Life, 1903-09-03 · page 23 of 32
Life — September 3, 1903 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine. The top cartoon satirizes cultural attitudes about tobacco and national identity: a Turkish woman in traditional dress hands cigarettes labeled "Egyptian Deities" to a Western man, playing on Orientalist stereotypes and the exotic appeal of imported tobacco products to American consumers. The joke suggests that "Eastern" tobacco, when "made up in the Egyptian manner," represents the finest quality—playing into early 20th-century fascination with non-Western goods. The remaining content consists entirely of product advertisements: Egyptian Deities cigarettes, Allying cocoa, Korn-Krisp cereal, The Club cocktails, world travel tours, ginseng cultivation kits, Whitman's chocolates, and Carl H. Schultz mineral waters. These ads reveal consumer culture priorities and marketing strategies of the era, emphasizing exoticism, quality claims, and leisure activities.
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From East to West \ Absolutely the finest tobacco grown in Turkey is made up in the Egyptian manner in Esyptian _ [THE CLUB DEITIES. Years of experience have made | them THE PERFECT COCKTAILS that they are. Do not be lured into buying some imitation. The Turkish ef tte i GRIGINAL ot anything is good No better Turkish cigarette can be mai enough, en others are offere Bok'for the siguatursof SAN ARGYHOS. it is for the purpose of larger prof- its. Insist upon having the CLUB COCKTAILS, and take no other, G.F. HEUBLEIN & BRO, Sole Propristors 29 Hxoapway, Uantrorn, Conn. cn0 THE COkre AS <2 vou nave Nor TRIED “Aap THERIGHT COCOA! = One taste convinces KORN-KRISP __ Leads them all THE WORLD “THE COLLVER TOURS" Next party leaves in October by the splendid ew steametip "Y visiting Honolulu, pt. rbership—Exclusive Features, | will accompany this party per- igh | LOOK FOR THE Name THE NAME CARL H. SCHULTZ ON ALL MINERAL WATERS IS A GUARANTEE Grow Ginseng Fortunes Made in Small Gardens A square rod of cround will easily grow 1000 ARTIFICIAL M plants. The roots. seed and young plants from VICHY. B gicia"over #2000 within ten years. 400 0 i B ‘ f sions steitasamedicine. {isnocanontaie § | SELTERS, fl Supply very. limited. Hardy" everywhere ( | A Urited states ana Canada. Yasr 10 aitirate | CARBONIC. fs, citer ety or country~your felsure hours The Standard. for BH Wesell cultivated roots and seed. Send 40 Years v two 2. cent Stamps to Bi help pay postage and get ‘our complete book! = fi Sumber of our magazine, inseng Garden.” Cee ease Chinese-American Ginseng Co. ——— Dept. Scranton, Pa. comicbooks.com