Life, 1905-05-18 · page 28 of 32
Life — May 18, 1905 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a political cartoon. The content consists almost entirely of commercial advertisements for products popular in the early 1900s. The one notable illustration is a small cartoon titled "The Wolf," depicting a large, menacing figure at a dining table with a thin, sickly family. The caption reads: "Meat is essential to wealth. 'Oh, no! Our family never eat any, and we are not exactly what you would call sickly.'" This appears to be **satirizing working-class poverty**—the "wolf" represents deprivation or hardship at the door, while the family ironically claims health despite their inability to afford meat, a marker of prosperity. The remaining advertisements promote shoes (W.L. Douglas, Leadam), suspenders (Gordon), hats (Youmans), shoe trees, rubber heels, and notably, the **Keeley Cure for "Liquor and Drug Using"**—reflecting contemporary anxieties about addiction treatment.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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