Life, 1904-11-03 · page 39 of 40
Life — November 3, 1904 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book promotion**, not political satire. The main content includes: **Left side:** Book advertisements for *The Affair at the Inn* (by the author of *Rebecca*) and Agnes Repplier's essay collection *Compromises*—both marketed as witty, humorous entertainment. Publishers Houghton Mifflin quote positive reviews emphasizing clever humor and entertainment value. **Center:** Art reproductions for framing—prints by W. Balfour Ker, priced at $1 each, marketed to readers wanting affordable home decoration. **Right side:** A soap advertisement (White Rose Glycerine Soap) featuring an elegant woman, and the Queens County Jockey Club fall racing schedule from Aqueduct, Long Island. **The satire element:** Life magazine itself was satirical, but this particular page shows how *Life* supported itself through advertising while maintaining its literary cachet by advertising "clever" books and refined products to its educated, upper-middle-class readership.
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“ Clever—Innocent—Amusing” THE AFFAIR AT THE INN BY i i BY THE oe : KATE AUTHOR = DOUGLAS oF I 7 WIGGIN “REBECCA” and others “One of the brightest bits of fall fiction. It is a genuine four- cylinder novel, and one of the rare make that never misses an ex- plosion."—Li/e. “As bright and clever as the best comedy on the stage. Francico Chronicle. “It sparkles with wit and humor."—Arookiyn Eagle. “A feast of humor and good cheer."—St, Louis Globe- Democrat, "— San Illustrated in tint. $ AGNES REPPLIER’S LN New Book of Essays @ COMPROMISES & “ Belongs strictly to the literature of entertainment.”"—Nerw York Sur. “Graceful, light of touch, full of humor and of wisdom."—Wew York Times, HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK Copyright, 1904 Lire. Reproductions for Framing of this Unique Drawing $1.00 Each A Photogravure in Brown after W. BALFOUR KER 15x20 Inches For Framing $1.00 Each Somebody on the Wire” LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 47 West Thirty first Street NEW YORK TRANSPARENT AS CRYSTAL FRAGRANT AS FLOWERS re Soap, “No. 47114 Tts punty is absolute, Its perfame sed for’ years in % Court of H. 1. M, the Emperor of skin, Manufactured by FERD, MULHENS, Cologne, 0/R, Germany. Sole U. S, Agents, MULHENS & KROPFP, 298 Broadway ,New York. Send 15 cents for full size sample cake. QUEENS COUNTY JOCKEY CLUB Aqueduct, L. I. FALL MEETING From Thursday, November 3d to Tuesday, November 15th FLAT AND STEEPLECHASE RACING FIRST RACE 2 P. M. EACH DAY THE AQUEDUCT HMANDICAP—tor All Ages. One Mile and a Sixteenth. THE ELECTION DAY MANDICAP—for All Ages. One Mile and a Furlong. THE EDGEMERE—for All Ages, One Mile and a Furlong. THE BAYVIEW HANDICAP—tor All Ages. Seven Furlongs, THE STONVBROOK—for Three-Year-Olds and Upward. One Mile and a Sk- teenth, THE WOODMERE—for Three-Year-Olds and Upward. Seven Furtongs. THE NASSAU HANDICAP—tor Three-Year-Olds. Seven Furlongs, THE ROSLYN MANDICAP—for Three-Year-Olds. One Mile. THE BABYLON HANDICAP—for Two-Year-Olds, Six Furlongs. THE CREEDMOOR—lor Two-Year-Olds. Six Furlongs. THE OAKDALE HANDICAP—for Two-Year-Olds, Six Furlongs, THE BELLEROSE—for Two-Year.Olds, Five Furlongs. Course can be reached from foot of East 34th St., also Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, and Kings Co. ‘*L" Road. See daily papers for Time Tables. MUSIC BY LANDER comicbooks.com