Life, 1902-10-30 · page 2 of 22
Life — October 30, 1902 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and literary promotion** rather than political satire. The four advertisements include: - **Gorham Co.** (silversmiths/goldsmiths) promoting fall exhibitions of sterling silver goods - **El Príncipe de Gales** cigars from Havana, featuring a portrait of an unidentified well-dressed man - **French Court Memoirs** by Marie Jeanne du Barry, a historical text about 18th-century French court life - **The Pines of Lory** by J.A. Mitchell, a novel described as humorous adventures of an unconventional young woman The du Barry memoirs advertisement emphasizes gossipy, scandalous court history ("secret and obscure design"). The Mitchell novel emphasizes humor and unconventional female character—suggesting early 20th-century interest in both historical scandal and modern social commentary through fiction. No clear political cartoons appear on this page.
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COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENOEROOR UNDER THE ACT OF 1885. The GORHAM Co. Silversmiths invite attention to an early Fall Exhibition of their latest productions in Sterling Silver including a number of new single pieces in MARTELE and A THENIC representing the highest standards of contemporary design and individual workman- ship. Tuer always unsurpassed st:ck of copyrighted patterns in Tableware, Knives, Forks and Spoons; Dinner, Tea and Luncheon Sets; Centre Pieces, Loving Cups, Vases, Desk Fittings, Toilet Neces- Saries, etc., has been greatly augmented and affords the widest possible range in the selection of Wedding and other Gifts of Occasion. The GORHAM Co. Silversmiths and Goldsmiths Maiden Lane NOW KING OF HAVANA CIGARS Made in Havana and Tampa Broadway & 1gth Street and 21-23 Special Offer French Court Memoirs Pines of Lory ny J. A. MitcHett Mane Jeaxxe DU Barry FROM Henry of Navarre to and through the reign of Du Barry (whose personal memoirs occupy four of the volumes) this tet of books covers the back-staire-and-kiteh- en-gossip ride of French Court history, much as Guizot covers its outward mani: festations. And where €o much was eet afoot with eccret and obscure design, where £0 little was open and above-board,” where boudoir councils dictated treaties and the ‘wounded vanity of favorites instigated campaigns, where a low-born woman's caprice could send forth the torch to lay waste the half of Enrope, it is Impossible to com- prehend the curious events of history without knowin; the” intimate details of those underlying causes. It is s character- istic of these Me- moirs that in deal- ing with the peculiar affairs Please send me iculare—advet tisement in * Lire.” which are associated in everyone's mind with French Court history of the period, their very simplicity and Frankness purges them of all offence, ‘The undersigned’ controls a few sets of these personal French Court Memoirs (translated with | fidelity “into Eagleh) which can be secured, in complete ects only, at a very low price and on email monthly payments, if preferred, provided application be made at once, ‘Theso few copies are from a limited nam. bered and registered de dure edition, bound bp to eell at $10 a volume, Bat through a binder's error the leather of the volumes is imperfectly matched; consequently it becomes advisable to dis} of them out- side of regular subscription channels, and at a price about equal to the value of the unbound sheets, A booklet fuily describing the edition will be eent, together with price-particulare, if you sign and eend the inquiry slip in the other corner at once. Address J. B. CHADBOURNE, Socy., 11 E. 16th St., N.Y. “The delightful humor of the unconventional adven- tures of a most conventional young woman,” . — The Argonaut. comicbooks.com