Life, 1904-06-02 · page 12 of 50
Life — June 2, 1904 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial satire. It contains four advertisements: 1. **Book advertisement** (top left): "The Villa Claudia" by J.A. Mitchell, published by Life Publishing Company, $1.50 2. **White Rose Glycerine Soap** (top right): Shows a woman admiring flowers, marketing the soap as "transparent as crystal, fragrant as flowers" 3. **Gold Lace Champagne** (bottom left): Advertisement for Deutz & Geldermann's champagne, described as "the choicest wine from the hills of sunny France" 4. **Gordon's Dry Gin** (bottom right): Marketed as "procurable everywhere" and "most popular with connoisseurs," suitable for cocktails and mixed drinks The advertisements reflect early 20th-century consumer goods targeting upper and middle-class readers.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
uncommonly graceful story.” New York Trinune, ay) THE VILLA CLAUDIA By J. A. Mitchell, author of “Amos Judd,” The Last Americal Pines of Lory,” etc. Fifty decorat've designs. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY $1.50 The best glycerine Soap, “No. 4741, unequal Mle Used for’ year: Manufactured by FERD. MULMENS, Cologne, o/R, Germany. Sole U. S. Agents, MULMENS & KROPFP, 298 Broadway, New York. Send 15 cents for full size sample cake. THE CHOICEST WINE FROM THE HILLS OF SUNNY FRANCE LUTL & GELDERM GOLD LAC CHAMPAGNE C.H.ARPNOLD & CO.,AGT'S. NEW YORK. GORDON’S DRY GIN Most Popular } With Everywhere Xx B® Connoisseurs Procurable FOR COCKTAILS, FIZZES AND RICKYS REPRESENTED IN} E. LAMONTAGNE & SONS THE U. S. BY 45 Beaver St., New York comicbooks.com