Life, 1910-06-30 · page 37 of 41
Life — June 30, 1910 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** with one small cartoon. The cartoon (lower left, captioned "Very Sorry, Lady, But Business is Business") depicts a businessman dismissing a woman—likely a wife or companion—with an apologetic gesture. The joke satirizes how businessmen of the era prioritized commercial obligations over personal relationships and social courtesies. The woman appears stylishly dressed, suggesting this is about upper-class social expectations being sacrificed to business demands—a critique of how the newly dominant corporate culture was reshaping American priorities and manners. The rest of the page features ads for luxury goods (a portable shower bath, Brooks Brothers clothing, and a serialized novel "Dr. Thorne's Idea"), typical of Life's affluent readership around 1910. The shower bath ad itself humorously asks "What Does Your Bathroom Lack?"—marketing modern convenience to wealthy Americans.
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