Life, 1909-07-01 · page 5 of 44
Life — July 1, 1909 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising rather than satire or political cartoon**. The dominant content is a full-page advertisement for **Pabst Extract**, a medicinal tonic claiming to cure anemia and restore health, particularly targeting young women with "pallid and colorless" complexions. The illustrations show women in domestic settings, reflecting early 1900s gender roles. The ad employs period medical pseudoscience, promoting the product as containing "barley malt" and "chicories hops" to build blood and vitality. Supporting content includes reader letters, a brief story titled "The New Baby," and smaller ads including one for a "Sexology" book. The magazine's tone reflects common early 20th-century attitudes toward women's health and domestic life, with patent medicines presented as legitimate remedies.
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Ml r- From Our Readers To tue Eoitor oF Live: y. Dear Sir:—It gratifies me to see again in your influential paper your picture of one of the victimes of our Glorious Fourth! I hope that you will publish it in each of your weekly num- bers appearing before that day Will some of your readers offer some sugges- tions through your paper what substitute in the way of appropriate amusement we can give our children if we take from them all noisy means of demonstrating their patriotic (?) ardor on the Fourth of July and find it not feasible to make excursions with children on that day of crowds? A Moriter or Tuner. May 31, 1909. New York, Weenawken, N. Ja, Drax Live: In nearly every number of your paper some one writes a letter about that “Woman's Num- ber,” and makes fun of the women who contrib- uted to it. You have not an idea what harm that number has done to women writers. Don't you think (be honest, now) that if Lire had been less anxious to sce well-known names figure on its pages the number might have been bright and more interesting? With one or two exceptions no “ Unknown " had anything to say What do you think? Yours very sincerely, Sapte Lovise Cowas: Kon STEINERSTRASSE 14, Frankrurt a/M, GERMANY We think as you do. But we were not so very “anxious to sce well- known names figure’? in that number. That number was an experiment. Another time we— also our contributors—might do better. The New Baby “Well, Jimmie,’? said the visitor, “I under- stand you have a new baby here “Yes,"" said Jimmie. “He got here last Tues- y night.” Whom doés he look like, your father or your mother?" asked the visitor. “We don’t know yet,” said Jimmie. “He seems kind of undecided yet.’” “They tell me he has your father's nose,’ the visitor. Yes," said Jimmie. “He has pa’s nose, and ma’s mouth, and Aunt Sarah’s ears, and between you and me I’m for givin’ him grandpa’s teeth. He ain't got any of his own, and grandpa’s got two sets. What I'm afraid of is that if they don't give ‘em to him he'll get mine, and I need ‘em in my business.""—Tit-Bits. said A Happy Marriage Depends largely on a know!- edge of the, whole truth relation to life and health. This knowledge does not come intelligently of itself, nor correctly frome or every-day sources. SEXOLOGY (Ultustrated) M.D., imparts tna clear, William H. Walling, AM Frloiscoase wage noo vl orricies © Yeune Man thorts ayia Medical cee. sina cul ee Knowledge a Young Woman Should Knowledge a Young Wire, Should. ‘Have. Hisrinies 2 Nace eh Koowledge a MotherShould Tmpart to ‘Her Daughter. Medical Knowledge a Wife Should Ha Rich Cloth ladles. F hin fiw i Stamp, Mhentrted, $2.00, ‘Weite tor * and Table of Contents. Puritan Pub. Cai 711 eae Bldg., Phila., Pa. Infuse Into Those Wan White Cheeks The Ruddy Glow of Perfect Health Is your complexion pallid and colorless? Are you listless and without vitality or ambitior ?_ Pretty sure signs these, that your blood has become impoverished. You are suffering from anaemia. There is nothing fatal about this malady in itself, but unless checked, more serious complications may result. Rapid growth or too much study frequently saddles this dreaded disease on young shoulders, sap- ping the vitality {rom boys and girls at iust the age when it is most needed. Pabst Extract The Best Tonic is a powerful reconstructive agent and ideal nutrient for the anaemic. It contains the rich, tissue building elements of barley malt combined with the tonic properties of choicest hops. It retains all the food values of barley grain in predigested form and carries in it muscle, tissue and blood-making constituents. The nourishment thus offered is readily assimilated by the system and rapidly transformed into rich, red blood, giving men and women strength and energy to fight their daily battles, Physicians of repute everywhere are constantly vouching for the merits of Pabst Extract, The ‘‘Best’’ Tonic, by recommending it to strengthen the weak and build up the overworked; to relieve in- somnia and conquer dyspepsia; to help the anaemic and aid the nervous; to assist nursing mothers and invigorate old age. Order a Dozen from Your Local Druggist Today Insist Upon It Being Pabst ‘A Library Stlp, good for Books and Magasines, ta packed with each bottle, Booklet and Picture “Baby's First Adventure’ sent free on request. PABST EXTRACT CO. DEPT. 12 MU Farner: Bobby, whatever you do, begin at the bottom and work. up. Bossy: But, pop, suppose I was going to dig a well?—Circle, 30 Seconds To detach or attach our rim, No, Bolts or Nuts to Remove. Tire inflation on road obviated. FREE TRIAL Dookie eatiatan Moe we ave cor rected spring troubles fo 5 Years J. H. SAGER Co. 2818outh Ave. Rochester, N.Y. FIRST GET UNDERNEATH THE CAR, ETC. comicbooks.com