla 105 North Broadway, St. Louis 159 Randolph Street, Chicago 401 California Street, San Francisco a Friend. Guaranty Trust Co. of New York vats \thletic Gat NASSAU, CORNER CEDAR STREET. vote . d. mobile ts LONDON OFFICES 33 LOMBARD ST., E. C. 60 ST. JAMES ST., 8. W. beer Capital $2,000,000. Surplus $4,500,000. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS subject to cheque or on certificate. Acts as Trustee for Corporations, Firms & Individu: and as Guardian, Executor & Administrator; ‘Takes entire charge of Real and Personal Estates; carefully selected securities offered for investment TRAVELERS’ LETTERS OF CREDIT available tn all parts of the world; ALSO COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT ISSUED, DRAFTS on all parts of Great Britain, France and Germany BOUGHT and SOLD. WALTER G. OAKMAN, President. ADRIAN ISELIN, JR., Vice-President. GEORGE Rk. TU! BULL, 2d Vice-President, HENRY A. MURRAY, 3d Vice-President. WM. C. EDWARDS, Treasurer, JOHN GAULT. Manager Foreign Department, Items such as the above E. C. HEBBARD, Secretary. F. C. HARRIMAN, Assistant Treasurer. é R. 0, NEWTON, Trust Onicer, can be seen in the papers DIRECTOKS: Samuel ). Babcock, Walter R. Gillette, Adrian Iselin, Jr, Alexander E. Orr, ily. Georne ¥. pater, ¢ & mare reo. Augustus D. Ju ‘idtiitare, Walter G: Cekman; almost daily Yet many ge S. Bowdoin, 2 jar man, irvie. jenr’ gers, Ft 4 August Belmont, R. Somers Hayea, Richard A, McCurdy, H. McK. ‘Twombly, such menin their pros- Frederic Cromwell, Charles R, Henderson, Levi P. Morton, Frederick W. Vanderbilt, London Committee Berry Payne Whitey. perous times could well ARTHUR J. FRASER, Chairman; LEVI P. MORTON, DONALD C, HALDEMAN. have afforded an Endow- A Thoroughbred. ENNSYLVANIA R. R. ment Policy, which not Personally-° , . 4 Made from the best grain, Conducted WOURS 1902, only protects the family Made from the best spring of water MEXICO and CALIFORNIA. if the assured dies, but in Kentucky, February 11 to March 27, 1902, 1 : e for Made by the James Crow Scientific |] rae coveriog every lem of neconaty egpene e575 aise helps a prow H Rate. covertog Tour ¢ se + Ww formula, California outs (eaves New York February 23).. 34% is own old age i! he Made by the HAND-MADE SOUR FLORIDA. lives. MASH process, February 4 and 18, March 4, 1902, Consequently it is a STRAIGHT Rate, from New Fe este see $50.00 For cost of an Endowment at your age Whiskey. January 30, February 20, March 6 and 25, April 13, cut out and mail coupon below. and May 1, 1902 THE EQUITABLE SOCIETY Rate, from New York... +++ 814.50 RT Dept. No, 27 O L D Cc R W OLD POINT COMFORT, O RICHMOND and WASHINGTON. 120 Broadway, New York February 1, March gase &, Be April 5 and 19, and Please send me information regard- Y E Rate, from New York.. ++ $34.00 R OLD POINT COMFORT ONL’ ing.an Endowment for's aia Rate, from New York... fo ++ $15.00 if issued to a man. years of age. is sold in its purity and fully guaranteed. AE, teinerares and (terme apply to Ticket Name ents, Tourist Agent roadway, N on aus GOLD MEDAL awarded Paris, 1900. faress GEO. W, BOYD, Ass't Gen'l Pass, age Pott a, J, B, HUTCHINSON, J. R, Woo, Address H.B.KIRK & CO., Sole Bottlers, N.Y. See ROAST ee) comicbooks.com