Life, 1904-05-19 · page 2 of 28
Life — May 19, 1904 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. The main featured item is "Tomfoolery," a 1920 humor book with drawings and limericks by James Montgomery Flagg, priced at 75 cents. The illustration shows a caricatured male head in profile—likely representing comedic subject matter rather than a specific political figure. The remaining advertisements promote practical goods: Erebos table salt, Arnold Constable linens, a New York Telephone Company service, English scarf slides, and Prudential life insurance. There is no discernible political satire or commentary on this page. It represents early 20th-century magazine advertising and a humor book promotion typical of *Life* magazine's commercial content during this period.
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ly Woe COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT GRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON UNDER THE ACT OF 1801. Used by the Royal Families and Smart Hotels Throughout Europe, Ready Twentieth Tomfoolery DRAWINGS AND ‘LIMERICKS BY James Montgomery Flagg The most monumental collection of fun since the famous Nonsense Book PAGE A LAUG Printed in red and black with forty-eight remark heads, and bound in boards with special cover design 75 CENTS LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West 3ist St, New York EREBOS TABLE SALT NOURISHES The daintiest, dryest salt ever made. Its use on the table and in the kitchen replaces the phosphates lost from your food in cooking. Send for sample, enough for the family, naming your grocer. “CEREBOS,” 78 HUDSON ST., NEW YORK. Noenel) Constable CCo. Linens. SPRING AND SUMMER REQUISITES | FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY. ‘Table Cloths, Napkins, Sheets and Pillow Cases. Hemstitched and Hemmed Huck Towe:s, Turkish Bath Towels, and Kitchen Towels and ‘Towelings, The Personal Element ofa Telephone Order makes It Extremely Effective NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. 15 Dey Street Vantry, Glass, at Moderate Prices. arge Table Cloths without Napkins, terns, on sale at special prices. Sn ot. NEW YOR, ] Well Known and Known Well Wherever Known THE PRUDENTIAL Life Insurance for the Whole Family. THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA JOHN F. DRYDEN HOME OFFICE Prosident ‘Write for Particulars, Dept. 0, Newark, N. J. THE SWELL ENGLISH LONG POINT. ELFAST RAND Surrey 25¢-E ACH — ASK YOUR DEALER EMIGH & STRAUB, MAKERS. SCARF SLIDES EASILY- SEE? STRENGTH OF . (GIBRALTAR comicbooks.com y f \ ‘