Life, 1904-07-14 · page 24 of 44
Life — July 14, 1904 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page**, not a satirical cartoon page. It contains three distinct advertisements: 1. **Brighton Races** (top): An ad promoting horse racing at Brighton Beach near New York, running weekdays until July 30, with the $10,000 Brighton Derby scheduled for Saturday, July 23. It emphasizes the venue as "the coolest place around New York" on hot days. 2. **The Social Comedy** (bottom left): An advertisement for a $2.00 illustrated book by Life Publishing Company, featuring full-page drawings by prominent American illustrators including Charles Dana Gibson and others. 3. **Tomfoolery** (bottom right): An ad for a 75-cent book of drawings and limericks by J.M. Flagg, featuring a cartoon character in top hat with the caption "It's all to the good, I've seen it!"—promoting it as "the funniest book of the year." The page lacks satirical political content; it's a commercial product showcase typical of Life's revenue model.
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RACING EVERY WEEK-DAY Until July 30. First Race at 2:30 p.m. Music by Mygrant's Band THE COOLEST PLACE AROUND NEW YORK on a hot sultry day. The Grand Stand is open front and rear and on both sides, thus affording full sweep to the delightfully cool and bracing Ocean Breezes. Unobstructed view of Races from all parts of the Grand Stand and Club House BRIGHTO Sparkling Programmes of Stake, Handicap and Purse Events, including Steeplechases Saturday, July 23 The $10,000 BRIGHTON DERBY together with the $7,500 Venus Stakes, and the Great Brighton Steeplechase over the full course AND THREE OTHER STAR EVENTS Brighton Course ean be reached {rom New York side of Brooklyn Bridge by Special Electric Trains on Brighton. Road, and by Smith Street Trolley Cars, Special trains via Long Island Railroad leave Long, Island City at regular intervals, Also via 39th Street Ferry, from foot of Whitehall Street, boats leave every 20 minutes, connecting with Special Electric Trains, THE SOCIAL COMEDY An Omament for Any Library A luxurious volume of full-page drawings by Gibson, Gilbert, Blashfield, Jones, Hutt, Kemble, Hanna, Read, Gray, Parker, and others of the best American illustrators. “(T!S ALL TO THE GOOD. I'VE SEEN ITI? TOMFOOLERY DRAWINGS AND LIMERICKS BY J. M. FLAGG Handsomely bound in green linen and gold decorations THE FUNNIEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Price, 75 Cents Of all Booksellers and Newsdealers, or Post-free on Receipt of Price LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY : i LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West Thirty-First Street New York City 17 WEST THIRTY-FIRST STREET - - NEW YORK CITY Price, $2.00 Postpaid