Life — September 12, 1907 — page 22: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains three ads: 1. **Pall Mall cigarettes** - promoting their "King's Size" as an "after dinner smoke" 2. **Sanderson's Mountain Dew whisky** - emphasizing Scottish authenticity and superiority 3. **Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen** - targeted at schoolchildren, highlighting the pen's reliability for school use The only cartoon element is a small illustration accompanying the fountain pen ad, showing children at a doorway with the caption "Her Little Brother: GO ON; DON'T MIND ME. I'M CUPID" - a mild domestic humor joke about a younger sibling interrupting an older girl's romantic moment. The page reflects early 20th-century advertising norms and consumer goods marketing to middle-class Americans.