Life, 1907-08-22 · page 4 of 24
Life — August 22, 1907 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and book promotions**, not political cartoons. The top half features two ads: Andrew Usher & Co.'s Scotch whiskeys (sold by G.S. Nicholas & Co. in New York) and Johann Maria Farina Cologne, emphasizing authenticity and warning against counterfeits. The bottom half promotes two publications: "The Comedy of Life," a 118-page LIFE magazine collection of illustrations priced at $2.00, and Helen Woljeska's "A Woman's Confessional," a 75-cent book about women's intimate thoughts and experiences. The woman's confessional excerpt uses contemporary early-20th-century language discussing feminine psychology and morality—typical of period literature exploring women's inner lives.
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G. S. NICHOLAS & CO. Sole Agents, New York Uniform with the Social Comedy The Comedy of Life THE TATTLE-TALE HANDSOME volume of 118 of LIFE’S Best Pictures reprinted on heavy Coated Paper and Bound in Cloth with Special Cover Design by Blashfield. Price $2.00 LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West Thirty-frst Street, New York Johann Maria Farina Cologne is the original and only genuine cologne. You cannot buy a preparation of the same composition under any other name, The formula is a secret one that has been kept in one branch of the Farina family for over 200 years; it never has been disclosed to an outsider. The trade-mark above is closely counterfeited by imi- tators save for the name of the United States Agents, Messrs. Schieffelin & Co., New York, which is printed in red at the lower left hand comer of the label. Be sure that the bottle you get has that name on it, also note the word Gegenuvef in the second line. To assist in remembering it, cut out the facsimile. ¢ Johana Marta Farina Faa de Cologne {s put up apes of bottles, which are showa here There ty ofthe genuise jeoklet, «The Perfume of Royalty.”* which gtresthe story, jure and complete means of identiscation. also all sizes ctties.. If your desler does sot supply the genuine, write fe wlll tell you bow to get it in & Co., New York *.sei'sfiz,™ = A Woman's Confesstonal B EN WOLJESKA y = — ‘This little purple book contains the any Ke pon 2? J} ristory ofa woman's inmost life told ina £-Yf running fire of sparkling epigrams.— 2 Zp omiugham Age Herald Zz (~ The intimate thoughts of a brilliant and erratic creature. The philosophy of a mind unusually free and untrammeled, brave and truthful —Deroit Journal. Suggestive of Ralph Iron's Story of an African Farm. Here os there the pages abound with sentiments of revolt and fassionate cynicisms, with the intoler- ance of recoxl brilliant intellect. Some are glorious. All are he to stripa human soul Ir eyes.—Sam Franciveo Bi Ultrs-revolutionary, asthet stimulative . . . and reve! teresting woman behind it - Mirror A slender volume, bound and printed in passionate ple, containing epi- grams, observations and whinisica cumulative in intensity. The woman's death is a forlorn triumph. —Bufle Evening News. It will give you a better insight into the heart of a woman than all the so-called confessions of women who have lived air in their own writings—Chicago Journal. 75 Cents, Postpaid LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 31st Street, New York comicbooks.com