Life, 1904-11-17 · page 4 of 24
Life — November 17, 1904 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising content**, not editorial cartoons or political satire. It contains four advertisements: 1. **Top left**: Travel tours to California and Mexico via New York Central Lines 2. **Top right**: Whiting Manufacturing Company's "Lily" pattern silverware 3. **Bottom left**: "Tomfoolery," a humor book with drawings and limericks by J.M. Flagg. The cartoon shows a woman and child in a domestic scene; the joke appears to relate to humorous domestic situations. 4. **Bottom right**: "The Villa Claudia," a novel by J.A. Mitchell The Tomfoolery advertisement is the only element with cartoon imagery, but it's promotional rather than political commentary. This appears to be a typical early 20th-century magazine page mixing travel promotions, household goods, and entertainment products.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURS TO CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO VIA THE NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES Will move at frequent intervals in December, January, February, March and May. For particulars, inquire of ticket agents of the New York Central Lines, or enclose a two-cent stamp for a copy of “America’s Winter Resorts,” to George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, Grand Central Station, New York. FORKS AND SPOONS AND SERVING PIECES IN COMPACT FAMILY CHESTS, IN GREAT VARIETY OF STYLE AND RANGE OF PRICE. THE “LILY” PATTERN (Copyrightet), SHOWN HEREWITH, IS UNQUESTIONABLY THE MOST ARTISTICALLY DISTINCTIVE DESIGN OF THE PERIOD. WHITING M’F'G Co. Silversmiths, BROADWAY & 18TH ST. New York. “LILY” YOU'LL BE SURPRISED AT THE FUN YOU'LL GET OUT OF TOMFOOLERY DRAWINGS AND LIMERICKS BY J. M. FLAGG THE FUNNIEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Price, 75 Cents Of All Booksellers and Newsdealers, or Post-free on Receipt of Price LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 WEST THIRTY-FIRST STREET - Ld New YORK By J. A. Mitchell, author of “Amos Judd,” “The Last American,” “The Pines of Lory,” etc, Fifty decorative designs, LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY. $1.50 “*Most absorbing."—New York Zimes. comicbooks.com