Life, 1905-05-04 · page 39 of 48
Life — May 4, 1905 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, featuring various product promotions typical of the early 20th century. The page contains one genuine **cartoon with social commentary**: "A Genuine Bargain" and "'Uncle Joe' and the Farmer." The first uses a common trope—a man finding a "bargain" bride marked down from "thirty" to "twenty-three" at a department store—to satirize both the commercialization of romance and women's reduced status to merchandise. The second mocks Speaker **Cannon** (Joseph G. Cannon, a prominent politician), depicting him as absurdly cheap: he eats seven ears of corn at an expensive hotel but won't pay fair board rates. The Illinois farmer's suggestion he use a livery stable instead suggests Cannon values his horse's comfort over honest dealings. The remaining content is **advertising**—cigars, cocktails, beer, trunks, and clothing—marketed to affluent, discriminating consumers. These ads reflect period class assumptions about refined taste and luxury consumption.
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Success lies in selection— and choice selection means painstaking experience. A simple explanation of the fact that WALDORF- ASTORIA SEGARS are favorites with discriminat- ing smokers, Han Offer ana tomaore idorfAstorio Ns Livery in which the most fas- |tidious find no flaw. For coachmen, grooms and house- | servants. May we send a price list? ROGERS, PEET & CO., 258—842—1260 Broadway, (3 Stores) NEW YORK. ‘OU like the uniformity of flavor in your favorite brand of cigars —how about your cocktails? Are you going to accept any chance mixer’s decoction, or order CLUB COCKTAILS? Their excellence has been attained through scientific blending and subsequent ageing to perfection. There is but one perfect brand— CLUB. Specify CLUB for your own satisfaction. Seven kinds—Manhattan, Martini, Ver- mouth, Whiskey, Holland Gin, Tom Gin and York. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sole Proprietors Hartford New York London A Genuine Bargain. HE “ markdowns "—so he always said—at a department store never really genuine—" just fakes and nothing en" t one glad day a “lady clerk"? of whom he chanced to buy \ Bill of goods quite wo: eye. She told him she was were marti Hut by the time the happy pair had spent their honeymoon He deemed a bargain he had found at that depart- ment store ; He'd got a bride for “twenty-three, marked down thirt 1H m by the sparkle of her would “twenty-three,” and they o have soon, nan, in Saturday Drawn by Leppert. “olwan! YOUR Face IF ME FADDER WASN'T A COPPER I'D PUSH “Uncle Joe’? and the Farmer. PEAKER CANNONisa great lover of green corn. He boards at the Arling- ton, and one day took one of his Illinois farmer constituents to dinner with him, Cannon made his dinner on green corn, eating seven ears. The farmer asked him how much he paid for board at the Arlington, and Cannon replied, ‘Six “*Well,”’ said the farmer constituent, “* Joe, don’t you think it would be cheaper for you to board at a livery stable?” —Kansas City Journal. Pabst Blue Ribbon The Beer of Quality The vigor of the malt and the QR vim of the hops. SRO. a Your clothes hang w; fustas they do in your y wardrobe at home; linen” Ties neatly drawers: yourla ye hat compa: jo matter he or howe ew tly aiee been a is the one perfect trunk for both men and women. Every article in it is instantly accessible, No trays to lift—drawers for everything—lasts a lifetime. Price $35.00 and Upwards, Write sor our siustrated book, “Tips to Travelers,” sent omveguest. Abel @ Bach — Largest Makers «f Tr Iw your guar tee ot gait etgia aad durathing, comicbooks.com