Life, 1908-06-25 · page 17 of 21
Life — June 25, 1908 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This is a Life magazine page (circa early 1900s) consisting almost entirely of advertisements and product promotions. There are **no political cartoons or satirical commentary** to analyze. The main content includes: - **Dean's bakery** advertising prepaid cake delivery - **Ernest** (London tailor) promoting suits and gowns - **Mennen's toilet powder** for men's grooming - **The Circle Publishing Company's** central promotion: a "$1 Does the Work of $4" offer—one dollar plus a coupon gets you four books on entertainment, Italian poetry, Greek literature, and a 7-month magazine subscription - Various other ads for playing cards, cruises, shade rollers, and cigars The page is a commercial one, typical of early 20th-century Life magazine, which mixed satirical content with substantial advertising revenue.
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Slr Be 18 sad they ( want any for Country Homes w reporter, lic library d cover it, t the chief Dean's assorted cake will give variety to camp’ the Summer menu and will prove accept- 5 be wid: able at afternoon tea. Selected assort- ments at $2.00, $3.00, $5.00, $8.00 rand and $12.00 each will be sent Where's EXPRESSAGE PREPAID to any express point within 300 miles of New York City. The cakes are packed so that they will keep fresh for days. A special summer booklet, giving sugges- tions of different assortments and details re- garding deliveries, will be sent on request. our hun. ancient rence is 572 FIFTH AVENUE sand NEW YORK Established 1839 IEN PLAYING CARDS Design oftack,hemsthtched linen, pat Sevt. The MOST TALKED OF FIRM In London. 18s, REGENT STREET Original and Exclusive Designs in TAILOR-MADE SUITS AFTERNOON FROCKS RECEPTION AND EVENING GOWNS MILLINERY, ETC. Specialite: TRAVELING COATS —— eS for After Shaving. Tnslat that your barber uses Mennen’s Tolict Pow: he shaves you, Ile J ay of the ted. GERHARD MENNEN CO., Newark, N. 3. Just Because It’s Midsummer We Will Let $1 Do the Work 0 of $4 for You A Dollar Bill (2%) with the Coupon (=) will bring You All Four of these Good Things—Carriage Paid Hi 12mo, Cloth, 224 Pages. Entertainments for All Seasons (7 i.ciia’colecton of entertainments, parties, fairs, etc., for Christmas, New Year's Day,.St. Valentine's Day, Washing- ton’s Birthday, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Hallowe'en, Thanksgiving Day, also for Church Socials, Bazars, Children's Entertainments, and miscellaneous dinners, gatherings, etc., including a complete Parlor Comedy in three acts. By FRANK JUSTUS MILLER, of [2] Studies in the Poetry of Italy the University ofChicago. 12mo, The ‘Wonderful Achievement ofa DollarBill in Uuly and August Cloth, 348 Pages. Half-tone frontispiece. Professor Miller writes on Roman Poetry, including the Drama, Satire, Epic Poetry. Professor Oscar Kuhns, of the Wesleyan University, writes on Dante—The Divine Comedy—Petrarch Boccacio—The Renaissance and Ariosto—Tasso, etc. HARTSHORN SHADE ROLLERS Bear the script name of Stewart Hartshorn on label. Qet “Improved,” no tacks required. Wood Rollers Tin Rollers “MADE AT KEY WEST— CLARK’S CRUISES OF THE “ARABIC” 16,000 Tons Orient, Feb. 4th; Cruises Around the World, Oct. 16, 09 and Feb. 5,°10 FALL TOURS ‘08 AROUND THE WORLD F.C. CLARK, Times Building, New York i i By WILLIAM CRANSTON LAWTON, of Ideals In Creek Literature Adelphi College. 12mo, Cloth, 256 Pages. Half-tone frontispiece. Some chapters are: The Iliad—The Odyssey—Eschylus and the Promnethe! phocles and the Antigone—Uripides and the Alcestis—Anstophanes’ Clouds— Herodotus—Thucydides—Demosthenes on the Crown, etc. A volume of masterpieces selected from great Greek writers. JUNE to DECEM- [4] THE CIRCLE Magazine 7 Months jin inciusive. Price $1.50 a year, 15 cemts a Copy. THE CIRCLE is a modern department magazine for all busy, up-to-date men and women, and it is a magazine for every member of the family. Its departments, dealing with the interests of business, sport, home, church, garden, travel, automobiling, collecting, music, art, literature, chess, etc., etc., are all edited by expert authorities. Marshall P. Wilder, the prince of merrymakers, edits the Depart- ment of Fun. Willis Fletcher Johnson. of the New York Tribune, conducts the Department of Current Events of the World. Fiction is abundant and of the best quality, Twenty-five short stories, selected {rom nearly five thousand submitted in the recent $3.000 prize story contest, will be published during the next few months beginning with June. The illustrations, paper, printing, and beautiful art covers make THE CIRCLE one of the handsomest magazines in the countr: Thousands of its subscribers declare that it is the dest magazine published. “it Is one of the very finest magazines I have he pleasure of seeing and teadiag.”—S. adel SIGN AND MAIL « ‘THIS COUPON Your meguiee leading one 0 : very, with cal alone the lne | ever bad te pk WITH $1.00. se a acelp THE CIRCLE PUR. CO, ment ap Goss THE Ci Jerome Motioon Benary Rew. Korte fo etekaaetiass rao N “THE CIRCLE has pia: | A. Gray, Orient, N.Y. SPECIAL OFFER for JULY and AUGUST All three books described on this page anda seven months’ subscrip- tlon for THE CIRCL! inning with the June number, which ‘will be sent prepaid to any this month to THE CIRCLE PUBLISHING CO., racine’ HEW YORK deals in Gree meTHE CIRCLE Magazine for seven months beginning with June Address, comicbooks.com