Life, 1907-09-05 · page 35 of 36
Life — September 5, 1907 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It contains four commercial advertisements: 1. **Egyptian Deities Cigarettes** — Appeals to luxury consumers by claiming the brand is "first choice in the most exclusive clubs," using snobbish language about "critical smokers" to market cigarettes. 2. **Rubberset Shaving Brush** — Advertises vulcanized rubber bristles as superior to glue/cement-set alternatives, positioning the product as scientifically advanced and durable. 3. **Coney Island Jockey Club** — Announces horse racing events at Sheepshead Bay, New York for August-September. 4. **Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters** — Markets digestive bitters as a health tonic, featuring imperial endorsements ("By Special Appointment to H.M. The German Emperor"). The page reflects early 20th-century advertising strategies: **appeals to exclusivity, pseudoscientific claims, and imperial/aristocratic authority** to sell products to aspirational middle and upper-class readers.
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did you mistress Re was me atic J y whick Ne traits The men who smoke them, and the places where you find them—these are the truest tests of cigarette quality. EGYPTIAN DEITIES CIGARETTES represent the highest standard of excellence ever obtained. ‘They are invariably first choice in the mort exclusive clubs and among the most critical smokers. No.1 Size - - - + 10 for 35e. No.3 Size - + 10 for 25c. Afier Dinner Size, Cork Tips, 35¢. S. ANARGYROS, Mfr., 111 Fifth Ave... Y, AUTUMN MEETING THE CONEY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB SHEEPSHEAD BAY, NEW YORK August 3lst to September 14th Racing Dates and Order of Stake Events : FRIDAY, SEPT. 3th | The Golden Rod Me DNESDAY, SEPT. ath) MONDAY, SEPT. oth The Great Filly The Sapphire The Flying Handicap The Ocean Handicap yy IURSDAY, SEPT. oth The Dash The Reapers Omnium Handi- TUESDAY, SEPT. 10th | cap The Autumn PRIDAY, SEPT. oth | WEDNESDAY, SEPT Tr aA . Th ; The Belles e Westbury Steeple- © Turf Handicap The Waldorf chase The Great Autumn| eo orPtember |The Great Eastern Steeplechase Handicap The Flatbush The Century THURSDAY, SEU. 12th | The Flight The Annual Cham- The Russet pion First Race at 2.30 P. M. Each Day Track can be reached via Long Island Railroad; also via Electric Train and Trolley Service from Brooklyn Bridge, 3%h St. Ferry, etc. ice, Windsor Arcade Hit’ Avenue, New York CORNELIUS FELLOWES, Secretary Sectional View "RUBBERS ET’ TRADE MARK The Guaranteed Shaving-Brush You say the only part of shaving yourself you don’t like is lathering your face? Then you haven’t got a satisfactory brush; that's all ! You are probably using a brush set in glue, cement or rosin, OF course the bristles come out; and the brush is moppy and uncomfortable. It will pay you to throw away your old brus —and get a * Rubberset *! ‘The * Rubberset = sh h: ‘istles set in hard vulcanized rubber. * the bristles won't come out. You can’t pull them out, you can't teak es out, you can't even boil them out. Bristles once set canized rubber are there to stay NS other jb: th is made like the ‘* Rubberset."* 25 cents up. Beware of imitations, can tell the genuine by the name stamped on the brush—* Rubberset.”* Yet the *¢ Rubberset* Write for booklet of styles and sizes, 25¢. to $4 Sold by dealers; of seat by us on receipt of price: The Rubberset Brush Co., 58 Ferry Street, Newark, N. J. ro. BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT To H.M. THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND KING OF web RUSS! ORIGINATED 1824 “Your Health!” is a toast that really means sonathing when Angotura Bitters is serv liqueur glass before meals and on retiring lends tone to the stomach and stimu- lates the appetite. A tonic of exquisite favor. Delicious with grape fruit, lemon- ade, water ices, cut fruits, lemon and wine jellies. Twenty-three awards at Principal Expositions. Send for free book of recipes and complete mixing guide. J. W. WUPPERMANN, 44 W. 34th St., New York comicbooks.com