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Life — December 6, 1906 — page 9: Life, 1906-12-06

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This page is primarily **advertising content**, not satirical cartoons. It contains four advertisements: 1. **Kraut & Dohnal** (Chicago): A $5 shaving set marketed as a holiday gift 2. **Abel & Bach Company** (Milwaukee): Luggage and travel equipment, promoting an A-B-C bag as a Christmas present 3. **Verbeck, Whybrow & Crossley Co.** (New York): A period furnishing and decorating service specializing in historically accurate French, Renaissance, and Colonial room designs The Verbeck advertisement includes a photograph of an elegantly furnished period room as an example of their work. **No political satire or cartoon commentary** is present on this page. It represents typical Life magazine revenue through paid advertising during this era.

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xed the dito 889 gold Paris f ») S Abie every to Prepaid 5s. 63x90 inches Special for the Holidays 5 Piece Combination Shaving Set ‘The case being a very hand- some one, furnished in either green or red silk lining, con- taining one of the best make Full Concave English Steel Razors, a guar anteed perfect razor; one combi- nation Tan Strop 21{ x 24in, long. BEST MATERIAL One Blue Ribbon Shaving Brush, guaranteed not to thed bristles, rust, crack or fall apart; one cake of the well-known Williams Shaving Soap; one Nickel Plated Porcelain lined Shaving Mug. A Combination for the Money That Can’t Be Beat | FREE.—Our new edition 19> Page Pocket Catalogue contains many articles which will be sure to interest you, Our hne of Kuzors, Strops, Brushes, Tollet Preparations, ete, most complete. KRAUT @ DOHNAL, 168-170 S. Clark St., Chicago, Il. Importers, Jobbers and Manufacturers. Fine Cutlery and Barbers’ Supplies. We Grind Everything that Needs an Edge. An A-B-C Bag is a Christmas Gift No. 1500—Genutne black walrns sult case, bandititehed edges, finest satin finished lock, side straps or bolts, best seamless ring handle, tined with finest quality, mercerized allk, an lecant set of sterling silver fittings as shown fn illustration, Price $75.00, Write for our free book ‘' Tips to Travelers,”’ giving description and prices of many new and novel atic les manufactured exclusively yy us. Abel & Bach Company Largest Makers of Traveling Equipment in the World. Milwaukee, Wis., U.S. A. Chicago Salesrooms, 46-18 Adams St. . that adjusts cost and quality. It is a Christmas present that you can give with absolute certainty that it will be a gift among gifts. .It imparts its elegant indi- viduality eloquently in its man- ifest quality and artistic workmanship. We show two timely arti- cles, selected for no_ special merit except that they are typical of the A-B-C line. No. 875—Gennine black walrus Eng- Mah oxford, bandstitcbed frame. with finest trimmings, French edge and hand- stitched corners, two bandles, heavy Joatber lined, three inside pockets, Price $25.00. f This is a room designed by us for a Denver home Spectaltsation tn Period Furnishing GARUE ART is not a Conglomeration of Violent Con- trasts of colour and mixed assembling of styles, but 4 a concentrated and HARMONIOUS COLOUR scheme and CORRECT PERIOD FURNISHINGS, ) to blend in with and portray a classical interpreta- = VB tion of either the French, Renaissance or Colonial periods; so that the very atmosphere of a room or suite expresses the sentiment sought for. This can only be accomplished by an Artist who has been trained in this particular work, and whose life’s experience has taught him to retain nothing but what is refined and restful. Our mural decorations, wall fabrics, rugs and furniture are exact copies of historical masterpieces. We will take your house right from the builders—furnish and decorate it completely in any of these three periods mentioned. ‘Whatever your fancy dictates, be it a room in the dainty Marie Antoinette style, the exquisite grace of the Louis XVI period, or the beautiful, stately Colonial—expert advice is freely yours for the asking. We invite you to call at our Galleries, or we will confer with you anywhere in the United States; or we shall, upon request, send you colour schemes with attendant samples, wall papers and stuffs, or colour sketches, if you will send us a rough plan of your room or house. Also, if you are collecting pieces of furniture, let us know in what you are interested, and half tone engravings will go forward—no obligation to purchase on your part, no impor- tunity on ours. WRITE FOR LITERATURE AND BOOKLETS Werbeck, Whybrow & Crossley Co. Incorporated Period Furnishers and Decorators Mauser Building, Two Ninety-Eight Fifth Avenue, corner Thirty-First Street, New York comicbooks.com