Life, 1905-11-16 · page 28 of 30
Life — November 16, 1905 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising content**, not satire or political commentary. It consists of subscription offers and product advertisements typical of early 20th-century magazines. The main content advertises **The Metropolitan Magazine** subscription ($1.80 annually) bundled with membership in the Tabard Inn Library, a book-circulation system with 1,000,000 volumes available at 2,000 stations nationwide for a five-cent exchange fee. Surrounding advertisements promote period consumer goods: Whitman's chocolates, Caswell Massey's violet perfume sachets, Tabasco sauce, McIlhenny's products, and entertainment at the New York Hippodrome theater (featuring "The Romance of a Hindoo Princess" and "A Yankee Circus on Mars"). The single cartoon—a sketch labeled "Want anything on your hair?"—appears to be a light, generic joke rather than political commentary. **No significant political or social satire is evident on this page.**
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THE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE For Twelve Months and a LIFE MEMBERSHIP The Tabard Inn Library For the annual Subscription Price of the Magazine only $1.80 The Certificate of Membership in the Library which will be furnished you will entitle you to obtain an exchangeable book at any one of the two thousand Tabard Inn Stations in the United States on payment of the regular five- cent exchange fee. There are 1,000,000 books in circulation in the Tabard Inn Library to choose from. THE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE'S con- tributors include the foremost writers and artists of the day. The Christmas number will contain ATaterd Inn Book m2 . Tabard lan Goth Ge twelve full pages in color. eeeeeeeneeer CUT ALONG THIS. LINE -oeeeesene ORDER BLANK THE METROPOLITAN MaGazine, 3 West 2gth St., New York. Dear Sins: Lenclose herewith $1.80, for which please sen issues of THE METKOIOLITAN MaGaziNe, and Member of the Tabard Inn Library, forwarding membership, the next twelve rme asa Life ¢ certificate of 124190. Street address, Place... MAIL ALL ORDERS, AND ADDRESS, THE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE, 3 West 29th Street (Dept. S), New York The Most Delicate Violet Perfume Chocolates and Confections Deliciously flavored, temptingly boxed For sale where the best is sold STEPHEN F. WHITMAN & SON, 1316 Chestnut St, Phila. Established 1442 'a NEW YORK. Jfippodrome TRIUMPHANT SENSATION ‘*THE ROMANCE OF A HINDOO PRINCESS ”” with Planging Elephants, and “A YANKEE CIRCUS ON MARS” ‘with Claire Heliot and Hons and other unrivaled specialists DAILY MATINEES. FOR LACES AND HANDKERCUIEFS Caswell,Massey&Co.’s IRIS-VIOLET SACHET CASWELL, MASSEY & CO. NEW YORK & NEWPORT You won't tire of the breakfast egg if you dress it with Mellbenny’s—the original—Tabasco Sauce. In use half a century. Promotes digestion and makes Soups ¢ Sal Roasts, ete., more palatable. >>