Life, 1904-02-18 · page 2 of 26
Life — February 18, 1904 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Life Magazine Page This page is primarily **advertising**, with minimal editorial content. The dominant elements are: 1. **W.L. Douglas Shoes advertisement** (top) - promoting men's footwear at $3.00 and $1.75, emphasizing quality leather. 2. **Cartoon illustration** (center) - depicts a disheveled dog with scattered items, captioned "Say, Doc! I show my teeth even when I don't laugh. What can you do with 'em?" This appears to be a humorous commentary on dentistry or dental care, though the specific satirical target is unclear. 3. **Additional ads** for Burpee Seeds, Columbia Automobiles, and Old Crow Whiskey occupy the remaining space. The page lacks evident political satire or caricature. It represents typical early 20th-century magazine content: entertainment mixed with commercial messaging.
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YYEYOSU TAKAGAWA, ETC. There was a great swell in Japan, ‘The Leadin, 3 ss Styles Originate in Brockton, the Manu- Whose name on a Tuesday began— = facturing Center of Men's Fine Shoes in this Country, ST It lasted through Sunday Styles Originated by My Expert Model Maker Are Copied Everywhere. Till twilight on Monday, mAs Denins $3.50 shoe Dave by thelr exelent style ue. ftting and evpercr wet uilitien, achiaved the largest sale of any $3.50 aboe in the world. They exo Jss! as And sounded ike stones in a can. good as thoes that cost you $3 to $7 — the only difference is the price, If could take you Harvard Lampoon. into my factory at Brockton, Mass, the largest in the world under one roof making men's tne shoes, and show you the infinite care with which every pa‘r of Douglas shoes is made, “PIT 1S NOW IT. 1708 gould raise why W. L; Doagias $3.50 shoes are the bert shoes produced anywhere Pit is the latest game which society has taken to ether makes, you eoalé enterstand why Bonghes 63.00 shecn eort Save oe abe, Wi they its heart, It ts played with @ spectal pack of cards, bold their shape, #t better, wear longer, and are of greater intrinsic value than any ctber a $3.50 shoe on the market to-day. and can be learned in two minutes, It ts an up- : < roarlous board of trade in mioiature —the wheat pit 5 Shes High-Grade Boys’ unease ee artis So tree et 9 neh fall ot a ate size and width: narrow. medium or wide jot omens in fall play—and the tdea ts to make a cet OES, ‘re $1.75. Swale at without aoa tog: Kind of leathee dest rs ses Corona Coliskin in his $3.50 | Congress, lace or button. extra prepays delivery. Any Chicago child knows what a corner 1s, A shoes, Corena Colt is conceded everywhere | ,.i/,Douslac Pi ions arcinotd throu hes New Yorker might think 1t was some sort of ta°be' the inet patent feather yet pregaced, crerrmbere, Tomalter wheregoullve, Dougiagshocs & pussy-wants-a-corner game, but a Chicagoan | Fast Color Eyelets Used Exclasively. _| tion betore purel salva. write for lilumrated Catalogue. knows better—Chicago Inter-Ocean. W. L. DOUGLAS, 162 SPARK STITEET, BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS. COMPULSORY PIETY. SUNDAY ScHOOL TxacHER: I hope all the ; Uttle girls in my class love God? y Ny aes | Eva Brown: I do. 1 H [gente | SUNDAY Scnoot TracneR: That's right, Eva. ' i iF Am Now tell us why you love Him. 4 \ Eva Brown: Got to.—Lippincott’s Magazine. THE INFANT takes first to human milk; that failing, the mother | turns at once to Borden's Eagle Brand Condensed Milk the best infant food. “ Soum people regard Shakespeare's plays with almost ‘as much reverence as they do the Bibie."* “Yes. And are just about as familiar with them. Chicago Record-Herald. Tax Sovru vor Hosrrratrry ; The Manor, Asheville North Carolina, is the best Inn South, | “SAY, DOC.! 1 SHOW MY TEETH EVEN WHEN I DON'T LAUOH. WHAT CAN YoU DO WITH "EM?" Tie rapid multiplication of motor-carriages — ——— = has created a demand for experienced drivers or chauffeurs, and schools of training have been estab- Tr lished to fit men for recetving the license which the SFED arE THE BEST law requires. THAT CAN BE CROWN ————_—_—————— A itorzobile rt it shi ft f thi ecbools aye that ‘un applicant recently ‘entered. and If you want the choicest vegetables or most beautiful approached him. “I want to take lessons,” he said, flowers you should read BURPEE'S FARM ANNUAL FOR 1904,—s0 well known “to Mt myself to be a chiffonter.""—Youth's Com: ae i Sy ania Seed Catalogu eee FREE to alll. ‘Better send your . address TO-DAY. W. ATLEE @ CO., PHILADELPHIA. panion. HOTEL VENDOME, BOSTON. The {deal hotel of America for permanent and transient guests, Tur Fort Cobb Record tells this story of a young girl’e composition on “Men,” which shows that the seed of the women's club {s sown on the territorial prairies: “Men are what women marry. They drink, and smoke, and swear and have ever so semperion the Neading veh icles: many pockets, but they won't go to church. Per- Fame tamoss daring tosh and haps if they wore bonnets they would. They are ipclading ur” Bark %2 rome a : t ac more logical than women, and always more zodlog Electric Runabout, the ical. Both men and women bave sprung from mon- | in ite cles, as wel as the keys, but the women certainly sprung further than | seemooweretbep Lat the men.” J] Qasclene Tonneau with joable en. TieD brain and nervous tension relax under the | Sine ta Pheard Gomret and Tomatie featurs of control potent action of the Original Abbott's Angostura Bitters. | Sbich make itenaler to oper. Label on bottle tells the Original — Abbott's, ste than aay other o THE SECRET OF FAILURE. j Fn bo Soe deca Lawyer: What was the thing that led to your | z & ered Gasolene Touriag financial downfall? You seemed to be doing a good 5 5 os racial Cataowwes,ot business. le BANKRUPT: I was; but one day I started out Tabane \ heesecwcae cent to see if I could borrow some money. I found It so q easy that I kept on borrowing.—Somervitle Journal \ : ELECTRIC VEHICLE CO. ALWways bave one or more bottles of Cook"s Imperial \ y Men omotlie Mir Extra Dry Champagne tn your tce-chest. There is nothing coLoMate j Pit ‘Fore Nalceroome superior. . ELECTRIC RUNABOUT y | a seeahope se. “ How did you get your black eye, Sambo?" Mark LX «+ Well, boss, yer see I was ont a-lookin’ fer trouble, and = dis ‘ere eye was de fast t* find It."— Yonkers Statesman. ©LD CROW RYE srattiorr WHISKEY SOLE BOTTLERS, NEW" YORK. comicbooks.com