Life, 1905-10-12 · page 3 of 26
Life — October 12, 1905 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements rather than editorial cartoons**. The main content includes ads for Brownsville Water Crackers, Meriden Company silverware, and Smith Premier typewriters. There is one small cartoon labeled "A Difference" showing a figure in tattered clothes at a door, with text contrasting behavior toward a "book" versus a "poor" person—apparently satirizing class-based hypocrisy in how people treat others based on social status. The cartoon's message appears to be social commentary on inconsistent moral standards: one shouldn't behave courteously only to those perceived as refined while being rude to the poor. However, the specific context and any particular social event being referenced remains unclear from this isolated image alone.
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% ant a perfect cracker to serve with cheese, Water Crackers + The Cracaer that has Brownsville on it” They are dainty, crisp, appetizing and give just that deft touch to your dinner that will be iated by every judge of good living. hese crackers are baked in a quick oven in the same old-fashioned way that they have been made for fitty-five years. Make your grocer get them. Manufactured by CHATLAND & LENHART Brownsville, Pa. cannot buy these ernekers of any grocer that you bi easily, we will send ten pounds for 81.00, ex- paid,or two pounds for @ cents, express prepaid. Sterling Silver rf 2s ‘ADE by the MERIDEN COMPANY, will com- mend itself to people of re- finement and taste, for ex- clusiveness of design, good weight, and artistic qualities. When you buy an article with this stamp you have, as in all the productions of the MERIDEN CoM. PANY, the Best. @ Booklet illus- Silver Plate HE same Silverware used over half a century ago is made still in its old- time original quality; styles have changed, but the stand- ard of quality remains the same, and our stamp in- sures now, as then, the best that it is possible to produce — the best in de- sign, finish and durability. Spoons, trating our new design in TOILET | Forks, Cutlery, etc., bear our trade- ARTICLES will be sent on request. | mark, "1847 ROGERS BROS." SEND FOR OUR ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET “K 5” Factories: 218 Fifth Ave. Cor. 26th St. Meriden, Conn. Meriden Company Madison Square Hamilton, Ontario SILVERSMITHS New York INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO., Successor A DIFFERENCE, If you have no manners and you don't give a rap, ‘And you generally act like a boor, You're only eccentric, if millions you own— You're a vulgar old rip, if you're poor. From “/#; A Guide to Bad Manners.” ecvenr-re conte LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 WEST 31ST STREET, NEW YORK O) Atypewriter which will write in two colors or change from copy to record, at the touch of a lever, is a neces- sity in billing, tabulating statistics, indexing, or pre- paring legal documents, either to indicate credits or emphasize a particular figure, word or paragraph. Equipped with a BI-CHROME RIBBON, the meets every possible typewriter requirement. Tue Smit Premier Tyrewriter Company Syracuse, N. Y. Branch Stores Everywhere comicbooks.com