Life, 1902-10-16 · page 18 of 22
Life — October 16, 1902 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and humor vignettes** typical of Life magazine's format. The **cartoons/jokes** are brief, standalone quips about contemporary life: - A man attends church only to collect pew rent from a loan he made to the reverend - A woman claims to read Poe but confuses his historical novels with his actual work - Coal miners make puns about being "in the vein" - A servant woman bleeds aristocratic boarders to verify their "blue blood" - An Indian (Parsee) worships the sun but visits England seeking rest during rain These reflect **turn-of-the-century American attitudes**: religious hypocrisy, literary pretension, class distinctions, and casual ethnic stereotyping. The **advertisements** showcase luxury goods (whiskey, cigars, trains) marketed to wealthy readers, including an Eden cigar specifically promoted as used at **King Edward VII's coronation** (1902), lending royal prestige to products. The overall tone is light satirical commentary on American manners and consumption for an educated, affluent audience.
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“L Norice Mr. Kloeeman has become a regular attend- antatcharch, When did he get religion" “He didn't, It's fast basiness with him. Te loaned the Rev. Mr. Gassaway $100 some time ago and he's had to take it out in pew rent.—Philadelphia Press, CALIFORNIA IN LESS THAN THREE DAYS via Chicago and North-Western, Unton Pacific, and South- ern Pacific Rallways from Chicago. The electric-lighted “Overiand Limited " provides the best of everything. Diversity of routes; finest scenery, Compartment obser- vation cars, buffet-lbrary cars (with barber and bath); dining cars. All agents sell tickets via thts route, Om! yes” babbled the aweet young thing, “I just dote on literature.” * Tsappose you are interested in the Poe revival ? “Who?” ** Baltimore's genins—Edgar Allen Poe.” “ T've read nearly his books—that is, except the ones he has written this last year, It's ¢0 hard to keep up with those historical novela, you know !— Baltimore Herald. ATEALTH giver and a health preserver: Abbott's, the Original Angostura Bitters. At druggists. “ You didn't dig any coal today, did you!" chuckled the strikes “No,” replied the non-union miner, good-hamoredly, Twasn't in the vein for it."—Philadelphia Press. Ix baying Japan's stock of old riftes, China feels that she ia getting goods that #he has personally tested, — Detroit Journal, MOTEL VENDOME, BOSTON, Commonwealth Avenue. Electric lights, New and most approved plumbing. “We've burned up the last of the diamonas in the stove,” . © Then put on a mail piece of coal."* —Chieago Daily News, “Waew! Why do you have yonr office as hot as an oven?” “It's where [ make my daily bread." —Town and Country, Ip you wish to be always satlsfed, order no other Champagne than Cook's Imperial Extra Dry. It has quality and parity, “ Lwoxper how Venus de Milo came to lose her arm “ Broke ‘em off, probably, trying to button her shirt- waist up the back." Philadelphia Press, “ Sux takes only boarders who are blue-blooded.”* * How does she make enre that they are?" “ She bleeds them." —Philaddphta Evening Bulletin, Tue South and the North meet at Old Point Comfort, Va, Why not pack grip and be there next morning? Fine steamer. A postal to the Chamberlin brings a booklet. ‘Tue Manchester Guardian tells a story of the weather. ‘The ecene was a Strand omnibus. A leaden sky was over- head, the rain poured down uncompromisingly, mud was under foot. A red-capped Parsee, who was eitting near the dripping driver, got down as the condactor came up. “* What sort o' chap is that?" asked the driver, “Don't yer know that?" answered the conductor. “ Why, that’s one o° them Indians what worships the san 1" “ Worshipe the sun?” eaid the shivering driver, “I suppore ‘e's come over “ere to ‘ave a rest,""—Exchange, yu do drink, dring Trim dle “Trimble Whiskey High Ball It has the call.” Green Label. At All First-Class Dealers. Made in the old-fashioned honest way of Pure Habana Tobacco delightfully blended Look for the Bull Dog on each Box J°hn W. Merriam & Co. The Roycroft Segar Shop, which is “At the Sign of the Bull Dog’ NEW YORK The finest Imported Cigar Gold Medal, Paris Exposition, 1900, We were selected to make the cigars for the Official and Royal Banquets at the Coronation of King Edward VIL. CALIXTO LOPEZ & CO0., 177 Peart Street, New York. —Zulueta Street, Havana, Preme, Poco and other hand cameraa with I. & L. Lenses being provided. ROCHESTER,.N.-¥> comicbooks.com