Life, 1902-08-21 · page 2 of 20
Life — August 21, 1902 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertisements** with minimal satirical content. The ads include: - Southern Pacific Company (steamship travel to California and Asia) - New England Belt Watches (sterling silver accessories for women) - Guaranty Trust Co. of New York (financial services) The only potentially satirical element is **"The Pines of Lory"** by J. A. Mitchell—a book advertisement featuring a cherub illustration. The tagline from *The Argonaut* describes it as "the delightful humor of the unconventional adventures of a most conventional young woman," suggesting gentle satire of social conventions, though the full context of the book's content remains unclear from this page alone. Overall, this appears to be a standard magazine page mixing commercial advertising with book promotion rather than primarily political or social satire.
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PACES OF THE 4 W. PRATT CO. NEW YORE, corrment rom eniTaim ey sauce nemoeneon UNDER THE ACT OF 1905 The Ideal Route... RS Gale ag OES CALIFORNIA é. ( Bett Watches Te MEXICO a One ‘a * ss T THE ORIENT =“ we make for SOUTHERN PACIFIC Seng iver roughow and every detail perfect C 0 M PA NY Soft Gray Finish FOR SALE BY ALL JEWELERS TO ALL PACIFIC COAST POINTS Send for our BELT BOOKLET We show NINE styles of these watches New England Watch Co. Steamers San Francisco to Hawaii, Japan, China and Manila $67 ROUND TRIP RATE NEW YORK TO CALIFORNIA Address for literature and information L. H. NUTTING, General Eastern Passenger Agent, NEW YORK CITY . — 37-39 Maiden Lane 819 BROADWAY, 1 BATTERY PLACE, NEW YORK, Peed c ae B. 0. McCORNICK, P. T. M., S. P. B. MORSE, A. P. T. M., BGO Tie 13t Wabash Ave San Francisco, Cal. Houston, Tex. ACTUAL SCE SAN FRANCISCO . Spreckels Building GUARANTY TRUST CO. OF NEW YORK Ghe MUTUAL LIFE BUILDING, NASSAU, CORNER CEDAR STREET. LONDON OFFICES 33 LOMBARD STREET, E. C. 60 ST. JAMES STRE! Pines of Lory Pac gn of ted serra Depository of the Government of the Philippine Islands, Menile By J. A. Mircnent. CAPITAL - - - - $2,000,000. SURPLUS 204 undivided Protits, $5,180,000. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS subject to cheque or on ceritex Acts aa Trustee for Corporations, Firms and Individuals: and as Guar. dian, Executor and 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 wor: COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT ISSUED, DRAFTS on all parts of Great Britain, Prance, Germany, China and Poilippot BOUGHT and SOLD. o ER G. OAKMAN, President. RIAN ISELIN, JR., Vice-President, “The delightful humor of x 1 TURNBULL. od Vice-President, NENIY URRAY, ad Vice-Presidect 1 al Wat, C. EDWARDS. Treasurer. JOHN GAULT. Manager Foreign Deparze ventional adven- \ 6. retary, CaF Assistant Treasarer. the ‘unconventional advee R. C. NEWTON, Trust Omticer tures of a most conventional DIRECTORS: yoman.” Samuel D. Babcock, E. H. Harriman, Levi P. Morton, young woman. George F. Baker. & Somers Hayes, Alexander E. Orr, George 8. Bowdotn, Charies R. Henderson, ‘alter G. Oakmaa, — The Argonaut, Augast Belmont Adrian Iselin. jr. Henry H. Rogers, Frederic Cromwell. Augasts D. Jatiltard, — H. McK. Twombiy. Walter R, Gillette, dames N. Jarvie, Frederick W. Vanderbilt, G. G. Haven, Richard A. McCurdy, Harry Payne Whitney. London Committee: ARTHUR J. FRASER, Chairman; DONALD C. HALDEMAS comicbooks.com