Life, 1910-04-21 · page 8 of 44
Life — April 21, 1910 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The top half features a **Corbin automobile advertisement** (1910 model, $2,750), emphasizing quality manufacturing and engineering reliability—typical early automotive marketing. The bottom half advertises **J. & F. Martell Cognac and brandies**, founded 1715. The only cartoon element is the small illustration labeled "A Brain-Racking Proposition," showing a man and woman with the caption: "Fred, if you had to make fifty cents a day, how would you do it?" This is a **domestic humor piece** about economic anxiety—likely satirizing the working-class struggle to earn modest wages. The cartoon's point appears to be gentle mockery of financial difficulty rather than pointed social commentary.
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Full Jeweliled Ask Owners of Corbin Cars how they stand up in every day use. Corbin Cars are the result of more than six years of const study and test. They are the outcome of that preparedne:; which brings success; they are the product of a Corbin inst:- tution, and must, therefore, be of representative Corbin quality They are meritorious because of this, and because back of them is ample capital, the experience of a vast engineering force, more than half a century's knowledge of high-class manufacture, and a policy which demands that all things be done right. Every vital part that enters into the construction of Corbin Cars is manufactured in the Corbin plant, an adequate guarantee of the best possible materials and workmanship. The1910 Corbin Cars are a continuation of the 1909 car, which has proved so superior and satisfactory that the demand has far exceeded the supply 30 H.P., 5-Passenger Touring Car, $2,750.00, Fully Equipped, inclading Cape Top, Prestolite Tank and Bosch Magnetos. WRITE FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. THE CORBIN MOTOR VEHICLE CORPORATION NEW BRITAIN, uae ened Members Association of Li Licensed Under Connae (Founded 1715) r {I ie i i) LIQUEUR BRANDIES | GENUINE OLD BRANDIES MADE FROM WINE A BRAIN-RACKING PROPOSITION “TRED, IF YOU MAD TO MAKE FIPTY CENTS A DAY, HOW Sole Agents { WOULD you po 1T?"* G.S. NICHOLAS &CO, New York comicbooks.com