Life, 1906-02-01 · page 44 of 48
Life — February 1, 1906 — page 44: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content is a full-page advertisement for Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company's porcelain enameled bathroom fixtures and bathtubs. The ad uses an idealized domestic scene showing a woman and child admiring modern plumbing as a sales pitch, emphasizing health, cleanliness, and home value—marketing tactics typical of early 20th-century consumer advertising. The right column contains "Frivolous Definitions"—humorous one-liners defining abstract concepts (luxury, gossip, consistency, etc.) in satirical ways. These are standalone jokes mocking social pretensions and human nature, not tied to current events. Below that appears a brief anecdote about a dinner party with a newly-hired immigrant servant girl, offering gentle domestic humor. **Bottom section** features unrelated items: a Jack London reminiscence about his travels, and a marriage joke from the Philadelphia Ledger. This is a typical Life magazine layout mixing advertising with miscellaneous humor and commentary—not a focused political or social satire piece.
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i =PORGE LAT _ Baths & One! Piece Lavdigrie Health, purity, cleanliness radiate throughout the house , equipped with “Staedanf” Porcelain Enameled Ware. white purity of its enamel, the assurance of health from its smooth one- piece surface, the absence of cracks and crevices where dust and dirt might lodge, make “Stasdanf” Ware the only equipment for a cleanly modern home, while the decorative charm which its presence lends, is not only a joy itself in use, but distinctly increases the value of your house, “Standard” Ware is indestructible and the cost of its installation is moderate enough to appeal to the most economical. Our Book, “MODERN BATHROOMS.” tells you how to plan, buy and arrange your bathroom, and i pensive as well as luxurious rooms, ‘showing the cost of cach fixture in ‘detail, It is the most complete and beautiful booklet ever issued on FREE for’six cents postage, and the name of your plumber and architect The snow- should you ever want to sell. trates many beautiful and in; together with many hints on decoration, tiling, etc. the subject, and contains 100 pages. ‘The ABOVE FIXTURES, No. “Standanf” P, 28 can be purchased from any plumber at a cost approxi- 78.75—not counting freight, labor or piping—is described in detail among the others, Ecery plece of “Stastar€” Ware bears our ‘Steodand?” pre hii ag i gheerpiy Untesnthelckeh and tradecmanh ore on the Retort ts mel Stastand™ ~thap oor ll intetor ad wall coal you some ts the cod Address Standard Sanitary Mf, Co. Dept. 34, Pittsburgh, U.S. A. “Standel Building, 35-37 West Ist Street. London, England, 22 Holborn Viaduct, E. C. * guarantee lobel, and has our Refuse substitutes Offices and Showrooms in New Yor ACK LONDON, t an earlier visit ¢ arrived on the truck Enter Without Please Do Not Knock.”. tortuous streets of the unique experi- ence for him, a many cities Me the world. ences as a tramp have not made him open- handed and hospi you are thinking about getting mar- “Then you approve of marrying?” “Well, I approve of thinking about it first.” —Philadelphia Ledger. ¢ door of the “No Admission Frivolous Definitions. UXURY—That which makes the poor discontented and bores the rich. Gossip—Social vivisection. Consistency | arouse a wom Popularity— Diet—Deny you like don't like. Bear—An optimistic dealer in pessimism Actor—One who pays more attention to bill-board than the board-bill Caution—The brake that stops a career from running up-hill to success. Curiosity—Paying a thousand dollars to sce your appendix Good Judgment—Finding out what advice a man wants and giving it to him Pull—The resource of those who have no el that does 1 he price of self-respect ng yourself the indig cating the digestible tl that says “Don't do it; you might get caught.” Vanity—The food of fools. Appreciation—Enyy in sheep's clothing. Al Compromise—An amicable understan b, which you and your wife agree to let h have her own w Alimony—The High F ¢—Making two millions grov where none grew before—Saturday Ev Post. ass widow's pension. nant Thanksgiv and newly ing up to tl ing feast. The house girl w: arrived in’ this country, charming hostess to her the dinner, “when T want anything I wil touch the clectric bell, and you are to come and do as T bid you.” “Yis, marm.” everything ready?” “Yis, marm.” The guest were all seated around the table. The new girl was doing wonders of quietness al despatch in passing around the soup. All at once she left the dining-room and returned 1 the kitchen. There was a rattle of dishes, r voice came in with explosi m looking after the chickens nov marm; if you want anything more, holler !" Immediately everybody " hollered on (Me) Journal. Ss new Now,” said the sistant just before Fal eample—bor WOE Wangs Lue Waals, New York ble foot to her most intimate