Life, 1910-01-20 · page 27 of 36
Life — January 20, 1910 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two unrelated items: a subscription offer and a product advertisement. **Left side:** "Special Offer for 1910" advertises a photo-gravure reproduction of a painting called "Playing Bridge" by Balfour Ker for new subscribers. This is a standard magazine promotion. **Right side:** A "Keenoh" razor sharpener advertisement features S.J. Herman, the company's vice-president, making an aggressive sales pitch. Herman claims absolute certainty that any man who tries his device will become a loyal customer within sixty seconds. The ad employs hyperbolic language typical of early 1900s marketing, promising to send 100,000 free trial units because he's certain of the product's superiority. The implicit satire suggests this exaggerated confidence in a simple mechanical device reflects the era's aggressive advertising culture and unregulated product claims. **Bottom:** A small cartoon titled "Love's Market" shows a brief marital exchange, unrelated to the other content.
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Special Offer for Copyright 1008 by Lity Pat scientific razor sharpener in hands, to your own without any expense whi you. My certainty abojft the NOH"? is absolute. / 1 know that ndé-man who shaves (with “any kindfof/'razor) can} put “KEENOH"/fo he test, even once, PLAYING BRIDGE PON receipt of your subscription for one year, at our and consen t again to be with- regular rate of Five Dollars, we will be pleased to send i 5 youa Photo-Gravure reproduction, 12x7% in size, on plate (6 100,000 “KEENOHS" I paper 20x 1§ inches, of Mr. Balfour Ker’s painting, “PLAYING 46 send out at my own ex- E," miniature of which is shown herewith. engtee of churge, I am serenely This offer is open until April 1, 1910, and the Photo- : Gravure will be sent on each yearly subscription entered on our It isn’t an altruistic faith in hyfayynature that prompts me; but the mailing list before that time, in order of its receipt. moral certainty that every map(whO finds that in sixty seconds’ time (every day) he can secure thi edge he ever shaved with, is simply Canadian, $5 $2, Foreign, $6.04 bound to own a*KE y. d would pay twice or thrice the price if he had to. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 31st St., New York If 1 prove to him day for ten days that his razor will never again, as long as he livesybe dull—and I will do so as surely as each "day rolls around — no fir earth can persuade him to give up his “KEENOH." inf ‘The “*KEENOH™ is the oniy sharpener on earth equally efficient poe with safety and pid style razors... It will sharpen one safety blade a ps of YY y thousand timés—fill it wears away to nothing. It is so absolute in its tad Wy Y bY Yj action that f6t/cannot fail—you could not secure a poor edge if you | com: : Nee (ZILA would. ‘Thai's why the money it will cost me to send out 100,000 ormed YW . / “KEENQHS!’ is not risked but simply in- ed his ys * vested. Aust write me, using the coupon cer ia Gu MG, Hf 3 and giging’ the name and address ane y WN of your hardware, ie iy iy!’ jewelfy, /drug YY 4 Ui, sedita- ; Q / tured, gt THE “KEENOH"’ COMPANY S. J. Herman, Vice-President 100 W. Fort St., Detroit, Mich>, Send me a‘‘KEENOH" Automatic Razor Sharp- ener for ten days’ free trial, through my dealer named below, to whom, if satisfactory, I will pay $3.50. Dealer's Name . Dealer’s Address .......... My Name............. LOVE'S MARKET She: wanouo, vo you srecutate? My Address .. Harold: writ, 1’« ENGaceD To you comicbooks.com