Life, 1904-10-06 · page 5 of 38
Life — October 6, 1904 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains primarily **advertisements and book promotions** rather than political satire. The main content includes: 1. **Portrait sketch** (upper left): A bearded gentleman identified as "J.J. Hill (After Bierstadt)" with a quote about his railroad business—appears to be a prominent businessman of the era. 2. **Smith Gray & Co. advertisement**: Promotes riding breeches and furnishings for gentlemen riders and polo players, targeting the wealthy leisure class. 3. **Glycerine Soap advertisement**: Features a woman at a shop display, marketing transparent soap as luxurious and suitable for delicate skin. 4. **Book promotion**: *The Villa Claudia* by J.A. Mitchell, published by Life Publishing Company ($1.50). The page reflects early 20th-century commercial culture targeting affluent readers rather than delivering satirical commentary.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
HERE is no article of dress required for Servants in any position of service which we cannot supply at once from a large and varied stock. The standard of quality is the highest—being manufacturers we can guarantee the workmanship, Hats, Shoes and Furnishings in large variety. We make a great many very superior Riding Breeches in Silks, Pongees, Khaki, Duck, Drilling, Whipcord, Twilled Worsted, Cheviot, etc., for Gentlemen Riders, Polo Players and Jockeys, New Catalogue upon request. SMITH GRAY & CO. n the unked C0 3S we have urance Co comes to perforr| enting oz: ne time ti pract ndeed, \gainst a pres Sd: Hilt (after Béranger): V CARR Flatbush Av. ‘i Broadway at sot nn Ghows Tig cuors Op Hi cOUN- ! Blood will tell! Bedford” Ave, FrY,$0 LONG AS MY ROADSCET-THRLONG Brooklyn: F in shor & Co” orse with the furd ¢ a good the defini By J. A. Mitchell, author of “Amos Judd,” “The Last American,” “ The Pines of Lory,” oonel cte. Fifty decorative designs, ' = ’ his skull NSPARENT AS CRYSTAL n Londot AGRANT AS LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY. $1.50 The best glycerine Soap, No. 4711." Its z bs Elycerine Soap, “No, 5 parity is absolute Fetanailed. Used for’ years in the Court of H. 1, M, the Emperor of ussia Can be applied to the most tender and delicate skin, Manufactured by FERD. MULHENS, Cologne, o/R, Germany. Sole U.S. Agents, MULMENS & KROPFP, 298 Broadway, New York. Send 15 cents for fult site tample cake. ‘*Most absorbing.”—New )ork 7imes, comicbooks.com