Life, 1907-08-01 · page 4 of 48
Life — August 1, 1907 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page mixes editorial content with period advertising. The top left promotes "The Gates of the City," an August Century fiction story about a commuter who forgot his umbrella on a train—satirizing the mundane anxieties of early 20th-century commuter life. The middle-left cartoon, titled "Why They Married," appears to mock marriage itself through a simple visual joke, accompanying James Montgomery Flagg's book advertisement. The top right image of a cornucopia symbolizes agricultural abundance, captioned "The Hoes of Plenty That is not A Myth"—likely promoting American farming productivity. The bottom-right is a Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters advertisement, a medicinal digestive product marketed as addressing "over-indulgence in eating or drinking"—reflecting period attitudes toward commercial remedies.
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THERE rn HE HAS LEFT HIS UMBRELLA IN THE TRAIN! HIS WIFE SAID HE WOULD. é BUT HE DIDN'T LEAVE HIS AUGUST CENTURY, DID HE? NO, HE DID NOT! “THE GATES OF THE CITY” IN THE AUGUST CENTURY Text by JESSE LYNCH WILLIAMS Pictures by ORSON LOWELL IS BEING EAGERLY SCANNED BY ALL COMMUTERS THE August Century is big with fiction, articles and pictures. Itisthe Midsummer Hoti- day Number—the real juicy fruit—but it makes only a small package to carry. THE HORN OF PLENTY THAT 1S not A MYTH Saar Score: “They DONT KNOW “Why They Married”’ Few of us do for that matter—eh, what ? There's a little book that gives the whole stunt away—that's the titlek—“Why They Married.” It's by James Montgomery Flagg. 75 CENTS POSTPAID LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY New York City Lends tone to a sluggish stomach and creates a healthy appetite. A. recognized caecve lr the ec foe indlgec meting or diking"Detahly aromatic tod pomeasing an exquisite Havor. Delicious wih lemo amon, punch ape-frt, watericea, lemoa and wine jellies, cut fruits and ail fancy Ocaks, Send Ho Complete mizing guide and free book of recipes. J. W. WUPPERMANN, 44 W. 34th St, New York. <&, comicbooks.com