Life, 1911-12-14 · page 32 of 40
Life — December 14, 1911 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements**, not political satire. The ads promote luxury goods typical of early 1900s consumer culture: 1. **Morny Perfume** (top left): A French bath fragrance sold through high-end perfumery stores, marketed as a status symbol. 2. **Gray & Davis Lighting Dynamo** (top right): An automobile electrical system advertisement emphasizing modern technology—electric lights as superior to "old-fashioned gas and oil lamps." 3. **Cascade Whisky** (bottom left): A Tennessee whiskey ad using poetic language ("mellow as moonlight, pure as sunlight"). 4. **Domestic cartoon** (bottom right): A humorous domestic scene where a wife confronts her husband about late-night activities, using telltale snow footprints as evidence—a joke about infidelity or suspicious behavior rather than political commentary. The page reflects turn-of-the-century advertising priorities: luxury imports, new technology, and domestic humor.
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PRODUIT SPECIAL DE LA MAISON MORNY ° 201. REGENT STREET LONDON. .W. RETAILED BY ALL FIRST CLASS PERFUMERY STORES The name MORNY on the label is a guarantee of satisfaction WHOLESALE ONLY: F. R. ARNOLD & CO. 3,5 &7 West 22d Street New York Lighting Dynamo System For Your New Automobile Why accept old-fashioned gas and oil lamps on you can have the highly efficient GRAY & DA ing Dynamo? Tell your dealer to deliver your care slipped with this Dynamo—insist upon it. It is Standard Equipment on all PEERLESS cars—it should be on your car A miniature electric plant, weighing but 1934 Ibs... drivea by the motor, Easily installed. Lights allor part of lamps, charges batteries, furnishes current for power horn. Just turn a switch on dash, A complete system throughout—not a makeshift. Absolutely reliable. Lights lamps ir- respective of battery. In use over four years. GRAY & DAVIS, BOSTON, MASS. Manatectarers of AUTOMORILE LAMPS, 85 Laoedowne St a a new car when Elec MELLOW AS MOONLIGHT PURE WHISKY Mellow as moonlight, pure as sunlight, rich as gold. Purity, Original bottling has old gold Label GEO. A. DICKEL & CO., Dist Nashville, Tenn. “ JAMES, 1 JUST WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE TRACKS YOU LEFT IN THE SNOW LAST NIGHT WHEN YoU CAME HOME LATE FROM ‘THE OFFICE.” fensele Teuton Albion suffrag contro stones to s charg: of Fi comicbooks.co