Life, 1905-06-01 · page 48 of 52
Life — June 1, 1905 — page 48: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising, not political satire**. The main content is a full-page advertisement for "Standard" brand porcelain enameled bathroom fixtures (lavatories/sinks). The large central image shows an elegant early-20th-century bedroom with modern plumbing fixtures. The satirical element is a small fictional narrative titled "No Hope of Rescue," which parodies melodramatic captive-girl stories. A woman kidnapped and locked in a dark room learns she's trapped in "a store that never advertises"—the joke being that without advertising, no one will ever find her. This clever setup mocks the importance of advertising while promoting the "Standard" brand itself. Below are advertisements for unrelated products: Woodbury's Facial Soap and Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder. The page includes a "Books Received" section listing recently published titles. This is fundamentally **commercial content masquerading as editorial**, typical of early Life magazine's fusion of advertising and satire.
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No Hope of Rescue. Bouse hand and foot, and gagged. the m et) was put into the gunnysack, “e y : inable to move or scream, felt herself bx | carried down a flight of stairs, put into ro ak | and then driven down the street. Ineffec she tried to release herself from the gag PORCELAIN ENAMELED he ance stopped. She wae agin carried Baths & One Pie building, fainting and gasping for breath ; ce 4 ay k was taken from her head. The vill | Lavatories Be} | still masked, took the gag from her mouth | aming like coals of fire thr black mask, released her and hissed thr his tightly clenched teeth: “There, my bird, scream and yell as loud as you no human ear will ever reach you in my power, Do you hear? Totally my power!” “Where am 1?" she gasped. “Ina store that never advertises,” was the cruel response “Alas! Alas!" she moaned. “No power on earth can save me; no one will look for me ne poor girl fainted. —Battle Creek Herald, OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED ange. Clara Morris. (G. W. Dilleny ham Company. $1.50.) Els By Wallace Goldsmith. (Dana Estes Company, Boston. Miss Erin, By M. E. Francis. (Benziger 0 ers.) Monkey Shines. By Bolton Hall. (A, Wessels Com Ry Franz Sel (Oliver D: Comfort, convenience and health are at your command if your siceping apartment or dressing chamber is equipped with a “Stardard” Porcelain Enam- Webster. (The eled Lavatory. There is a personal satisfaction in having a modern lavatory Bre for your own individual use, always at your service and ready for your toilet with hot and cold running water. Its presence obviates the necessity of par- tially dressing to go to the bathroom, possibly to find it already occupied “$tardard” One Piece Porcelain Enameled Lavatories by their snowy white- ness, chaste design and smooth service are an adornment tc any apartment. They are absolutely sanitary and so easily kept clean and withal so eco- nomical that no reason remains for you to be content with the old-fashioned, ten (Gina any. te.) unsightly and unhealthy wooden washstand. j os Gra 1 Re Ry Ellen M. Cyr The lavatory shown in this illustration is The Copley, costing = : approximately $45.50 not counting piping and labor of installation. 7 cd Tviates BycAvinue' Gray: <Rohde Our Book MODERN BATHROOMS shows many illustrations of beautiful one | piece lavatories: prices of each fixture are given in detail. This book was prepared by experts and is the only one giving expert information regarding ine By L. de Vs Matthewman. (The J this most important subject. Free to any address for six cents postage. ncott C ) CAUTION? Every pieceof “Stanbanl Ware bears our es 1 Gold?" tase1 Finds the Way. By Paul U ee “Font, Ie and has our trade-mark cast on the outside. DP RY ted edition. (Dodd, Mead and Com; 210.) turett ts aot Sadak? sare, Refuse substisurer—they are all inferior and twill cost you more in the end. ed editio Meadant . Standard Sanitagy Mfg, Co. Dept. 34, PITTSBURGH, PA. | , Laurence Dunbar. (Dodd, Mead 4 Compan: Offices and Showroom in New York: “Stasdand” Building, 35-37 West y1st Street Cod Folks. By Sarah L, MeL. Gree edition. (De Wolf, Fiske and Com,any, Bo: wre and Culture. Ty Hamilton W. Mabie edition, (Dodd, Mead and Company. $2.00.) Eighteen Miles from Home. By William F, Hovce. (Small, Maynard and Company.) 1 ig Thoughts to Cheer the D. Edited ENNEN’S BORAT i ‘ " Le Row, (Little, Brown one in Art Dicta and Other Es: peed, Boston. & } y Fire, By Rosalind Richa Brown and Company, Boston.) Letters of @ Portuguese Nun to an (Drentan! -) Frederick A. . Syrseuse, 3 $1.50.) of Many L I pn_and Company By Clara Murray Edited by Phity NOT MUCH ‘Reading the directions for uss Lawvrr: Now, see here, before I take your casts is the fret step ay reading your title clear to a fa I want to know if you're guilty? ‘Send 10 a. for samples of all four preparations. } ‘ , | Prisoxer: Am I guilty? D' yer spose I'd be The Andrew Jergens Co., Sole Licensee, Cincinnati, O. ool enough ter hire de most expensive lawyer in town Jif I wuz innercent?—Cleveland Leader. comicbooks.com