Life, 1904-12-08 · page 22 of 24
Life — December 8, 1904 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains commercial notices for luxury goods popular in the early 1900s: Swiss chocolate (Cailler's), automobiles (Cadillac), liqueur (Pères Chartreux), and other products. The only narrative content is a brief anecdote titled "Daws Instead of Kittens"—a sentimental animal story about a cat who, after losing her kittens, adopts a puppy, then two young jackdaws (birds), mothering them despite her predatory nature. The piece demonstrates the cat's maternal instinct overriding her hunting instincts, presented as heartwarming rather than satirical. Below that are two short joke exchanges mocking pretension and atheism, typical of the era's light humor. **This is not a political cartoon page.** It's a magazine advertisement section with minimal editorial content.
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GENUINE SWISS MILK CHOCOLATE isa product of the Gruyere Valley in Switzerland, that is bringing America to a fuller realization of the value of good milk chocolate, both as a food and as a confection, Chocolate is second to no. edible substance in point of nutritive properties, and) CAILLER’S Citocotate only wants comparison with’ the ordinary kinds to demonstrate its unrivaled supe- riority as a delicacy that is pure, rich and pala- tabl It enjoys a growing use as an agreeable substi- tute for a hasty lunch, and never fails to win children from the unwholesome ordinary forms of confectionery. Send us your address and we'll mail you FREE ON REQUEST a sample big enough to convince you that Cailler's is really the feast we say it fs, We'll also send a sample of the drinking chocolate, which is equally rich in cream and is superior to any cocoa or chocolate you have ever tned, J. H. FREYMANN General Agent for the United States 861 Broadway NEW YORK LIFE’S LATEST CIRCULAR “A Few Suggestions” UPON REQUEST TO LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West Thirty-First Street ew YorK Complete, ‘Withont Tonneau, $500, Ease of Contro No other automobile is so easy to manage as a Cadillac. Simple mech- anism, powerful brake, reliable, noise- less speed gear, and accurate steering apparatus make the Cadillac an easily controlled car at all tizaes, and under all conditions. Cadillacs cost $750 to $900. You may pay more for others not so efficient. poklet_R wnich tells all aboat A gives address Of nearby agency Ww! y be seen and tri CADILLAC AUTOMOBILE CO., Detroit, Mich, Cicemsed Avtomodiie Member Assoclation of a Give the childrea and Confections Wholesome, pure, delicious Sold where they sett the best. Instantancous Chocolate n Daws Instead of Kittens. HIS cat, which resides at another house in Wickford, lost her kittens, as cats some- times do, but she worried about them to a de- gree beyond the nature of most cats.” In a short time, her affections fell on a small puppy which, rather against his will, she dragged to her basket and mothered so thoroughly that, on a favorable opportunity arising, he escaped and took pains to keep out of her way. Then a boy of the family climbed a tree and took two young jackdaws from the nest. As the latest comers, they were his prime fa orites, and at night he took them to his bedroom and placed the basket containing them on his bed. Pussy found them out, and quietly went and seized them. Her avaricious instinct com- pletely failed her, for instead of eating them, she brought them downstairs to her own bas- ket, and there they were found nestling in the warm fur of their purring fostermother, This was about a fortnight ago, and ever since the birds have remained in the protection of the cat. She sits with her paws round them, and woe betide any dog that approaches too near. She is out and after them, giving them good use to retreat with howls heard all over the use. Now that her strange kittens are show- ing a disposition to fly, the cat’s maternal in- stinct is suffering a severe strain, and her owner fears that the affair will after all end inat ly more mournful than that of (Edipos—The Cat Journal. YLES: Did you ever come across a more conceited fellow than Bulger? They say he is an atheist ; and I believe he is. Boxter: I wouldn't like to go so far as that ; but I know that he doesn’t recognize the existence of a superior being. —Town and Country. se F course, the novel isn’t much, but the heroine is quite a remarkable young person.”* “Indeed?” “Oh! quite out of the ordinary. She doesn’t once appear in ‘a gown of some soft cling- ing material that accentuated rather than con- cealed,’ &c., &e."— Philadelphia Pr LIQUEUR OF POLITE SOCIETY . LIQUEUR PERES CHARTREUX —GREEN AND YELLOW— THIS FAMOUS CORDIAL, NOW MADE AT TARRAGONA, SPAIN, WAS FOR CENTURIES DISTILLED BY THE CARTHUSIAN MONKS, (PERES CHARTREUX) AT THE MONASTERY OF LAGRANDE CHARTREUSE, FRANCE, AND KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AS CHARTREUSE; THE LABEL AND BOTTLE FORMERLY USED HAVE BEEN ABANDONED. THE GENUINE ARTICLE WILL HENCEFORTH BE KNOWN ONLY AS LIQUEUR PERES CHARTREUX, DISTILLED BY THE SAME ORDER OF MONKS WHO HAVE SECURELY GUARDED THE SECRET OF ITS MANUFAC- TURE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND WHO ALONE POSSESS A KNOWLEDGE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THIS DELICIOUS NECTAR. At first-class Wine Merchants. Grocers. Hotels, Cafés. x dway, New York, N.Y gents for United States. WEBER MUSIC HALL sac'etes. WEBER & ZIEGFELD cnr HIGGLEDY - PIGGLEDY ELFAST RAND 20° EACH IF YOUR DEALER WONT SUPPLY YOU, WRITE US EMIGH & STRAUB-Dept CC.TROY,NY comicbooks.com