Life, 1905-09-07 · page 7 of 42
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This page is **primarily advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The main content includes: 1. **Hair growth advertisement** ("A Scientific Method of Growing Hair") - promoting The Evans Vacuum Cap treatment for baldness 2. **Three distinct product ads**: Rogers, Peet & Co. (livery/hats), Knapp-Felt hats, and Krementz jewelry 3. **Short humorous anecdotes** (not political cartoons): - "He Wanted the Poultice" - a brief story about Joseph Jefferson (likely the 19th-century actor) visiting a friend - "The Horse's Failing" - a rural dialogue about a horse trader These stories appear to be light, satirical social humor typical of *Life* magazine's satirical tradition, but they target personal behavior and rural folk wisdom rather than politics. The page reflects early 20th-century concerns (baldness remedies, hat fashion) and entertainment conventions.
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A Séentitie Method of Growing Hair The Evans Vacuum Cap provides the scien- tific means of applying to the scalp the com- mon sense principles of physicai culture. Baldness and falling hair are caused by the lack of proper nourishment of the hair roots. This lack of nourishment is due to the absence of blood in the scalp—an ab- normal condition. It is the blood which feeds the hair roots, as well as every other part of the body. If you want the hair to grow on the scalp the blood must be mide to circulate there, It is exercise which makes the blood circulate. Lack of exer- cise makes it stagnant. The Vacuum method provides the exercise which makes the blood circulate in the scalp. It gently draws the rich blood to the scalp and feeds the shrunken hair roots. This causes the hair to grow. _ Test it Without Expense whether it is possible to cultivate a growth head by ten minutes" use of the Evans cap, We willsend you the Cap with which to he experiment without any expense to you. cuum Cap gives the scalp a healthy glow he normal Condition of the scalp can be tee of four minutes’ use of the Cap each will produce a natural he scalp remains white acuum, there is no use plying the ng further—the hair will not grow. The Bank Guarantee We will send you, by prepaid express, an Evans a Cap and will allow you ample time to prove ~All we ask of y pin the Jefferson temain during the t your own order. If you do not cultivate 2 suMicient growth of hair to convince you that the method is, effective, simply notify the bank and they will retura your deposit in fall. A sixteen-page illustrated book will be sent you free, on request Evans Vacuum Cap Co. 954 Fullerton Bide. St. Louis KREMENTZ Op the Rack of the ttt insures Permanent Sate _licanget break (om services The shape x Weta" Sutiowed it stays buttoned. Easy to unbutton” ‘Sold by, Jeweler eed a aberdaher, ised thigg for booklets TREWENTE 160,65 Chestnut Se Newari, HL. | Made of Clear Argentine Nutria | Hats for Men Just because we’d rather sell} less livery than sell a poorer, | cheaper sort, we keep on selling | |more and more of the fine quality we've always made. For every sort of manservant. Catalogue on application, ROGERS, PEET & CO., 258—842—1260 Broadway, | (3 Stores) T ct j - < Hea aORe. | The most important part of also, a hat is beneath the surface. The B, M. ATWOOD, light felt, the conscientious work- CHICAGO. | manship, the fast color, the wear- resisting quality of He Wanted the Poultice. | ied q ¥ ‘| HE late Joseph Jefferson was suddenly | 4 taken ill while visiting at the home . The wife « gentleman whose hos- pitality he had enjoyed became alarmed over | inapp- t his coi nd, being of a religious turn of | mind, wis! to instil in the 1 1 of the acto: her belief in the necessity for spirit 3 conten hats are features of which the plation, A call to his room for the purpose uch desi ied i 'tention to the smallest detail and exquisite Vellum Finish, nice at- poultice gave her the opportunity. “Mr. Jefferson,” she said. nervously shift the poultice from one h: your sake, for the sake of your I—I would like to pray f or listened } nd to the other, ' Noticeable Elegance of Style are evidence. Knapp-Felt De Luxe do his an- . “Yes, madam,” he said, hats are $6. Knapp-Felt hats are for your for but for heaven's sake put on nsas City Journal. tentively slowly. $4. The better hatters sell them. Write for The Hatman, sg after."* No cold gray dawn of the mor ROSS'S ROVAL BELFAST GID ALE. THE CROFUT & KNAPP CO,, The Horse’s Failing. Broadway, at 13th Street, New York. H the ruralist, was in search of a _ horse. “T've got the very thing you want,” said Bill Kid Gloves: Lennox, the stableman, “a thoroughgoing road : horse. Five years old, sound as a quail, $175 |(I]| Sora? Elsstes Durable. $1.50. cash down, and he goes ten miles without stop- Silk Gloves. | ping.” Remarkable for Finish and Beauty Hans threw his hands skyward. of Texture. $0c., 75¢., $1.00. “Not for me,” he said, “not for me, I 3t years on Broadway vouldn’t gif you 5 cents for him. I live eight miles Bina de country, und Wa fae to walk CENTEMERI back two miles."—The Norman (Oklahoma) grt Broadway, just above aoth St. Voi ‘Telephone, 1135 Gramercy. oice. comicbooks.com