Life, 1902-09-11 · page 20 of 22
Life — September 11, 1902 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with one cartoon at top center. The cartoon, captioned "Near King's Cross," depicts a well-dressed gentleman asking two working-class boys what they do when not in school. They respond they work to support themselves, "picking up things and selling 'em." The satire comments on **child labor and street vending** in Edwardian England—a common social problem where poor children supplemented family income by scavenging and reselling items. The humor is grim: the gentleman seems naively surprised that boys work for survival rather than attending school. The cartoon critiques both class inequality and the acceptability of child labor among the comfortable classes. The advertisements surrounding it (Eden cigars, Woodbury's Facial Soap, Williams Shaving Stick, Veeder Odometer, Abbott's Bitters) are period luxury goods marketed to affluent readers—the very audience the cartoon implicitly satirizes for their obliviousness to working-class hardship.
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The select brand of Imported Cigar favored by American men of fashion and by English aristocracy. GOLD MEDAL. PARIS, 1900, The uniform excellence of our cigars earned for us the distinction of being pppoe to make the cigars for the Official and Royal Banquets at the Coronation of His Majesty King Edward VII. of Great Britain, CALIXTO LOPEZ & CO. 177 Pearl Street, New York, and Zulucta St, Havana, Mado by Americans for America and excells all of the foreign makes. Naturally fermented In the bottles and absolutely pure. n't hold your own in the race of life nor take pleasure ir i exercise if your feet pain Woodbury’s Facial Soap for tired fey an soap for a foot tub, dealers, arse NEAR KING'S CROSS. Old Gentleman: AND WHAT DO YOU YOUNG MEN DO WHEN YOU'RE NOT AT SCHOOL? Small Hoy: OW WORK—WORK POR OUK LIVING. PICK UP THINGS AND 8ELI. “RM. Moonshine. LIAM) Se , The Acme of Luxury ee Cents, of all Druggists The J. B. WILLIAMS CO., Glastonbury, Ct. ‘Price, Twents Dassoen SYDNEY LOMDOM PARIS. It While You Ride. Requires no attention there telly exactly how far you bave tay. cled. ‘The pleasure this gives cannot be de- ecribed—it has to be experienced, Made for all standard wheel sizes for Automobiles aud Horse-drawn Veb' Send for book of ask your dealer. Leadin mobile Makers fitthe Veeder Odumeter Pree when you purchase. Veeder Mfg. Co,,7 Sargent St., Hartford, Coaa. ‘Makers of Odometers. Cyclometers, Counters, Fine Castings ABBOTTS orvcinat BITTERS comicbooks.com