Life, 1903-02-19 · page 4 of 24
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political content. It contains four distinct ads: 1. **James McCutcheon & Co.** (top left): White fabric merchant advertising spring goods with specific prices 2. **El Príncipe de Gales** (top right): A portrait of a man identified as "NOW KING OF HAVANA CIGARS"—likely referencing a cigar brand name rather than actual royalty 3. **Santa Catalina** (center left): Travel promotion for California destination, featuring a fishing scene 4. **Golden State Limited** (bottom left): Railroad advertisement 5. **French Court Memoirs** (right): Book advertisement with a woman's portrait and order form The only potentially satirical element is the cigar ad's mock-royal branding, but it's primarily commercial. This page reflects early 1900s magazine advertising practices rather than political cartoon commentary.
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White Wash Fabrics For 1903. eason marked prominence is given to the white They ‘2 Registered TradeoMark, This goods. last year. Many new weaves and exclusive designs are displayed, particularly in the heavier fabrics which can be comfort- ably worn in the early spring and at the seashore and mountains. Among them we mention: English and French Shirtings, . Fancy Piques, 3 . . Mercerized Cheviots, ‘ < Fancy Vestings, . ‘ . 55c. to 95c. yd. Mercerized Madras, + 40c. to 60c. yd. Embroidered Linens, ‘ +» $1.20 yd. Irish and German Linens, . 45¢. to $1.25 yd. Silk and Linen Tokios, . We also show a very wide line of dainty colored fabrics of every desirable kind. will be more popular, if possible, than 35c. to 60c. yd. 35c. to $1.00 yd. 35c. to $1.00 yd. Mail orders have prompt attention. James McCutcheon & Co. 14 West 23d Street, New York. NOW KING OF HAVANA CIGARS Made in Havana and Tampa Above all, don’t miss Santa Catalina. There’s nothing like it in California, nothing like it anywhere else in America—a great rock, twenty miles long by three to four miles wide, rising right out of the sea. The fishing is unequaled—yellowtail, bass and tuna. Santa Catalina is only 3} hours from Los Angeles, and Los Angeles is less than three days from Chicago, via the Golden State Limited The best train, via the best route. a barracuda, sea Compartment and standard sleepers; dining, library and observation cars. Electric lights: electric fans; barber shop; bath room; Book- lovers’ Library. Runs over the El Paso-Rock Island route Tickets and full information at this office, Call or write. Jno. Sebastian, P.T.M., Chicago, Ill. Special Offer Fy rench Court Memoirs ROM Tenry of Navarre to and through tho { reign of Du Barry (whose personal memoirs occupy four of the volumes) this act of books covers the barkstalreand-kitchea-goseip side of French Court history, much as Guizot | covers its cutward manifestations And where fo mach was set afoot with secret and obscure design, where ¢o little was open and abore-boardt, ‘where boadolr councils dictated treatics and the wounded vanity of favorites instigated cam- na, where a low-born woman's caprice could tend forth the torch to lay waste the half of Europe, it is impnwdble to comprehend the curl ‘ous events of history without Knowing the int | mate detasls of those underlying causes, It is characteristic of these Memoirs that In J.B, CHADBOURNE, 11 East 16th St., New York. Please send me particulara—advertisement in “Livg” of February 19, 1903. NAG s6ccs Sass Se UAE EERE Mane Jeaxye Du Banny dealing with the peculiar affairs which are am clated in everyone’s mind with Fresch Cost history of the period, their very simp! frankness porges them of all offence. ‘The undersigned controls a few set: personal French Court Memoirs (trans! fidelity into English) which can be e complete acta only, at avery low pric small monthly payments, if preferred, ‘Application be made at once. hese few copies are from a Umited numbered registered de fuze edition, bound up to st ff 10a volume, But through a binder’ he leather of the volumes is imp matched ; consequently {t becomes advisable t@ dispose of them outaide of regular subscript channels, and at a price about to the value of the unbound eheett, ‘A booklet fully describing te tion will be sent, together with pret particulars, If you sign and eed enquiry slip in the other corner Address J.B, CHADBOURNE, Secy. 11 Bast 16th St, New Yorks comicbooks.com