Life, 1904-03-03 · page 33 of 38
Life — March 3, 1904 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a satirical cartoon page. The layout contains six distinct advertisements for various products: 1. **Pommery Champagne** — Appeals to wealthy "connoisseurs" by emphasizing brand specificity over generic champagne purchases 2. **Enigma Perfume** — A Parisian fragrance marketed as "The Parisian Favorite" 3. **Dentacura Tooth Paste** — Claims endorsement by 3,000 dentists and promises dental health 4. **Held High Underwood Typewriter** — Emphasizes durability and visible writing mechanism 5. **Stall's Books** — Educational self-help series on various subjects for men and women 6. **Baron de Kalb/Henry Irving Cigars** — Features a bulldog mascot, sold at the Roycroft Cigar Shop The small cartoon showing a woman and cherub ("How this does appeal to my inner house") likely accompanies the Pommery ad. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture targeting middle to upper-class readers, with products emphasizing refinement, self-improvement, and respectability.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
POMMERY ‘The Standard for Champagne QUALITY The World Over MEN WHO ARE ENTITLED TO BE CLASSED AS CON- NOISSEURS NEVER ORDER Champagne, MERELY, BUT SPECIFY POMMERY. ; The Parisian Favorite. 7 of the Parte VS ee yoo SSS ‘charming p ale at all d Uses Arent, UEO,E EVANS, 9-3 W 18th St,,New York. DENTACURA indorsed by 3,000 dentists, is the best. It cleans the teeth, heals and hardens the ens the breat stroying the ha of the mouth really becomes TOOTH INSURANCE Atall druggists or direct for 35 cent Dentacura Co., Newark, N.J., U.S.A, By We make Pure Habana 4 Segars in tho honest old fashion. Sold by Indopendent Doalers. BARON DE KALB—— HENRY IRVING For 50c. we will send you a handsome picture of KING LUD, champion Bull Dow of the world, framed in weathered oak kennel. J°hn W. Merriam & Co. UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO., iatetphia Pace The Roycroft Segar Shop, which 241 BROADWAY, is “At the Sign of the Bull Dog”” New York. 139 Maiden Lane, New York comicbooks.com