Life, 1911-06-01 · page 38 of 52
Life — June 1, 1911 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains three distinct ads: 1. **Martell's Brandy** (top left): A straightforward product advertisement listing five quality claims about French brandy production and distribution. 2. **Brooks Brothers** (top right): A clothing retailer advertising gentlemen's furnishings—riding suits, coats, hats, and leather goods—with a Newport branch address. 3. **Life Publishing's Print Offer** (bottom): A wedding gift promotion for a photogravure titled "Her Master," showing a woman with a portrait, priced at $1.00. 4. **Cartoon** (bottom right): A sketch of a teddy bear in formal dress, with a caption about never meeting anyone with good taste—likely a humorous commentary on contemporary fashions or social pretension, though the specific reference is unclear to modern readers. The page reflects early 1900s luxury consumer culture and magazine monetization through upscale advertising.
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Five Points Worth Remembering: 1 That only the finest Charente wine e enters MARTELL S distilleries. That it is there distilled with utmost © care by MARTELL & CO. themselves. This ensures its extraordinary quality. puncheons developing and maturing in MARTELL’S stores. That consequently MARTELL & CO. ‘° never have to bottle a Brandy until it is perfectly fit and ready for the mark it is to carry. 5 That to call a brandy better than ° MARTELL’S is an empty boast—to beat MARTELL’S for Quality a frank impossibility. 3 That there are tens of thousands of . Sole Agents G. S. Nicholas & Co. New York SOL LOTHIN tINGZSO Gentlemens ns Parnishing Gourds, Spring and Summer Weight Garments for Dress or Sporting Wear. Riding Suits and Odd Breeches in Cotton and Shantung Silks. Light Weight Mackintoshes for saddle work or motoring, Motor Clothing, Liveries-- Kennel Coats, English Hats, Haberdashery and Leather Goods, Russia Calf or Buckskin Shoes, Polo Ulsters, Silk Waistcoats, Blazers. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Newport Branch; 262 Bellevue Avenue, after June 1oth. WE HAVE CHOSEN THIS LIFE PRINT For the Bride’s Number because we think it an ideal subject for a Wedding Gift. Cops tight 1903 Ly Life Pebtishtog Company. Photogravure 15 20 in. $1.00, Send your remittance and address to which you with the pic- ture sent and it will be forwarded at once. carriage prepaid. LIFE PUBLISHING CO.. 17 W. 31st St., New York “V'st SORRY E'S CONE, T NEVER MET ANYONE WITHt SUCHE coop TastE.”