Life, 1908-02-06 · page 35 of 36
Life — February 6, 1908 — page 35: what you’re looking at
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This page is **primarily advertising** with minimal editorial content. The main satirical element is absent or unclear from this particular spread. **Visible advertisements include:** - Hotel St. Francis (San Francisco luxury hotel) - Underberg Bitters (digestive tonic marketed to "athletes when fagged" and shoppers) - Raymond & Whitcomb travel company (Mexico trips) - Great Western Champagne (New York State product competing with French imports) - Life's Prints (decorative reproductions of magazine illustrations) **Book reviews** list contemporary titles by popular authors. **Notable context**: The Underberg ad's language ("tonic-restorative") reflects the era's common use of alcohol-based patent medicines. The Great Western Champagne ad defensively emphasizes American production quality to compete with imported French champagne—reflecting early 20th-century American commercial aspirations. No clear political satire or caricature is visible on this page; it functions primarily as a revenue-generating advertising section.
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HOTEL ST- FRANCIS AMES WOODS Manager SF Facing a tropical park. which,in the civic center of San Francisco,has the unusual aspect of an o wor square or Spanish Plaza, this hostelry marks the farthest advance of science in hotel service. Rates (European Plan): Rooms - .$ 209 upward ~ with bath 23? upward Parlor, bedroom &bath from$l0°2 upward SAN FRANCISCO a) | ) Che Bes Bieter Ligu aw Athletes when fagged; ladies after shopping; men about town needing a true, quick-acting tonic-restorative, of permanent bene- fit, find nothing equal to “Underberg” Bitters. It is positively unvarying in quality—famous for over 60 ye: Delicious at all times, it creates a healthy appetite, and promotes digestion. Enjoyable as a Cocktail ond Better for You. Use it ot hame, and when you travel Over 7,000,000 bottles imported to the United States At all Hotels, Clubs and Restaurants, or by the bottle at Wine Merchants and Grecers Ask for UNDERBERG Booklet Sree Bottled only by IL. Underberg Albrecht, Rheinberg, Gerni Latest Books vader the Holly Bough. (George W. Jacobs and npany, Philadelphia, $1.50.) King Arthur's Court, by Sara H. (G. W. Jacobs and Company, Phila- $2.50.) + Punch, by Eleanor Gates. (The MClure Company.) Laitia, by George Madden Martin. are Company.) (The Me- (Ginn and Comp Good Comrade, by Una 1. Silberrad. Peublolay, Page and Company. $1.50.) IDEAL TRIP THROUGH MEXICO By PRIVATE TRAIN Ask for details of this unique trip Information at all offices RAYMOND & WHITCOMB co. 5 Ue Sua, 36, M5 Chae - Phada Spi Tees prereiere The 1908 CATALOGUE OF eaves, by E. F. Benson. pany. $1.40.) The U prising o] the Many, by Charles E. Russell (Doubleday, Page and Company. $1.50.) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. (Doubleday, Page any. $1.40.) Collection of Dutton and Company.) Gijt Bearers, by Henry Berman Press. $1.50.) The Seven Ages of Washington, by Owen Wister. (The Macmillan Company. $2.) The Old Venetian Palaces, by Thomas Okey. (E. P. Dutton and Company. $6.) he Ingoldsby Legends. (E. P. Company. $6.) (Doubleday, Page and (The Grafton Dutton and is pure of the purest, tts @ sparkle Of the delicate flavor that long lini Thorough-bred, thorough: ned, Tiltit’s rich, rare and royal—The Great Western Chaneaneh. The tine wine grape, possessing the same qualities as those grown in France, with the French method of making, give Great Western Extra Dry Champagne the exquisite taste and sparkling effervescence of the best foreign wines. Great Western is made under the same identical methods as the most select French Champagnes, and it is aged for five years in the same kind of cellars. This gives Great Western an excellence which the French connoisseurs Life's Prints Reproducing in carefull ied 163 of in carefully printed miniatures 163 of LIFE'S latest and best pictures by Hutt, Clay, Read, Batour Ker. Blashfeld, ‘Gibson, Gilber. £28 Bayard Jones, Squires, Broughton, Jacobe Sevan, »s.Grant, Phillipsand othe, LIFE’S GENTS provide an inexpensive but not cheap form ural decoration. They are embellishments for themselves recognize. Nearly one hundred years of cultivation of Great Western vineyards in New York State have given the soil the elements that produce the same peculiar quality Champagne grape as grown in the famous vineyards of France. At the Paris Exposition Great Western Champagne was awarded a gold medal for quality. Great Western Champagne costs $0% less than the imported. The U.S. Custom House receives no revenue from Great Western and you get 100% wine value. Try Great Western —we like comparisons. PLEASANT VALLEY WINE CO., Sole Makers, RHEIMS, N. Y. Sold by dealers in fine Wines and served in Hotels, Restaurants and Cafes. say home, the most costly or the simplest. The 2, qlogu> will be sent to any address on te- cept of ten ce ats, by UFE PUBLISHING COMPANY Wee Thirty-fret Sueet NEW YORK PRESS OF REOFIELD BROTHERS, NEW YORK comicbooks. com