Life, 1907-02-07 · page 50 of 52
Life — February 7, 1907 — page 50: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains three distinct ads: 1. **French Lick Springs Hotel** (Indiana)—promoting a spa resort claiming to treat digestive and kidney ailments through mineral waters, typical of early-20th-century "wellness" tourism. 2. **Scott's Emulsion**—a tonic-food supplement marketed as a nerve strengthener and cure for irritability and coughs, reflecting patent medicine advertising common in this era. 3. **White Rose Glycerine Soap**—claiming to ensure perfect complexion through purity. The single cartoon shows a figure on a velocipede (early bicycle) with a clock on their back, labeled "Member of the Speed-Limit Enforcement Squad, Philadelphia"—likely satirizing early automobile speed enforcement, a relatively new phenomenon. This appears to be the page's only humor element, mocking earnest civic enforcement efforts.
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FRENCH LICK SPRINGS is an all year round resort. The attractions do not end. with the Hotel. The thousand acres of natural park, walks, drives, golf and other outdoor amuse- wuts ments are charming any season. The Springs are sheltered from the winds of winter and the water is same temperature the year round. The winter months are becom- ing very popular, and a stay of two or four weeks will work wonders, being free from the enervating effects of a more southern climate. The waters are unsurpassed in the treat- ment of stomach, liver, bowel and kidney diseases. The Hotel is modern in every respect, affording accomodations for 700 guests, with all the comforts ef home. The sleep- ing apartments are all outside rooms. Beautiful booklet ree on request. French Lick Springs Hotel THOMAS TAGGART, Pres. FRENCH LICK, INDIANA. T is more fun to be well. You enjoy outdoor sports and indoor amuse- ments twice as much. And you don’t bore yourself and your friends. If you are irritable, depressed, out of sorts, take SCOTT’S EMULSION It strengthens the nerves, enriches the blood, tones the whole system. It gives that overflow of spirits that comes with sound health. Scott’s Emulsion is the greatest tonic-food known. Invaluable for coughs and colds. ALL DRUGGISTS; 50c. AND $1.00, EN A perfect complexion is assured to all who use this Soap. Its transparency is a sign of its purity. FERD. MULHENS, Cologn: ATLAS & KROPPY, 298 Hy Send 15 cents in stamps for a ful! MEMBER OF THE SPLED-LIMIT ENTOKCEMENT SQUAD, FIILADELPTIA comicbooks.com