Life, 1910-05-19 · page 5 of 40
Life — May 19, 1910 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising rather than political satire**. The main content includes: 1. **Venetian Awnings ad** (top left): Product advertisement 2. **"From Our Readers" letter** (left column): A 1910 Chicago reader thanks Life for birthday wishes and discusses his WWI service, mentioning NYC officials like Mayor Gaynor and Charles Stover (Park Commissioner) 3. **Welch's Grape Juice ad** (top right): Large advertisement emphasizing purity and natural ingredients 4. **Hunter High-Ball ad** (center): Beverage advertisement 5. **Abbott's Bitters ad** (bottom left): Medicinal drink advertisement 6. **"The Highbred Persian" cartoon** (bottom right): Small illustration about demonstrating a cat, labeled as "the only way to receive this sort of demonstration is with dignified indifference" The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture with minimal political commentary.
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MES G. WILSON, MEG, Sand’S West 29th Street, New York siawrer of Venetian Minas, Reting Parti furglar and Fireproof Stee! Curtains, Wood Bleck Floors, AD. . From Our’ Readers is just the juice as nature puts it (Continued from page 908) = into the choicest Concord grapes. j From Mr. Riis a Anything but this is not pure, unfer- Dear Lire: I thank you much for your kind mented grape juice. words anent my birthday. Your Avoid grape juice having corn friendly sentiments are cordially recip- . syru tlucose) 2 a Myre te rocated. In the war for the children yrup (glucose) added. This is done L carried a gun and had a mighty f to give it body and make it palatable. good hunt; for it was worth while. So ; Its use means inferior grapes. lam overpaid. But I was a volunteer, Teleh’s ie delieiane a private, a corporal, let us say, some- Welch’s is delicious and whole- times charged with deserting when it some as well as pure; an ideal table came to the heart-breaking work, the beverage for old and young. details of organization and of manage- ment, which I couldn't abide. The men who never deserted, let us give them their due, Chief among them in New York was Charles B. Stover. He gave bis time, his means, his career. Mayor Gaynor has piled heaps of glowing Is on the heads of us who didn’t e him at his face value when he : isi dade oneni, boop ran, and one of the biggest and burn- relais, “send $80" Tor CEN . dozen pints, express prepaid ingest lumps he put there when he east of Omaha. Sample $-oz. made Mr, Stover Park Commissioner Pattie by mall. jo cents, Book, That was a ten-strike. Hold up his . using Welch's Grape Juice,tree hands, for in doing it you are putting Ths Weak (Gzspei Dates Cas ina heavy lick for the little ones in $ Weatfield, N. Y. our city, and I know you would rather do that than eat. Heartily yours, Jacon A. Rus Cuicaco, April 29, 1910. ») Adddod TRY A HUNTER HIGH-BAL A REFRESHING, SATISFYING, INVIGORATING BEVERAGE AT ALL SEASONS Seid ab all fretactans cafes amd ey foblern, WAL LANAMAN & SON, Maltimore, Ma. BITT Le ye At The Highbred Persian: 14 ONLY WAY . ¥ i . TO RECEIVE THIS SORT OF DEMONSTRATION 1S WITM DIGNIPIFD INDIFFERENCE. comicbooks.com