Life, 1906-12-06 · page 55 of 64
Life — December 6, 1906 — page 55: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political content. It contains four commercial advertisements from what appears to be an early 20th-century Life magazine: 1. **Liqueur Pères Chartreux** — promoting a French cordial as a refined after-dinner drink for "polite society" 2. **Hunter Rye Whiskey** — contrasting itself against passing "fads, freaks, fancies, flashes," claiming 50+ years of established reputation and popularity 3. **Golden State Limited train** — advertising a luxury railway service from midwest cities to California, emphasizing comfort, climate, and amenities like Mission-style dining and observation cars The Hunter Rye ad contains the only satirical element: mocking trendy, short-lived consumer preferences while positioning the whiskey as timelessly reliable. The other ads simply promote luxury goods and travel to affluent readers. No political figures or specific events are referenced.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
LIQUEUR PERES CHARTREUX —GREEN AND YELLOW— THIS FAMOUS CORDIAL, KNOWN AS CHARTREUSE, HAS FOR CENTURIES BEEN THE PREFERRED AFTER-DIN- NER LIQUEUR OF POLITE SOCIETY. At first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafes, Bitjer & Co., 45 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Sole Agents for United States. FADS FREAKS FANCIES FLASHES HAVE THEIR BRIEF DAY ‘THEN FALL BY THE WAY BUT HUNTER RYE WAS FIRMLY FOUNDED ON THE ROCK OF REPU- TATION AND PUBLIC FAVOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS AGO AND IS TO-DAY THE MOST POPULAR WHISKEY ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT Sold at all first<lass cafes and by jobbers. WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md, How about the question of train and route? If your only object is to get there somehow it matters little which line you select. If you want the highest degree of lux- ury, the climatic advantages of the most southerly route and the lowest altitudes, iyou_will choose the Golden State imited ooo Daily from: Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City to Los Angeles, Santa Bar- bara and San Francisco, commencing early in; December. Entirely new throughout, this season. Drawing-room and Compartment Pull- mans, Mission-style Diner and unique Mission-style Buffet-Library-Observation Car. All the comforts of a club. Welfare of ladies and children carefully provided for. Send for beautifully illustrated descriptive booklet. R ) cC K JOHN SEBASTIAN | | n d Passenger Traffic Manager. sla CHICAGO comicbooks.com