Life, 1913-05-01 · page 46 of 48
Life — May 1, 1913 — page 46: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and administrative content** rather than political satire. The ads promote **Cascade High Ball** whiskey (Nashville distiller) and **Milo cigarettes** (25 cents per box). Both use period-typical marketing language emphasizing quality and refinement. The only cartoon appears at bottom right, titled "**The Husbandette**"—a sketch showing a woman and man in exaggerated dress carrying various household items and luggage. The joke appears to reference a newly married woman ("husbandette") managing domestic responsibilities, likely a mild gender-role satire common to the era. The "Special" notice announces that Life's March 27th issue (called "The Awful Number") sold out due to demand, offering reprints for ten cents. Without seeing the March 27th issue itself, the specific satire it contained remains unclear.
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is different from any other. It satisfies the de- mands of the most . critical, being the | master product of ; | purity in element ' and perfection of method GEO. A. DICKEL & CO. Distillers Nashville, Tenn. ot} Cork Tip Special Many persons were unable to secure from newsdealers copies of the issue of LIFE for March 27th (The Awful Number). The great demand for the number exhausted their supplies. It will be sent prepaid to any address on receipt of the price—ten cents—by LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 WEST 31 STREET, NEW YORK CITY THE HUSBANDETTE comicbooks.com