Life, 1902-05-22 · page 21 of 22
Life — May 22, 1902 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with one cartoon and extensive product ads typical of early 1900s publications. ## The Cartoon: "Mistaken Identity" The single cartoon depicts a confusion between a man and a monkey. **Professor Darwin de Simian** (a pun on Charles Darwin) addresses a young girl, believing her to be someone he knew from a zoo or animal setting. The girl's mother then appears, revealing the absurd mix-up. **The satire:** This is a lighthearted jab at Darwinian evolution theory—specifically, the common public misconception (and anti-evolution argument) that Darwin's theory claimed humans descended directly from apes. The joke plays on this anxiety by literally confusing a child with a monkey's offspring, mocking both the theory's popular misunderstanding and those who rejected it as absurd. ## Advertisements The page features numerous period products: bicycles, railroad tours, soap, firearms, banking services, bitters, and shoe products—representing typical early-1900s consumer goods marketed through satirical magazines.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
For Health, Pleasure and Business, Ride Healthful exercise putsa man on good terms with himself. Followed by a brisk dath he feels—and looks—as if he had ‘& new lease on life. Woodbury’s Facial Soap tones up the mus- cles, prevents sore ness, Gets at tho res,does awaywith Popurtties brought out by exercise, p] leaves skin smooth as baby's cheek. Soothing—healing— B] delightful, it ts es- f| sentially a skin soap, Ronder ie SAG: es postage. Dept. 35 pm ; : “LZ The Andrew o = 2 i Jergens Co. ZZ ™ Sole Agents, Cincinnati, Q MISTAKEN IDENTITY, be CYCLES mane. Professor Darwin de Simian: WELL, MY LITTLE GIRL, DO oe YOU REMEMBER MET For Sale by all Dealers Elsie; OW YES, WASN'T IT JOLLY? AND YOU TRIED TO PULL AMERICAN CYCLE MFO. CO. MUMMY'S BONNET THROUGH TUX BARS, AND [ GAVE YOU Kew voRK GricA00 SAN FRANCISCO SUCH A NICK BCN ON THE END OF A STICK AND ALL YOUR BRUVVERS WANTED TO GET IT AWAY FROM YOU AND— Low-Rate Tour to the Yellowstone (Here Mummy comes into the plot and stays further dts- Park via Pennsylvania Railroad. donanea) ~ifoonshine. for incrowing Baila, On account of the Annual Convention of the 4 We'hars corer soo teccimonlate, ACY National Educational Association at Minneapolis, HR TOUR. Sold ty all Drogatete and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will run a tations Boot by mail tories. 1e starepe. personally-conducted tour to Minneapolis and FRE TRIAL PACKAGE the Yellowstone Park, leaving New York July een by mall, 6. and, returning, arriving New York July 20. Round-trip tickets, covering all necessary ex- All the latest improve- peases for the entire trip, will be eold at rate ments, $4.50. Hammer- of $150 from all points on the Pennsylvania Rail- less, $5.50. Fullydescribed, rai east of Pitsburg, Rate from Pitsburg #5| {3.275 ou eles makes fn aos less. A special train of Pullman dining, sleeping, We sell our Revolvers by mail when dealers Semperement, and Sbeerration cars will be used. Cannot supply you. Ask your dealer first, please. "for tfocrares god other information apply to| J HARRINGTON @ RICHARDSON . ticket agents, Tourist Agent, 1196 Broadway, se bee & WSeceeter: Meee: New York, or George W. Boyd, Assistant General 1324 Passenger Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad Com- A.D. pany, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. R e@ dm on d Laeue Focsiga : ANGOSTURA : — 9 = - Travelers’ Guerin < BITTERS In Sterling, BANKERS, Francs, Marks . . or Dollars, Fe w 41 WALL ST. N. ¥. dayable taal 2 ‘ dad BW! Transact a General parts of the Banking Business. world, q 22 GOLD MEDAL’ Chicago Office, 232 La Salle Street. SBRYR| cone B62 | Lonoon Philadetphia, Graham, Kerr & Co. : u BUFFALO. 1873} paris { Ne pe * na 1 ROBON The Only Genuine the Enamel of Agate Nickel- A unique and limited competi- _Steel_ Ware. tion for a prize gf $100 will The BLUE LABEL presently be open to persons ential Rite” CSSre ted who can testify that they used ieee, PROVES IT. Angostura Bitters before the You run no risk when you buy ot ; era year 1870. a Skirt Binding with trade-mark Astie Nickel Steal Ware te roid Address J. W. WUPPERMANN, S.H. & M. on the back, It means tla Weaefurnishing broren NEW YORK, N. Y. Style and Quality. Tite York festom Chane comicbooks.com