Life, 1903-01-08 · page 2 of 20
Life — January 8, 1903 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page contains primarily **advertisements rather than satire or political cartoons**. The upper left features a health advice column by Susanna Cocroft promoting physical exercise and proper posture for women's health and figure. The illustration shows a woman in exercise attire. The remaining content is commercial advertising: - **The Linen Store's annual sale** (table linens, bedding) - **Golden State Limited train** (transcontinental travel to California) - **United Fruit Company's steamship line** to Jamaica and the West Indies This represents a typical Life magazine page from the early 1900s, mixing editorial content with paid advertisements. No political satire is evident on this particular page.
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COPYRIGHT FOR GPEAT GRITAIN BY JAMES HENDE RBON UNDER THE ACT CF \ ' Health cd Clear Skin ss, Col Torpid: iver SSlun ial, heumatism, Weak Heart or pecultas to the tes, oF all so-call ‘can do more for You than pb: Slanscan do. Tthoroughly study your case, presrribe for you the diet and the bathing which your syatom yequires and tomy 12 years of work with women in person berore [began my instructions by mail, that I attribute my Wis physical culture with the vital 01 Vand when l reduce & wom toatay reduced. When I build b stay bailt. MY work cultivates the distinguished c1 bearing and the engaging ‘ad ease, which once bespeak culture and renpement. It Polse, mental, moral, vital—perfect eelf-posscss aia, quice perception and @ nerve. force SHorant with iife an take buts limited number of pupils, because T give each pupil: my personal atrention. fe'you will weite to me, 1 aball be glad to tell you whether [can reach your case apd bow. domers and Bipa, e Bd Win any sand symmetry, and I can give them relief from above disrares, I have done allof thee: nundreds and hundreds of times. It is no longer an experiment with me. Write tome. For ten centsT send you an Instruct ‘esting booklet, showing tho correct lines of @ woman's fgurein pulse and movement, and a card ‘of correct poise for your dressing table. Yours for a body expressing perfect health, perfect grace and perfect womanhood, SUSANNA COCROFT, Dept. 116, 57 Washington St, CHICAGO. Miss Cocroft ia the Presitent of the Paysiont Culture Extension Work in America. Thts ts sufficient fatroduction £0 the public. Annual Sale %@ At “ The Linen Store” Registered Trade-Mark, Will commence Friday, January 2d, and continue throughout the entire month. The goods which we shall offer will be, in every instance, of the same high standard of quality that has been maintained by us since the foun- dation of our business, almost fifty years ago, and will include Tablecloths and Napkins. Table Damask by the Yard. Hemstitched Table Linens. Doylies, Scarfs and Centerpieces. Towels and Towelings. Hemstitched Sheets and Pillow Cases. Embroidered Bedspreads. Quilts and Blankets. Most of these lines show substantial reductions in price. Booklet (32 pages) telling about the goods mailed free on request. James McCutcheon & Co., 14 West 23d St., N. Y. A ticket to California via the Golden State Limited is practically a guarantee that for 234 days you will be supremely happy that you will sleep soundly, fare on the best the land affords, meet pleasant people, see interesting scenery,and be transported from the centre of the continent to its southwestern corner in the bricfest possible space of time. Newest of transcontinental trains—and the most comfortable. Leaves Chicago daily via the El Paso-Rock Island route. Less than three days to Los Angeles, Through cars to Santa Barbara and San Francisco, Electric lights; electric fans; bath room ; barber shop ; Book- lover's Library. Lowest altitudes of any lire across the continent, Tickets, berths and full information at this office. Jno. Sebastian, P.T.M., Chiczgo, Il, JAMAICA neo WEST INDIES An ideal spot in which to spend a winter's vacation and avoid all the extremes ‘of the northern c i UNITED FRUIT CO.’S STEAMSHIP LINES operate weekly between BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA and JAMAICA, the ficent twin-ecrew U.S, Mail Steamshipe: Admiral Dewey Admiral Schley Admiral Sampson Admiral Farragut Salllngs Weekly from Boston and Philadelphia Fare for round trip, including stateroom accommodations and meals, $75; oue way, Send for our beautifal booklet whether you contemplate the trip or not UNITED FRUIT COMPANY Pier 5, North Wharves, PHILA. Long Wharf, BOSTON Full Information and Tickets of Local Agent comicbooks.com eee