Life, 1906-08-16 · page 22 of 24
Life — August 16, 1906 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, typical of early 20th-century magazines. The dominant cartoon is titled "THRIFTY," depicting a child asking their mother to go to bed an hour early so they can "say prayers for three weeks ahead"—a joke about childhood logic and economizing time through advance planning. The surrounding ads promote various products: Pabst Beer emphasizes its manufacturing purity (notably claiming beer "never is touched by human hands"); Knox Hats; Whitman's Chocolates; Du Pont Powder (for hunting); Abbott's Bitters; Old Crow Whiskey; and Orient cruises. The humor in the cartoon relies on a child's innocent misunderstanding of how prayer works—treating spiritual devotion like a financial investment one can "bank" in advance. It's gentle domestic comedy, not political satire. The ads reflect period consumer culture and manufacturing claims about "purity" and "quality" that modern readers might find quaint or misleading by today's standards.
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The “Quality” of Pabst Beer The Best Materials and the Cleanest Process Make It Most Popular. Pabst’s process of brewing is exclusive all the way through, and that is the “reason why” Pabst beer is to-day the most popular brand of beer in the world, People know when they drink Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer that it is the cleanest beer in the world, be- cause it never is touched by human hands in its entire process of manufacture. People know when they drink Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer that it is the riche rin the world, because it ig made from the exclusive Pabst eight-day malt, which is the only in the world that retains all of the richness of the barley. People know when they drink Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer that they are drinking a beer that is fully aged, because it is aged by the exclusive Pabst process and is never mixed with “young”? beer to give it head or body. ‘ People know that for the past sixty years Pabst has been foremost in the manufacture of a superior beer, because he has spent millions to brew a beer | that is perfect in Age, Purity and Strength, and Pabst’s Blue Ribbon stands to-day without an equal as a clean, pure, wholesome, refreshing beverage. FoRSHOTGUNS anDRIFLES Patronize American Industries. Wear a Ox HA the creation par excellence of the nation. Agencies in all the principal cities in the world. — =] WY Chocolates and Confections known for their purity and goodness For sale where the best is sold. Z STEPHEN F. WHITMAN & SON, 1316 Chestnut Street, Phila, Establiaed 1802, “MAMMA, CAN 1. GO TO BED AN NOUR EARLIER THAN USUAL TO-NIGHT? * “AN HOUR FARLIng | WHAT FoR?” “1 WANT TO SAY MY PRAYERS FOR THREE WEEKS AUEAD.* CLARK'S NINTH ANNUAL CRUISE Feb. 2:07, 70 days. by chartered SS. “Arable,” 16,000 tons. Three Tours Round the World. FRANK C. CLARK, 96 BROADWAY, NEW YORK Mat aromatic . beverages. A tablespoonialin an ounce of sherry” OF Sweetened water after meals, affords relief and aide digestion. BITTERS important to see that it is Abbott's. OLD CROW RYE sriior WHISKEY soue'torstens, new vorx comicbooks.com