Life, 1905-05-18 · page 30 of 32
Life — May 18, 1905 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements** interspersed with brief humorous anecdotes, typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. **The humor sections** include: - "The Truthful Guide": A Scottish guide's candid admission that a cave's historical claims are fabricated—satirizing tourist industry dishonesty - "It Depended": A railroad guard's evasive answer about time—joking that how long one has been married determines if he has time to say goodbye - "Indefinite": A dark joke about whether a brother's accident involved a wife or automobile—satirizing early automobile dangers **Advertisements** dominate, promoting: - Segar Company cigars (emphasizing quality) - Rogers, Peet & Co. (livery services) - Club Cocktails (seven varieties listed) - Brighton garters, ABC Wardrobe Trunk, and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture and period attitudes toward masculinity (garters, cocktails, beer), travel, and emerging automobile dangers.
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hs C Seaar Company The soup must be tasty; : ‘TO the man behind the bar a cock- . soos tail is a mixed drink—nothing Club liveries. more. With_us, the making of House liveries. the wine, choice; the en- tree, appetizing; the roast CLUB COCKTAILS jis as. im- tender; the dessert, delicate; . . portant a task as producing a fine the coffee of good flavor; Carriage liveries. wine. Our formula calls for such Seoecct exact proportions of liquors that but the SEGAR must be Motor liveries. the favor. taste. and’ strength, of perfect, since therein lies Illustrated price-list for the| CLUB COCKTAILS are pre- i : served to a uniform standard. gastronomy of the mind ashing. Thorough ageing makes them per- A FINE SEGAR IS fect beyond compare. HALF THE FEAST ROGERS, PEET & CO., Seven Kinds; Manhattan Mar tini, Vermouth, Whiskey, Holland 258—842—1260 Broadway, Gin, Tom Gin and York. GiStee G. F.HEUBLEIN & BRO. Sale Proprietors REWSYORK: Hartford New York London Waren Once anatmors LidorfAstoria NAS The Truthful Guide. ~ <u It Depended. \ ASSENGER: Guard, have I time to say I I is told of a lady that, while touring in the good-by to my wife at the barrier? tish Highland ne mer, she was taken’to a cave ia-which Machetly was-said'to Garp: I don't know, sir. How long havc Wace Het Shievexaitigied he caveat. you been married?—Baltimore Telegram. tentively, and listened to the cloquent: speech At the end she said to the man: = % Indefinite. tell me truly, i s really the IMPKIN: My brother met with a seri- acbeth was born? (amano Fe ous accident yesterday, He was blown e smiled awkwardly. Ile shifted about Vell.” he said, me of % ; ‘ ‘i ; TinpK! ndeed! Wife or automobile?— the place Herald. . Chicago FLAT crasp GARTERS have a continuous contract to hold up the socks on millions of energetic *s Tides" beep them tee American legs. Flat as your hand, { y} fom wrinkles, adjustable, neither bind nor slip, made : of one piece pure silk webbing (not ; | mercerized aE cotton). All b T see A Wardrobe Trunk patterns, is the one perfect trunk for both men and women, nickeled trims Every article in it is instantly accessible. No trays Lhe to lift—drawers for everything—lasts a lifetimes mings —can- Price $33.00 and Upwarda, : BI Ribl notrust, 25¢ "rite mer tiustrated pair—all aeale Et Ae Rae eax rh ue on TTY bene Abel BBach Company, The Beer of Quality PIONEER SUSPENDER CO., .. All Pabst Blue Ribbon is bottled only at 118 Market 8t., Priladetpbiae y: % Makers of Pioneer Suspenders. | toed geal ae the Brewery in Milwaukees comicbooks.com