Life, 1904-09-15 · page 19 of 20
Life — September 15, 1904 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, with brief humorous anecdotes interspersed between ads. The main content includes: 1. **"Prepared"** – A short joke about a office building owner who refuses a door-to-door salesman, only to be outsmarted when the man displays a sign reading "No Peddlers or Canvassers Allowed" and sells him the sign itself. It's gentle satire on salesmanship and cleverness overcoming rejection. 2. **"Hey!"** – A brief joke about a burglar being summoned by a wealthy man and responding as if called to service, playing on class dynamics and the absurdity of the situation. The page is dominated by **period advertisements** for products like Evans' Ale, Abbott's Angostura Bitters, Mennen's Talcum Powder, Velutina fabric, and rail services to the St. Louis World's Fair. The ads reflect early 1900s consumer culture and marketing appeals to health and convenience. No political cartoons or caricatures appear on this page.
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® World’s Fair St. Louis The very dest facilities for comfortable, gicarinr, and promot journeys, Between the ast and St, Louis are provided by the Lake Shore's train service, the most extensive and complete of aay line. Fast through trains from New York, Bos ton, Buffalo, etc., in connection with the New York Central and Boston & Albany roads and the Big Pour Route, Choice of routes via Cleveland, Toledo of Chicago. Tickets reading over The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway afford stop-overs at Niagara Palls, Lake Chau- tagqua, Put-in-Bay and Chicago (not to exceed to days in either direction at latter place) Tickets sold at points east of Bufalo give option of going by rail or steamer either way between Bufalo and Cleveland with extra charge. For your trip. To assist in arranging your trip get a copy of our book about the World's Fair, containing a complete colored map of grounds and otber useful matter; also book entitled “List of Hotels, Boarding and Rooming Houses in St. Louis,""with rates, ete., and “Book of Trains.” Above sent to any address for four cents postage to cover mailing cost A. J. SMITH, G. P. & T.A., Cleveland, 0, BORATED TALCUM be SEVER DISAPPOIST.” Graham Supplementary Spiral Springs for hard riding Automobiles. Pt any car Booklet free. The Graham Co. 11 Denalson St, foston, Mass HAY FEVER ABBOTT'S ANGOSTUR BITTERS and ASTHMA cured to stay CURED, ROOK % Free, P. Harold Hayes, Buffalo, N.Y. YASIZES, ASK YOUR DEALER EMIGH & STRAUB, MAKERS. HE proprietor of a large office building. who had a room for his own use in one | of the upper stories, was surprised one morning |by the entrance of a man with a valise. “Don't you want something, sir,” began the caller, “inthe way of a new and improved outfit for marking handkerchiefs, undergarments | and’— o, 1 don’t,” interrupted the proprietor. “How did you get up here? We don’t allow peddlers or canvassers in this building.” You don't?” That’s what I said.” “I saw no sign to that effect.” | “Well, you'll see one the next time you come. I shall have one put up." | “In that case,” rejoined the man, opening jhis valise with alacrity, “you will need one ot | these.” , | Here he displayed an painted card over | a foot long and nearly as wide, with this in-| iption in large letters: | No Peddlers ‘or Canvassers Allowed in This { | Building on Any Pretext Whatever. In recognition of his caller's cleverness, |genial humor and businesslike forethought, the owner of the building not only bought the card, but invested in one of the marking outfits.— Youth's Companion. + EY !"' shouted the rich man, peering cau- tiously over the stairway, “I want you."* | “Well,” chuckled the burglar, reaching for the silver, “I’m at your serv sir.”"—Chicago | Daily News. Velutina The Standard ve/vel LOOK FOR NAME ON SELVAGE Mae the dest cocktail. A delightfa aromatic for all wine,spifitand soda teveratee. A tablespocn{al nan ounce Of sherry” or sweetened water o/ter theals, fords relief and aide digestion. Important to see that it is Abbott's. Has Its Occupies an position in the by superiority, no counterpart at home or abroad. purity, flavor and healthfulness are peculiar to itself, Evans’ absolutely unique brewing industry unapproachable Ale sellers everywhere. reason of its raN <4 ©, IL, EVANS & SONS, Hudson, N.Y. Extabliahed 1784, The Great Prize Offer in tho August Issue of MOTOR was most sac- cessful. ‘Tho ability to name the makes of motor-cars {sa more popular accomplish- [i ment than was anticipated. | HUNDREDS OF CORRECT ANSWERS: ] wero received, AND EVENLY CORRECT AX q SWER WON A PRIZE, ‘THE PRIZE OFFER!S REPEATED {n the September issue. Pictures of tho lead- I ing makes of motor-cars will be printed [i WITHOUT NAMES, and tho Interesting prob- lem will be to name them. Valuable prizes given for correct solutions. MOTOR, 25 CENTS q At all news-stands or direct from publishers MOTOR fs the National Monthly mega: zine of Motoring, covering in its articles @ and iliustrations all that the motorist wishes to read. Its advertising pages are the motorist’s Information bureau. A SPECIAL OFFER For ono dollar we will send you MOTOR for six months: regular price fa year and a copy of the A BC of Motoring, @ jon, care and manage- 3. US@ THE COUPON BELOW MOTOR, 1789 Broadway, New York City. Send me MOTOK for 6 months. for whieh 1 enclose a dollar sent at your risk. Accord: You to your special offer. send m0 also a copy of ABC of Motoring, free. comicbooks.com