Life, 1905-09-14 · page 21 of 24
Life — September 14, 1905 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, with one short satirical piece embedded among the ads. ## The Satire: "System in Society" The cartoon mocks wealthy socialite culture. A bored "social queen" tells her maid to send her expensive gowns and jewels to various society events—but she herself won't attend. Instead, she'll stay home with a headache. The joke: high society has become so obsessed with *displaying* wealth through possessions that the actual owner's presence is irrelevant. People only care about seeing the expensive items, not the person wearing them. The tagline (from *Chicago Tribune*) underscores the absurdity of this materialistic posturing. ## Supporting Content Below this sits a brief comedic exchange ("Getting Specific") about how married couples' pet names devolve from "birdie" to less flattering animal comparisons—satirizing how romance dies in marriage. The rest of the page consists of period advertisements for clothing (Knox hats, Cluett shirts), gloves, hair products, and toiletries—typical of early 20th-century *Life* magazine content.
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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) NEW YORK, also, F. M. ATWOOD, CHICAGO. Kid Gloves. Sot, Elastic, Durable. $1.50. Silk Gloves. Remarkable for Finish and Beauty of Texture. 50¢., 75¢., $1.00. 3t years on Broadway CENTEMERI ott Broadway, just above 20th St. Telephone, 1135 Gramercy. Scalp Cl Seven Scalp Cleaner Sutherland Hair Grower Sisters’ gives life and vigor to the hair roots They have stood the test oftime. For § two decades they have bet the recognized standards of all hair preparations. "They are sold by near- ly every drug and artment store in the USS. —over 26,000 in number, Remember : ———— —>= Patronize American industries. Wear a KNOX | pa HAT the creation par excellence of the nation. the principal cities in the world, System in Society. HE social queen is languid and depressed this evening, she says to her maid, “what are my nents for to-night? he maid env erates them. fery well, you may send my four thousand- dollar dinner gown to Mrs. Flubber’s, my fif- teen hundred dollar gown and string of pearls to Mrs. Hirupp's, my lace ball gown to Mrs. Dancum’s, my diamond coronet and stomacher to the theatre, and my applique velvet gown to the Gudness-Knose wedding. That's all people care to nowadays. I’m going to bed with a headache, and if anyone calls, I'm not at home.”—Chicago Tribune. THE ROSS'S ROYAL B. EAL THIN ELFAST ER ALE. Getting Specific. IFFERLY: When you and your wife were first married, you used to call each other “birdie,” didn't you? McSwat: Yes. “Do you still do it?” ell, I call her a parrot and a magpie, and —Philadel- Yane == MADE LINEN 15¢ EACH ARABIC IF YOUR DEALER WONT SUPPLY YOU, WRITE US EMIGH & STRAUB-Dept CC.TROY,NY| “On and Off like a Coat” Cette COAT SHIRTS Made in original designs of FAST COLOR FABRICS in style, quality and finish LIKE CUSTOM WORK. $1.50 and up. CLUETT, PEABODY & CO., UAROEST MAKERS OF GHIRTS AND COLLARS 1 TRE WORLD. RITE to-day for trial bottles of these famous toilet preparations. For 1co years they have been acknowledged the best by experts everywhere and by the world's most popular beauties, If you have not yet used ED, PINAUD'S preparations you should do so at once, and here is your opportunity, EN, PINAUD'’s P+ RFTME to sesenaitaly: exquisite in quality and more lasting than many Himes Hts a ‘anuity ‘in imitations, "in ho ether fumes ts's0 much care taken to secure the iaghes ‘egree of purity and miataction to the user, If you oncetry 1€ you will find no other Kooi enough tore: lace it +D, PLYWUN'S KAT DE QTIVIvE fl HAIR TONIC removes dandruff. vill make four hair beautiful elaric and loiay nnd hep ly an Your scalp in a condition of perfect alt KD, PINGUD'S RLIXIN DESTIFRICE 4s the most reliahle teeth preserver and bleacher in existeoce. It abo-ld havea permanent place onevery dressing table. ED, PINAUD'S EAU DE FREE QUININE HAIR TONIC for three applications; enough exquisite perfume for five times, and famous ELIXIR DENTIFRICE for five times. Send toc. to pay postage and packing. WRITE TO-DAY ED. PINAUD’S American Offices E4. Posed Midge, Keom 112, New York City comicbooks.com