Life, 1904-09-08 · page 17 of 20
Life — September 8, 1904 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, typical of early 20th-century magazines. The only editorial cartoon is the small illustration captioned "He was a sweet child, and had his mother's hair and complexion"—a line drawing of a cherubic baby holding what appears to be a hair product bottle. The joke plays on the common advertising trope of the era: testimonials claiming children inherited parents' desirable traits (good hair, complexion), humorously suggesting the product's effectiveness through inheritance rather than actual use. The rest of the page contains product advertisements for cocktail mixers, Swiss chocolate, collar slides, silk thread, and tooth liquid—representing typical consumer goods marketed to middle and upper-class readers. These ads reflect period shopping culture and available luxuries, with no apparent political content or satire beyond gentle commercial humor.
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AFTER a morning’s shopping nothing will recuperate you so much as one of those delicious Club Cocktails. They are the correct thing to offer your friends whenever they J; Soret sert call. They are both a tonic and SIWESISS MILK stimulant, and fill a distinct place of MGH O their own. Easily served and ap- preciated by ladies and gentlemen msHiCHOCOLATE | alike. Buy some Manhattan and Martini, and ask your friends which they prefer. HARTFORD Of all dealers. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO., = Specify CLUB COCKTAILS. Sole Proprietors NEW YORK LONDON “HE WAS A SWEET CHILD, AND HAD HIS MOTHER'S HAIR AND COMPLEXION.” We want to send you enough Cailler’s Cenuine Swiss Milk, Chocoiate to make you ‘‘remember the taste’’ next time you are chocolate-hungry. — Don’t send any money—just your name on a post-card, and you'll receive enerous samples, both of the eating and of the drinking choco- late. We’ll leave the rest to you. Address to-day, J. H. FREYMANN General Agent for the United States ) 861 Broadway, New York Velutina TheStandard ve/vel LOOK FOR NAME ON SELVAGE THE SWELL ENGLISH LONG POINT. ELFAST RAND Surrey Gy 25° EACH ~ Bi 9: Co) SLIDES ®) EASILY- anne SEE? ASK YOUR DEALER EMIGH & STRAUB, MAKERS, Everybody knows Corticelli is the best silk for sewing or em- broidery. As it costs no more than poor silk, how foolish it is for anyone not to ask the clerk es- pecially for Corticelli! CANKER SORES Obstinate cases of Cancrum Oris have been relieved after three or four applica- tions of SOZODONT LIQUID A complete cure has been effected within a week from three applications a day. It is a wonderful dentifrice. Nothing to equal it. IT CLEANSES, HEALS, PRESERVES. 3 FORMS: LIQUID, POWDER, PASTE. mean freedom in breathing. Weigh 202. Ai fy 39 store wo and $1. postpaid for choleest patterne ‘THE €, A. EDGARTON MFG. CO., Box 828, Shirley, Mase. comicbooks.com