Life, 1902-11-13 · page 2 of 22
Life — November 13, 1902 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content consists of four commercial advertisements from 1902: 1. **C.D. Gibbon exhibition announcement** - promotes drawings on view at "The Book Shop" on Fifth Avenue 2. **Belfast Mesh linen underwear** - marketed as absorbent and durable, with money-back guarantee 3. **French Court Memoirs** - a book offer covering French history from Henry of Navarre onward 4. **New York City bonds** - municipal financial offering with 3½% interest, to be sold November 11, 1902 The only illustration with potential satirical intent is the stylized female figure in the Gibbon exhibition ad, but it appears decorative rather than satirical. There are no identifiable political figures or social commentary visible. This is a straightforward commercial page typical of early 20th-century magazine advertising.
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COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT GRITAIN BY JAMES HENOEREOR UNDER THE ACT OF 1001 ‘invited »to visit the ex- ) hibition Ww, of Draw- D.Gibson which will be on view daily at “The Book Shop,” number Two hundred and fifty-nine Fifth Avenue, from the Third to the Twenty-second of November, 1902 Linen Underwear that wears to the satisfaction of the purchaser or money cheerfully refunded. Woolen Underwear has Seen its Best Days. BELFAST MESH has real absorbent properties; takes up excre- tions and moisture quickly and evaporates them rapidly. It may be boiled any number of times. It cannot shrink. When ithas become wet, it dries quickly, and the body is surrounded by dry fabric and dry air. SEND FOR OUR FREE BOOK. A brochure both handsome and convincing. It explodes the ‘ wool for warmth" theory It is designed for thinking people. BELFAST MESH is sold by all dealers or direct by mail if desired. THE BELFAST MESH UNDERWEAR CO., 336 Mechanic Street, Poughkeepsie, N.-Y. Special Offer French Court Memoirs ROM Henry of Navarre to and throagh | which are associated in everyone's mind the reizu of Da Barry (whose personal | with French Court history of the period, memoirs occupy four of the volunies) this | their very simp! nd frankness purges set of books covers the back-stairs-and-kiteh- | them of all offcnce. tide of French Court history, Guizot covers its outward mani: And where ¢o much wag eet afoot with secret and obscure design, where Mantz Jrawye Du Rarat ntrols a few ects of of favorites Instizated +. where a low-born m a limited nam. tice coukl send forth d registered de luxe edition, bound y waste the half of| up to scil at $10 a volume, But throagh a binder’s error the leather of the volumes is imperfectly matched; consequently it BOURNE, becomes advisable to dispose of them ont. HLAK.RT tide of regular subscription channels, and B.A St. those nnde .} at a price about equal to the value of the Please send me It ia a character: | unbound sheets, " particulars—advee \ fic of these Me] A’ booklet fully describing the edition Fisement in“ Lire.” \. moirs that in deal- with price-particulars, ing with the|ifty the inguiry eilp in the peculiar affairs | other corner at once. Address J.B. CHADBOURNE, secy., 11 ©. 16th 5t., N.Y. AdAr98. .... 5000000 Nov. 12'02 NEW YORK CITY 32% COLD EXEMPT BONDS $6,500,000 Payable Nov., 1952 $1,000,000 Payable Nov., 1942 TO BE SOLD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1902 Send bids in a sealed envelope enclosed in the addressed envelope. Two per cent. of par value bid for, in cash or certified check on State or National bank of New York City, must accompany bid. This deposit will be returned day of sale to unsuccessful bidders if called for. For fuller information see ‘* City Record,” or address EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller City of New York, 280 Broadway, New York. comicbooks.com