Life, 1906-04-19 · page 4 of 28
Life — April 19, 1906 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising** rather than satirical content. It features commercial ads for consumer products popular in the early 1900s: Gillette Safety Razors, Knox Hats, Auto-Meter speedometers, Detroit Auto-Marine motors, United States Express traveler's checks, and telephone service. The only illustration with potential satirical intent is labeled "A Fine Example of Topiary Work"—a sketch of an elaborately styled woman's head/hair. This appears to mock exaggerated women's hairstyling fashions of the era, suggesting the coiffure is as artificially shaped and impractical as ornamental garden topiary. However, without additional context, the specific target remains unclear—it may simply be commenting on absurdly complex beauty standards rather than referencing a particular political or social event.
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Gillette Safety Razor NO STROPPING y HONING “The Gillette” fulfils every claim Triple, silver- lated wet with 12 blades $5.00. dsplated ea TEs gO piisad aod monogram $12.00. Stasdard combination set with shave be push and foap in triple alver-plated holders $7.50. Other combination sets in, wiver and gold, up to $50.00. Standard packages of 10 blades bec Gs shar eden. for wale by all So as tee aeons price of 50 cents No bladesexchang- ed or recharpened. Sold by leading drug, cutlery and hardware dealers. Auk to see them, and for our booklet. WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL TRIAL OFFER GILLETTE SALES CO. Times Building New York City n o E) a ie x N b a=] = faa} N = eo ao} & i.) 4 [S) sS re) E ° - - a ev > 6 P=} n ° + 2 2 =) x) 13 H. P. Engine only $33.18 Engine only 4.00 DETROIT __,K*%, cAUTOMARDAE “20s MOTOR ALWAYS RIGHT ‘The uncertainty of running is all taken out In the building The breakdown habit has been overcome by following sclentiée lnes of construction proven by practice to be correct. ces and allow go guesswork to enter lato thelr make-p. ing 10,000 Auto-Marine Gasol factoring the motor complete from foundry to assembling parts made In variows factories, are able to sell a first-class motor 988.15 . sill develop 4 1.P. 844.00 fod voforeation 1 Ae 30 DETROIT AUTO MARINE CO. 1 E Consuess Sr 9 Linert 97, New Tous Prites hovers, Peaseirens ‘Ths only baDiven of Acto Marines Raglone tn the world Patronize American Industries. Wear a KNOX HAT the creation par excellence of the nation, Agencies in all the principal cities in the world. A FINE EXAMPLE OF TOPIARY WORK Shopping by Telephone Saves time, Saves tedious trips, Savestemper, Saves energy. Have you tried it ? Have you a residence TELEPHONE ? Rates Are Low. New York Telephone Co., 15 Dey St. Absolutely Accurate At ALL SPEEDS NO miter how fast or how slow you go the Auto-Meter tells the peed at which your Automobile is traveling with unlaling correctness. It is actuated by the same. wx changeable magnetism which makes the Mariner’s Compass unfailing and certain forever. ‘The Auto- Meter is the only cessful “magnetic indicator beea there is just one way in which magnetism can successfully be Patented that way. ‘That. means that the only indicator you can depend upon for Permanent Rel bility is The Warner AUTO-METER Registers Speed and Distance) It registers any speed from } mile to 60 miles per hour It tclis how far you have gone on the (rip and gives total miles traveled during the season It goes oa the dashboard. where it can be read from ti seat, and fits any Automobile It’sas sensitive as a compass and as solid es @ rock. It is uniniluenced by any shock which would not ruin your car It is accurate when you get it, and is GUARANTEED TEN YEARS We will renew any Auto-Meter within 10 years (unles red by accident) if the Magnet (the HEART of the instrument) is more than 1-10 of 1 per cent. incorrect. Any man who can afford an automcbile can easily afford eter. It is as indispensable to the Motorist 2 his pocket. pre about it nd we'll send you with our answer our free book "Auto Pointers.” Address THE WARNER INSTRUMENT CO., 133 Roosevelt St., Beloit, Wis. The Auto-Meter is on sale by all first-class dealers and at most Garages. Travelers Checks and Letters of Credit available the world over now Issued by United States Express Co. FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPT. Apply to any agent of the company THE BEST ROUTE FOR COMFORTABLE TRAVEL AND PICTURESQUE SCENERY from THE EAST TO THE WEST between NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA 1s the SOUTHERN PACIFIC and SUNSET ROUTE via New Orleans AA comfortable sea trip {rom New York, a. brief stop at quaint New Orleans, thence in latest dining. ol vation and sleeping cars. traversing the. Southwest, with its rice, cotton and sugar plantations, its immense oil Gelds; through Houston and historic San Antonio, 00 to Los Angeles and the road of a thousand wonders, passing for miles in full view of the Pacific Ocean on one side. and acres of fragrant flowers and orange groves on the other. Send for Literature—! Beaton. iyo Washington St, Philadephia, 6 Crt sont Heanlay ta inr ary New York, $29 brady a a Syracuse, 212 West Washington St. comicbooks.com