Life, 1908-08-06 · page 6 of 54
Life — August 6, 1908 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Life magazine page is primarily **advertising rather than editorial content**. The main cartoon depicts two roosters with the caption "GOSH, BILL! YOU OUGHT TO GET YOUR FACE FIXED. YOUR TEETH SHOW WHEN YOU DON'T SMILE." This appears to be a generic humor cartoon—likely a joke about vanity or personal appearance—rather than political satire. The page features advertisements for: a golf ball (Hazelwood), an Iver Johnson revolver, travel tours, Surbrug's Arcadia tobacco mixture, and a Muskoka Lakes tourism ad. **The cartoon's humor is purely visual/personal rather than topical**—no identifiable figures or political references are present. It's simply a lighthearted jab at cosmetic concerns, typical of early 20th-century magazine humor.
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Fore! A long, Srasght drive, the | peor GOLF Bat will open the eyes of the most exacting player. . . . In Distance and Direction a little ahead of any other ball—and its good qualities do not end with the drive. Perfect balance and consistently graded liveliness insure responsiveness from any stroke. A durable ball, foo the isst of all to cut, chip or grow soft. Price The B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio Gi TRADE MARK SAFETY AUTOMATIC REVOLVER Near safe is not enough. The only firearm safety worth aha having is absolute safety. The only revolver affording that kind x of safety is the Iver Johnson Safety Automatic Revolver. took pl Millions are in use—yet not a single report of accidental dis- r 4 general charge—drop it, kick it, “hammer the hammer'’—you must pull 5 ; the trigger to fire it. Costs no more than near-safeties; but accurate, hard-hitting Brae iSguratis and positive, with absolute safety. : Our Booklet ‘*Shots’”? Mailed Free together with our handsome and complete catalogue. 7 < Hamous IVER JOHNSON SAFETY HAMMER REVOLVER After Richly nickeled. Zealibre rim Broorscallbrocenter- $& Extralengihbtl.or bleed Wary be evols fire, Sin, barrel or 38 calibre centeg-tire, 3%-in. Larrel, ¥O Bniah atelight extra cost. f IVER JOHNSON SAFETY HAMMERLESS REVOLVER . * How Richly nickeled, 2 calibreconter-tre.Sinch $7 Eztre length harrel or blond t orsscallbro. ete dl ‘finiah at alight extra cost, Sold by Hardware and A Gerae dealers everywhere, or sent repaid on receipt of price It ‘ealer rill notsapply. Look for the vwi's ia Brea p and out namovon the resp Iver Johnson" 's Arms & Cycle Works, ‘M8 8 River St., Fitchburg, Mass. ptt | low York: 99 Chambors St: San Franclaro: P.B Bekeart Oo.717 Market St. 7 Hamburg. Germany: Pickhabe: Aver Johasen Singlo Barrel ‘Shotguns and Truss Bridge Bicyeles (Away - FROM -THE-USUAL ) Japan Trans-Siberia and ROUND THE WORLD EUROPE BY MOTOR CAR and TRAIN DE LUXE Berkeley Building, Boston TO GET YOUR FACE PIXED, YOUR TEETH SHOW WHEN YOU DON'T smite.” Sursrua’s ARCADIA MIXTURE ve you may never have uty of & pipe omone belore SEND 10 CENTS S728. THE SURBRUG CO. 102 Reade St, New York MUSKOKA LAKES, CANADA ‘7% Gnndet Se. Lakes of Bee Set with lobes of Emerald f deed W. Hatheng, badens. et Ties Cell ot Tena rs