Life, 1904-05-26 · page 2 of 22
Life — May 26, 1904 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The left side advertises "Comfoolery," a new book of drawings and limericks by James Montgomery Flagg, published by Life Publishing Company. The cartoon shows a caricatured figure (appears to be exaggerated for comedic effect) with a man in formal dress—likely representing the author promoting his work. The right side features advertisements for Pope Manufacturing's bicycles and "The Villa Claudia" by I.A. Mitchell. The bicycle ad showcases two women with a bicycle by a riverside—reflecting early 1900s marketing emphasizing bicycles as enabling female leisure and mobility. The page reflects Life's dual role as both satirical magazine and publisher/advertiser of books and consumer goods popular with affluent readers of that era.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
NEW YORK, MAY 26, 1904. VOLUME XLIII. terasen a4 ret ew Youn Post ‘stemocuss wan MATTER NUMBER 1126, Conrmont, 1903, #7 t NOW READY (Omroole MANU AC TURING © OMPANY Pope Quallts in Every, wh ‘ 1 free at our 19,000 dealers’ stores, of any one Catalogue mailed at sta Drawings and Limericks by JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG ‘The limerick usually depends for its interest simply on the ingenuity of To this Mr. Flagg has added not fun of the most laughter- | y . od. kind, but hi vings are in an equally original of humor. The remark heads which face each limerick and illustration form a truly valuable co! ion of studies ‘OUS expressio **Tomfoolery"' i: worthy successor of the famous * nse Book,”’ w! has furnished la for several generations By J. A. Mitchell, author of ‘Amos Judd," The Last American,” * The Pines of Lory,” ete. Fifty Bound in boards and printed in red and black. 75 cents decorative designs. With all Booksellers and LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY. $1.50 LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY : “ Most absorbing.”"—New York Times, Publishers COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT ORITAM BY JAME® HENDEREON UNOER THE ACT OF 1401, comicbooks.com