Life, 1906-09-13 · page 4 of 24
Life — September 13, 1906 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page is **primarily advertising** with minimal satirical content. The ads include: - **J. & F. Martell Cognac** (founded 1715): promoting brandies, with sole agent G.S. Nicholas in New York - **Johann Maria Farina Cologne**: emphasizing authenticity against imitations, noting the formula is a "closely guarded secret" by the Farina family - **The Prudential Insurance Company**: a harvest-themed ad about financial security - **"A Woman's Confessional"**: a book review discussing witty literary epigrams by Madame Helena Woljeskaja The Prudential ad uses agricultural imagery (wheat sheaf) to suggest reliable growth and harvest—a common metaphor for insurance returns. The cologne ad emphasizes brand authenticity during an era of widespread counterfeiting. These are straightforward commercial messages rather than political satire.
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(Founded 1715) FINE OLD LIQUEUR BRANDIES GENUINE OLD BRANDIES MADE FROM WINE Sole Agent G. S. NICHOLAS New York sme ‘ PRUDENTIAL ANAS THE { STRENGTH OF £ t GIBRALTAR The Harvest Will Be Certain Uf you take out an Endowment or Lite Policy in The Prudential. You can thes save small sums, and asure yourself, or family, 3 substantial income at a later date, when most peeded. Exery year The Prudential 1 paying out Millions of Dollar of Life Insurance to polxyholders who are reaping the Harvest of thei forethought. This money is being uhes, educate children, furnish business capital and provide incomes. reap the BEST harvest for yourself? Wate The Prudential today. It has something mteresting to tell you. Address Dept. O THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA JOM # ORVOEN. Prensent tne Orne NEW AIR A If You Use Cologne— Get the Genuine Geting the genuine Johann, Masia Farina Cologne i « matter of getting an entirely different preparation from the imitations. The cologne bearing the label shown below was invented nearly 200 years ago in Cologne, Germany, and has since been manufactured oaly by the direct descendants of its originator. The formula is a secret one, which cannot be discovered by analysis, and which not only has never been given to an outside maker, but has been allowed to only one branch of the Farina family. The genuine Johann Maria Farina Cologne has a delicate pungency, an invigorating fragrance and a lasting quality possessed by none of its imitators. the trade mark helow in clogs countered by Imitators save forthe the United states Agents, Messrs. Schievelig corner of the 13h he ‘The Perfume of Royal te means of identification. A supply the genuloe, wei tel Schieffelin & Co., New York *” THE ud A Woman’s Confessional HE apothegm, Platonism and epigram have been done to death in recent smart literature. Incited thereto by the popular success of several publications of short and more or less witty paragraphs, some writers seem to have gone epigram-mad. Although expressed in epigram form, the truths in Madame Helena Woljeska’s ‘A W’oman'’s Conjessional” are not intended to be “smart.” They are drawn from real life, from actual experience, bitter at times, joyous at others, but all expressing some phase of a life that has been lived. Some of them may express erroneous views, but they throb with vivid actuality. Put this book in your traveling-bag, by all means, and take it out occasionally for entertainment and for the lessons that underlie all human existence.— Boston Budget. Their cleverness of expression and marked originality are bound to attract the attention of men and women alike.— Providence Telegram. On receipt of seventy-five cents, postpaid, by Lire Pustisuinc Company, 17 W. Thirty-first St., New York City. comicbooks.com