Life, 1905-12-14 · page 24 of 24
Life — December 14, 1905 — page 24: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an advertising page from *Life* magazine (December 14, 1905), not a political cartoon. The page contains four advertisements and a table of contents for *The Atlantic Monthly*: 1. **The Meriden Company** advertises holiday silverware, offering gift suggestions in various price ranges. 2. **Egyptian Deities Cigarettes** emphasizes luxury tobacco quality, specifically Turkish leaf, sold in two sizes at 35¢ and 25¢ per box. 3. **J. & F. Martell Cognac** promotes fine brandy and liqueur, founded 1715, available through a New York agent. 4. **The Atlantic Monthly** advertises its December issue, featuring essays on wealth, the theater, and women's suffrage in tenements, plus short stories and reviews. The advertisements reflect upper-class consumer goods and leisure pursuits typical of the era—silverware, imported spirits, and literary magazines.
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Recipes for Beverages and a Few Sandwiches” Book sent free on application UR display of Holiday Silver offers suggestions for O Christmas Gifts from the most costly pieces to the veriest trinket in price. Ann extensive assortment of articles of use and unusual beauty are made in new patterns for this season in rich cut glass, silver mounted, sterling silver and gold and silver plate. Send for “SILVER.” an illustrated Booklet of Christ- mas suggestions. THE MERIDEN COMPANY, Silversmiths, International Silver Co., Successor 218 FIFTH AVENUE, comer 26th St. Madison Square. Also entrance on 26th Street, a few steps from the Broadway cars ‘Copyright, 1905, by S. Ansngyros HE name EGYPTIAN DEITIES stands for the highest attainable quality in cigarette-making, a quality long held as “The standard of luxury in smoking.” EGYPTIAN DEITIES CIGARETTES contain only the finest selections from the choicest Turk- ish leaf; they are “first selections,” themselves, in every gathering of critical smokers. No. 1 size, 10 for 35c. No. 3 size, 10 for 25c. Atlantic Monthly FOR DECEMBER Published December Ist. Riches: A Christmas Essay. By Epwarp S. Martm. One of Mr. Martin’s delightful essays, full of mellow philoso- phy and quiet humor. Henry Irving. By Tatcotr Wittiams. An appreciative esti- mate of the great actor bya personal friend and competent critic. Is the Theatre Worth While? By James S. Metcatre. Mr. Metcalfe is dramatic critic of * Life” and is widely known by his fearless attacks upon the theatrical trust. Woman’s Suffrage in the Tenements. By Exizasetx McCracken. Miss McCracken knows tenement life as do few avriters of to-day. Her discriminating social studies are both witty and wise. Five Unusual Short Stories. A Daughter of the Rich. By Wittiam J. Hopkins, author of The Clammer.” Flowers of Paradise. B. Brown. The Choice of Circumstance. . An Interchange of Courtesi Bank’s Mary. By Rose E. Youns. Book-Reviews, Essays, and the Contribu- tor’s Club. SPECIAL OFFERS 4 7ri0} Subscription sr ‘s three months sent to new subscriber on receipt of fifty cents. Three issues, Octcber, November, and Decem- Ber, 1905, will be sent free to new subscribers for 1906 on receipt of $4.00. 35 cents a copy, $4.00 per year. Illustrated Prospectus for 1906 sent free upon application. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO., 4 Park St., Boston, Mass. Cognac (Founded 1715) FINE OLD LIQUEUR BRANDIES GENUINE OLD BRANDIES MADE FROM WINE Sole Agent G. S. NICHOLAS Mew York