Life, 1905-09-21 · page 23 of 26
Life — September 21, 1905 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content or satire. It contains multiple product advertisements typical of early 20th-century magazines. The ads reflect period concerns: dental hygiene products (Sheffield's, Sozodont), fashion (Scandinavian furs and auto garments), and notably, **the Keeley Institute advertisement for "Liquor and Drug Using" treatment**—indicating widespread contemporary anxiety about addiction. One editorial element appears: a photogravure titled "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" by Life Publishing Company, showing what appears to be a social scene, though details are unclear. The bottom advertises **Old Crow Rye whiskey**—ironic placement given the adjacent addiction-treatment ad, reflecting the era's contradictory attitudes toward alcohol (sold freely while simultaneously treating its abuse as a medical problem). The page documents consumer culture and social anxieties of the period rather than delivering satire.
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THE NEW FALL CATALOG OF THE SCANDINAVIAN Fur & Leather Co. shows all that is the latest and best in Auto Garments and all out-of-door apparel NEW MODELS from our agents in Paris, Copenhages, and London of suits, coats, wraps, hats, caps, in fact everything in wearing apparel is shown in all the latest designs and fabrics. Our prices are most moderate. Send for illus- Special Wholesate Department SCANDINAVIAN FUR & LEATHER CO. tgand 16 West Tuiety-Tuteo Sreeer EW YORK Is Your Time Worth Saving? Then put a TELEPHONE in your RESIDENCE. New York Telephone Co. 15 Dey Street. SOZODONT ss used with Sozodont Liquid makes an ideal dentifrice, surpassing anything of the kind ever offered tothe public, Ask your dentist. Dr. Sheffield’s Anti-Septic Creme Dentifrice Put up in collapsible Tubes Tooth Powder Put up in Cans convenient for Tourists Elixir Balm A delightful Mouth Wash Used by the Elite of the World Since 1850. FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. CORRECTS FAULTS OF THE FIGURE Perfect Sapporter with dress of cegligee. Approred by leading physicians, Endorsed by Arthur Frankenstein & Co. 514 & 516 Brosdws York. with, ait Conran, 1994, or Lire Pus.Co. “FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW” After FW, Read ‘Photogravure in Sepi: $1.00 20 by 15 in. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West 3lst Street New York for Liquor and Drug Using A scientific remedy which has been skilfully and successfully administered by medical specialists for the past 25 years. At the following Keeley institutes: was Male x. Harrisborg, Pa. Pittobarg, Pa 4246 Vinth Ave, Protidenee, Re fe Salt Lake Clty, Utah OLD CROW RYE stRatant WHISKEY SOLE HOTTLERS, NEW VORK. comicbooks.com