Life, 1911-12-07 · page 6 of 112
Life — December 7, 1911 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains three distinct advertisements: 1. **Franklin Simon & Co. glove advertisement** (top left): Features an illustration of a fashionable woman modeling gloves for holiday gifts, with pricing for women's and men's styles. 2. **Jaeger Sanitary Goods advertisement** (bottom left): Promotes underwear, emphasizing that Jaeger brand won't winterize or deteriorate over time. 3. **Richmond Vacuum Cleaning advertisement** (right side): Markets vacuum cleaning services for homes, with detailed text about dust removal and available equipment options. The center contains editorial content titled "Do Your Christmas Shopping Early"—practical holiday advice, not satire. This appears to be a standard **commercial magazine page** from the early 20th century focused entirely on consumer goods and services.
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GLOVES for Holiday Gifts FOR WOMEN, MISSES, GIRLS, MEN AND BOYS at Special Prices “on! wat's THE USE, ANYWay? EVERY TIME I TRY TO WATCH IT ovT THAT FELLOW COMES ALONG Axo DRIVES IT TO ANOTHER PLACE.” Té Keep Your House Gléan Bucumone Vacuum Cleaning offers a'means not only for cleaning floors and floor coverings, but of keep- ing everything inside the house im- maculaiely clean. . Walls and wall decorations, c ings, filmy curtains, draperies, heavy hangings, upholstered furni- 16-Button Mousquetaire, glacé lamb-skin or white, : rs ps ture, bookcases and books, beds, Value$2.s0.. 1.95 Men's Real Kid “Franklin” gloves, one- bedding, clothing, the insides of clasp, pique sewn' black, white of tan, i erything in a id Mousquetaire, 16-button length; black, white, tan, Pe INNES NCE yalue Sager, 200 pianos everythi in and about champagne, maize, pearl, pink or sky. Value $3.50.. 2.75 AGH ereyvor-tan: acer $c house with Ricumosy: d_Girls' grey or tan Mocha, or ’ . © ke Kid Suede Mousquetaire. 20-button Jengeh; white, champagne, Capeskin, ans Saw Neal Bodily Cleaning can, be ue apricot flesh. sky, lavender. pearl sewn black. Value $4.50." 3.75 11 Value $1.45.. 95 abso Ulery: {tee noe only from cust but from moths, vermin and their Real Kid Mousquetaise, 24-button length; white or black. Girls’ one-clasp_ pique lamb-skin pans Style used for full dress wear, Value $5.75.. 4.75 nn tan or white, Value $1.45.. 95 egg: For Men, Boys and Girls Men's Cape-skin gloves. one clasp, For Women and Misses Real Kid. 2 clasp, pique sewn, embroidered Pa tm black, White and all colors. P.X,M, sewn; tan, oak, white or black’ Valu 0066 Real Kid, 2-ne . pique sewn, embroidered Paris . ie 2.00; + 2260 fuints in buck, white, mastique ortan. Value $2.2. 200 Men's Grey Mocha one-lasp gloves, silk-lined, Value $2.00.. 1.50 Vacuum Cleaning can be installed in any building, large or small, old or new, town or country. Wherever installed, it will pay for itself in from eighteen to thirty months. ye VACUUM. “RICHMOND” YASHING ‘Collect the Dust—Don't Spread It” ucumonr Vacuum Cleaning em- braces every provedly successful type of apparatus. It ies Hand Power pound Portable 00, and built in 0- COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF SCOTCH KNIT WORSTED AND FUR LINED GLOVES Franklin Simon & Co. FIFTH AVE., 37th and 38th Sts.. New York arshall ield's Store, all on our “Easy Payment Plan" of 50 cents per week and upward, or a liberal discount will be allowed for cash, ‘The TRICHMONT® Portable Suction Cleaner shown in the illustration weighs but 10 poasds instead of 60. All that any portable cleaner can do this one does, It is simple in construction. Underwears come and under- wears go but “JAEGER” goes on for ever! If you have not yet wintered in Jaeger Underwear, itis never too late to begin. You will thank us later for urging you to it. Seven Weights to choose from, Catalogue and Samples free on request Est. Chicas cents tn alt Principal cities, Do Your Christmas Shopping Early You did it last year earlier than be- fore. Do it early again. It is better for you. You will be less crowded in the doing of it. You will have a better choice of the commodities that are offered, and more time to make your selections. It a great deal better for the forces in the shops; the girls and men who wait on you, and deliver your purchases. The strain of the Christmas shopping on the shopgirls, in particular, is still very severe. Mitigate it, you who can, by every means in your power. Get your lers out of the way early. There will be many who won't, and a good many who can’t, and the rush will be hard enough in any case. Do your Christmas shopping carly! It is wise; it is thrifty, and it is kind. 972 There is nothing to wear oat. There frsrm ne daphrarms, se valves. Noll sents - To operate, simply attach to tric lamp socket. Costs ealy one cent per rate, “Our "Special Agency Plan” enables lise, energetic young men to become the ‘Vacuum Cleaning Representa- dives of their respective communities. Our **Spectal Correspondence Course in Seles manship," tonether with direct instructions from our trained representatives, insures ‘success. Write for particulars, Local agents wanted exerywhere, ‘Send for booklet entitled “How Vacuum Cleaning Saves foney""; also reference book namesof 1,800 prominent installations all over the world. Tue M°Crum-Howett Co. Largest Makers of Vacuum Clean- ff tng Systems in the World Gexrrat. OFricrs NEW YORK—02 Terminal Blés. CHICAGO—408 Rush St. MONTREAL—ISS $ Concord St. Branches or Agencies in Other Principat Cities comicbookMeom