Life, 1903-12-31 · page 19 of 21
Life — December 31, 1903 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, with some editorial content promoting the upcoming January 7th issue. The main editorial feature mentions Charles Dana Gibson's cartoon series "The Snob's Progress: Mr. Tagg Becomes a Patron of the Arts"—likely satirizing wealthy nouveaux riches who adopt cultural pretensions without genuine appreciation. The advertisements reflect early 1900s consumer goods: Williams Shaving Stick, P.B. Ale, Evans' Ale, Surbrug's Arcadia tobacco mixture, Underwood typewriters, and President Suspenders. A Southern Railway ad promotes winter travel to warm destinations (Florida, California), indicating this was a seasonal luxury market. One ad humorously claims Evans' Ale "stays the same inside" regardless of bottle position—a tongue-in-cheek quality guarantee. The typewriter ad emphasizes "visible writing," a major selling point for early machines. The page reflects turn-of-the-century American consumer culture and leisure travel for the affluent.
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WILLIAMS; )) SHAVING STICK Shaving—and Saving _ Shaving with greater com- fort, luxury, convenience. Saving in time, temper and money. A single stick affords over 300 shaves. No cup required. Only the shaving stick and brush. ase. of all druggists. ye J. B. WILLIAMS CO., Glastonbury, Cons. P. B. Ale $1.50 per dozen pints. ACKER, MERRALL & CONDIT COMPANY New Vork Agents. NEW ORLEANS FLORIDA HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas and CALIFORNIA The Southern Railway, effective Novem- ber 29th, greatly improves their winter service to Florida, Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Cali- fornia. A new train has been put on from New York, carrying Pullman Drawing-room sleeping cars New York to Augusta, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla., leaving New York at 3.25°P.M. daily. “The Sunset Limited" Annex Drawing- room sleeping car resumes service for the California travel, leaving New York at 4.25 P.M. This car is handled on the famous Washington & Southwestern Limited between New York and New Orleans, exclusively a Pullman train, carrying club, dining, library, observation and drawing-room sleeping cars. Commencing January 11th, the Southern's Palm Limited resumes service for the season between New York and St. Augustine, Nest Week January 7th, 1904 “New Year's” Cover design in colors by Mr. Gibson To his splendid black and white sketches ela has added just a suggestion of color, ‘e have a senes of these heads which will appear from time to time and the first one LIFE offers on the New Year's Number. Heart to Heart Talk by Chauncey Depot Being the filth of series of con: fidential chats by great men that are attracting wide attention. The New Year's Number will be a double sunibes of 38 pages which will contain a clever love STORY by TOM MASSON In addition to these literary features, there will be an unusual number of animated dialogues and bright lines. Cartoon by Charles Dana Gibson THE SNOB'S PROGRESS “MR. TAGG BECOMES A PATRON OF THE ARTS” Fourth of a series which promises to distance all others. Richards's pictorial résumé of December Events Also drawings by Read, Fisher, Sullivan, and particularly worthy of attention is a series of draw- ings by John Cecil Clay entitled, “In Love's Garden.” LIFE OFFERS $100 for the best short essay on" The Meanest Railroad in the United States.” Full conditions set forth in LIFE of January 7th. LIFE is 10c a copy LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West 31st St. = New York City GOUT & RHEUMATISM atte Great English Remedy > BLAIR’S PILLS] pEvoor’ ar nosee eB Evans’ Ale OU may stand the bottle upside down, Or lay it on its side; Or shake it up, or shake it down, It stays the same inside. SURBRUG’S Arcadia MIXTURE. “One need only to put his head in at my door to realize that tobaccos are of two kinds, the Arcadia and others.” My Lady Nicotine. 1N|PUBLIC ESTEEM ™ BECAUSE OF ITS SIMPLICITY] DURABILITY, AND ITS LE_WRITIN rot |_ __- es eo UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO., 241 BROADWAY, New York. PRESIDENT SUSPENDERS PRESS OF THE J. W. PRATT CO., NEW YORK. Now packed in handsome individual boxes for Christmas. 50c. and $i, Any shop or by mail. C.A. EDGARTON MFG. CO., Box 273, Shirley, Mass. comicbooks.com