Life, 1907-12-05 · page 14 of 68
Life — December 5, 1907 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three main elements: 1. **Malcolm Stewart Prize Announcement** (left): Life magazine promoted a quotation-illustration contest offering $750 total prize money. Stewart won the grand prize for illustrating "Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast." The announcement offers subscribers a photogravure reproduction for $5. 2. **Haviland China Advertisement** (top right): A straightforward product notice identifying Haviland China by its maker's stamps—green underglaze for plain pieces, red glaze stamp for decorated items. This appears to be a legitimate manufacturer's mark advertisement. 3. **Animal Court Cartoon** (center): A humorous judicial scene with an owl judge and duck officer. The joke plays on animal characteristics: the officer suspects intoxication because the defendant was "trying to swim in the lake"—implying someone drunk might confuse a lake with a bathtub or behave nonsensically. 4. **Meux's Stout Advertisement** (bottom): A beer advertisement emphasizing brewing heritage since 1764, targeting upscale consumers through *Life* magazine's readership. The page primarily serves advertiser and subscription interests rather than editorial satire.
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Announcement Prize Drawing By Mr. Malcolm Stewart Copyriget 107 by Life Ped. Co “Hope Springs Eternal inthe Human Breast” This has been selected for our sub- scription premium picture this season. ‘This won the:'double:jirize/in oie recent “Quotation Contest.” open to the world’s best artists. Twelve prizes of $250 each were offered for | illustrations of familiar quotations, | the best of these twelve to receive a further prize of $500, making $750 in all. Mr. Malcolm Stewart re- ceived the double prize for his illus- tration of the above quotation. A special photogravure re- production of this drawing 12 by 8 inches in size, on plate paper, 22 by 18 inches, will be sent on re- ceipt of $5 for a yearly subscription to LIFE. This offer closes March Ist, 1908 Subscriptions received before Janu- ary Ist will include the special Birthday Number, commemorating LIFE'S Twenty-fifth Anniversary. Life Publishing Company 17 West Thirty-first Street. New York Canadian Subscriptions. $5.52 Foreign Subscriptions, $6.04 The China known since 1840 as HAVILAND CHINA Is stamped under each piece asvilany in green underglaze The decorated China has an additional stamp in red on the glaze France Judge Owl: How DO YOU KNOW HE HAS BEEN DRINKING, OFFICER ? Officer Duck: suRE, AN’ HE WAS TRYING TO SWIM IN THE LAKE, SUK. Here it is! The Digestive Stout I's MEUX’S ("Siccis™) Original London Stout and comes from the Meux Brewery, London. Brewed by them continuously since 1764—and bottled only by them. Soft, smooth, delicious—try it. “The Perfect Pint of Stout.’’ For sale by leading gro- cers, wine merchants, etc. Booklet Free. LUYTIES BROTHERS, Sole Agents, New York P.S. They—the Meux’s, also brew India Pale Ale —the most exquisite Ale ever brought to America. comicbooks.com