Life, 1908-03-19 · page 21 of 24
Life — March 19, 1908 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page**, not a satirical cartoon section. The page contains four distinct advertisements: 1. **Great Western Champagne**: Promotes an American champagne that won a gold medal at the Paris Exposition, claiming it equals French wines while costing 50% less due to absent import duties. 2. **The Piccadilly Hotel and Restaurant** (London): Announces a May 1908 opening, emphasizing "twentieth century" luxury combined with eighteenth-century French-inspired interior design. 3. **Webber's Jackets**: A partial advertisement (left margin) for clothing. 4. **Buffalo Lithia Springs Water**: The largest advertisement, presenting medical endorsements from university professors and doctors claiming the water treats kidney disease, uremia, and bladder conditions in women. The single cartoon image—captioned "Gee! If you saw that in a picture, you wouldn't believe it!"—appears to show a dramatic figure but lacks clear context on this page. The overall content reflects early 1900s marketing emphasizing scientific authority and European sophistication to appeal to affluent American readers.
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EXTRA DRY The only American ‘ Champagne to receive a gold medal at Paris Exposition. It was acknowled ed by Parisians to equal to the best French wines. The absence of duty reduces the cost 50 per cent. “GrELIP YOU SAW THAT IN A PICTURE, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT!”" WEBBER'S tit JACKETS Meso Fe ~ BAS casts A TWENTIETH CENTURY PALACE ge BOUL ay, AND RESTAURANT LONDON PICCADILLY ano REGENT STREET, W. Two of the World’s Greatest Thoroughfares OPENS EARLY IN MAY 1908 SCIENCE, ART, REFINEMENT AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE APPLIED TO THE LUXURY AND COMFORT OF RESTAURANT AND HOTEL LIFE There is nothing more striking in London than the Majestic Facades in Piccadilly and Regent Street, while the gorgeous and graceful in- terior contains the finest exemplification of XVIIIth century art both in England and France. For beautifully illustrated descriptive volume, write to Manager: THE PICCADILLY HOTEL AND RESTAURANT, LONDON, W. MEDICAL OPINIONS OF BUFFALO Limi Sprines Warer A. F. A. King, A. M., M. D., Prof. of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and children in the Medical Department of Columbia University, Washington, D. C., and y, the University of Vermont; Ex-President Washington Obstetricaland rynecologrcal Society; "Fellow of the British Gi cological and of the American Gynecological Societies, etc., ca: ete ia the eighth edition of his Manual of Obstetrics BUFFALO LITHIA WATER agg, Saretic in diseases of the Kidney and T. Griswold Comstock, A. M., M. D., St. Louis, Mo., says: ‘‘I have made use of it in ecological practice, in women suffering from acute Uremic conditions, with results, to say the feast, very favorable.’” Dr. Jos. Holt, of New THIAY Ex-President of the State Board of Health of Louisiana, says: “T have in affections of the kidneys and urinary passages, rescribed ATER particularly in Conky subjects in Albuminuria, an irritable condition of the THEA and Urethra in females. The results satisfy me of its extraor- dinary value in a large class of cases usually most difficult to treat.” Voluminous medical testimony on request. For sale by the general drug und mineral water trade. Breaio Lamia Soauves WATER C2 EPErAsii J comicbooks.com