Life, 1906-05-03 · page 43 of 44
Life — May 3, 1906 — page 43: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **advertisements and book promotion**, not political cartoons or satire. The ads showcase early 20th-century consumer products: White Rose Glycerine Soap emphasizes skin health using classical imagery; Gillette Safety Razor highlights its innovative "12 blades" technology and durability (blades reusable 30-142 times), marketing it as convenient home shaving; and Prudential Insurance promotes life policies' flexibility and immediate payouts for families in need. The book promotion features "The Evasion" by Eugenia Brooks Frothingham, a novel about Boston society compared favorably to Henry James's "The House of Mirth" for its literary realism depicting Puritan New England life. The page reflects **Progressive Era consumer culture**: products marketed around convenience, health, and family security—themes resonating with modern middle-class anxieties about mortality, appearance, and financial stability.
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ir. shave dress cd by all who use this Soap. purity. Cologne o/R Germany Sew York sample cake 12 Blades Is tg 24 Perfect Edges The wonderful blade If done with “The F=4 that has changed the Gillette.” razor world. ‘The Razor that gives a cool, smooth, satisfying shave at home in four minutes. Truthful letters from constant users tell of the marvelous tensile strength of these blades. Single blades have been used 30, 60, and up to 142 times. Simple and Durable Triple silver-plated set with 12 blades - - + $ S.00 Quadruple gold-plated set with 12 blades - - "10.00 Quadruple gold-plated set with 12 blades and n set with shaving brush and soap, i silver - (7.50 Other combination sets in silver and goldupto $0.00 Standard packages of 10 blades, having 20 sharp edges, for sale by all dealers, at the uniform price of 50 Sold by leading Drug, Cutlery and Hadware Dealers Ask to see them, and for our booklet Write for our special trial offer GILLETTE SALES COMPANY, Times Bldg., New York A LIFE INSURANCE Policy in The PRUDENTIAL. It bears the Company's Guarantee that it will be paid immediately upon becoming a claim, a time when the family is usually in greatest need. AT MATURITY It may be converted into a temporary or a life income for the beneficiary. It may be left in trust with the Company at annual interest. If drawn in cash, the proceeds may pay for a house, or a farm, or educate the children, or in fact, do anything that ready money will do. What other asset is unshrinkable in value, or can serve so many immediate uses ? Write for rates at Your Age to Dept O You may be surprised to Anat esd learn how little a policy will cost you. ‘’STREN GTH OF ThePrudential of America. fh GIBRALTAR \' Insurance Company i mt 8 cpr 4S Gongy bya ent Rae honey JOHN F. DeTDEN, Home Otfice Presitent, REWARK, WL * This book reflects Boston as cccurately as New York was mirrored in "The House of Mirth.'*—Chicago Evening Post. EVASION By the author of "The Turn of the Road" EUGENIA BROOKS FROTHINGHAM “The latest human products of a Puritan heritage and a Boston environment are portrayed in this novel with much the same sort of artistic realism that Mrs. Humphrey Ward uses in her chosen field of London and English life. It is much the same quality of mind brought to bear on social conditions that are in some respects fundamentally alike yet vastly different in many essential and conventional respects." —Boston Globe. $1.50, at all Booksellers HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & COMPANY BOSTON and NEW YORK comicbooks.com