Life, 1902-10-09 · page 21 of 22
Life — October 9, 1902 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertisements**, not satirical cartoons. It contains product promotions typical of early 20th-century magazines: **Notable ads include:** - **Chartreuse liqueur**: Marketed as a French digestif made by Carthusian monks, emphasizing its three-century tradition and refined taste - **Bicycle Playing Cards**: Promises quality cards for card players - **Cook's Imperial Champagne** and **Duminy Champagne**: French wine products - **S.H. & M. Velvet Braid Skirt Protector**: A practical garment accessory for women's drop skirts - **Gorham Silver Polish**: A convenience product in cake form - **Hillside Kennels**: Breeding Scotch Deerhounds The page reflects **consumer culture and luxury goods marketed to affluent readers**. There is no political satire or social commentary visible—it's straightforward product advertising emphasizing quality, European origins, and convenience for middle/upper-class households of the era.
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When you play with Bicycle Playing Cards you hold Good Cards. : | $ S )- | \ J L\ y Popular price. Sold by dealers. ; $ ¢ : } | $ 5 20 backs. Order by name of back. Design shown is ‘Rider’ back. The U. S. Playing Card Co. Cincinnati, U. S. A. Chartreuse —GREEN AND YELLOW— THE LATEST AND BEST BY THE CARTHUSIAN MONKS OF A featherweight binding adapted especially for the FRANCE, IT HAS COME FROM . drop skirt, More easily put on than any other THE RUGGED MOUNTAINS NEAR skirt binding. Requires but one sewing. Gives a GRENOBLE DAUPEING: FOR ‘ perfect andelegant finish. Atall Dry Goods Stores. THREE CENTURIES; UNEQUALED S TCH aM: a okt back : IN EXCELLENCE, UNSURPASSED fe st he i yampe onthe Pan t Pop yard IN QUALITY. IT IS THE AFTER- ‘ARTICLE F guarantees quality, ‘alent Pending. DINNER LIQUEUR OF REFINED REQUIRES, TASTE. Hee At first-class Wine Merchants. Grocers, Hotels.Cafts. Bitjer & Co., 45 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Sole Agents for United States. A Long-sought-for Convenience GorRHAM SILVER POLISH IN CAKE FORM Has taken years of careful experiment to bring to perfec- tion. As now put up Y the Gorham Co., Silversmiths, it is absolutely the best polish on the market, It eheans as SCOTCH DEERHOUNDS well as polishes, is convenient Puppies and young dogs for sale out of and extremely economical in prize winning stock. The largest kennel use, and contains no trace of of this breed in America. any injurious ingredient. Price 25 cents a package HILLSIDE KENNELS th ae le @ Nighest Type of French Champagne in stamps MASS. CODMAN & HALL CO. The Gorham Co. TANCASTER, ° Broadway @& 19th Street, New York Agents for the U. 8. y & 19 a BOSTON, - = - MASS. Alfred Heald, Kennelman comicbooks.com