Life, 1908-05-14 · page 17 of 20
Life — May 14, 1908 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **title/contents page and advertising section** from the June issue of Metropolitan Magazine, not a satirical cartoon page. The page announces the magazine's featured articles, including pieces on "The National Conventions" and "Jefferson Davis at West Point"—likely referencing early 1900s political coverage and historical interest in the Civil War era. The advertisements reveal period consumer culture: **Ordero cigars** emphasize hand-rolled quality and mail-order convenience; **Philip Morris cigarettes** target "discriminating" smokers; **Evans' Ale** promotes automobile travel (a novelty); **Hartshorn Shade Rollers** advertise window hardware; and **Cottez Cigars** use the dated phrase "for men of brains." These ads reflect early-20th-century marketing strategies appealing to middle/upper-class male consumers through claims of quality, exclusivity, and sophistication. The pricing (15 cents for the magazine) indicates this is a relatively upscale publication for its era.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
——————— Do you have any difficulty in getting a Really Good Cigar at a ReasonablePrice ® No matter what your opinion is or what your experience may have been with ‘‘mail- order" cigars, I want you to give my “ORDERO" cigars a trial. I make them TO YOUR ORDER ONLY, packed in bores of 100, and each layer packed separately in sealed package, thus insuring the entire contents to remain in the same fresh condition as when it leaves my workmen's table. My “ORDERO" is stricly HAND- MADE, LONG FILLER extending the entire length of the cigar. EVERY PAR- TICLE of the filler is the BEST quality of GENUINE IMPORTED HAVANA and the wrapper is the BEST quality of INE IMPORTED SUMATRA. I VERY HIGHEST QUALITY cigar that I can possibly make. All I ask for these cigars is one trial. If you don’t find them so good, that of your own free will you will be glad to re-order, I will not pester" you with further solicitation. The price is $8.00 per 100 delivered. My margin of profit on these cigars is so small that I cannot afford to send free sam- ples, but to give you an opportunity to test them, I will, on receipt of $1.00, make and deliver to you a box of 2. If you don’ that every word I have stated is true in every particular, I will refund your money without question. JOSEPH H. RUGG 1843 749 Market St., Blairsville, Pa. The experienced smoker appreciates the best. PHILIP MORRIS ORIGINAL LONDON CIGARETTES hold first place in the esteem of the discriminating. j Automobile Trips are doubly enjoyable if there is a supply of Evans’ Ale aboard the auto. Bouncing along at 40 miles an hour won’t disturb the ale or mar its lusciousness. Take it with you wherever you go. Driuk it wherever you ates ‘THE JUNE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE PRICE, 15 CENTS A COPY Another remarkable issue: of an ex- ceedingly popular monthly. THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS By Chas. Wadsworth Camp CHRISTIAN SCIENCE By Mrs. Eddy’s Secretary JEFFERSON DAVIS AT WEST POINT By Prof. Walter L. Fleming, of the University of Louisiana SHORT STORIES By A. T. Quiller-Couch, Herbert A. Sass, and others ART CONTRIBUTIONS In color and in black and white, Gibbs, Bull Taylor and others The World at Large and The Drama THE METROPOLITAN MAGAZIN: SS dps suaraLe NEW TOLL The Metropolitan Magazine 3 WEST 29th STREET, NEW YORK CITY ea, emia cal Naleeroee HARTSHORN eemmppen grey SHADE ROLLERS Bear the script name of ‘Stewart Hartshorn on label. Get“ Improved,” no tacks required. Wood Rollers Tin Rollers — PONY CARRIAGES FOR _g MEN OF GRAINS rata CGARS “MADE AT KEY WEST— J.A.Lanenster ACe.,i4 MalnSt.,Merrimae, Nass comicbooks.com