Life, 1913-06-05 · page 6 of 52
Life — June 5, 1913 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or editorial content. It contains four ads: 1. **Milo cigarettes** - Egyptian cigarettes marketed as quality products, sold at clubs and dealers 2. **McCallum Silk Hosiery** - Silk socks/stockings for men, women, and children, emphasizing correctness for formal occasions 3. **"Roast Beef Medium"** - A serialized story by Edna Ferber about Emma McChesney, a traveling saleswoman. The text notes she's successful, pretty, and resourceful despite being underestimated 4. **Kranich & Bach Player-Piano** - A self-playing piano marketed as enabling musical appreciation without years of practice The McChesney story appears to be the magazine's main feature content. No political satire is present on this page.
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A suggestion for the sagacious— EGYPTIAN CIGARETTE At your Club and all dealers Plain or Cork Tip 25c in U.S. A. MILO also come in bores of 50 and 100 ‘The Surbrug Co., New York IHE man who wears McCallum silk hose may go anywhere—to the ball game, to the play, to society’s most exclusive functions—with complete assur- ance that his hosiery is correct in every particular. SH? Callum Silk Hosiery McCallum quality is the ultimate choice of the regular wearer of silk hose. Its careful manufacture from the very best silk makes it the hose you can depend upon for all-round satisfaction. Correct hose for day and evening wear—for men, women and little folks. Upwards from $1 at the best dealers everywhere McCallum Hosiery Company NORTHAMPTON, MASS. custome “4 This hotel clerk is tell- ing Emma McChesney that he doesn’t believe she has a grown-up son. You wouldn't either. Yet she’s a very sensi- ble person, in spite of her youthful —appear- ance. Read .of her in ~- ROAST BEEF MEDIUM The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney By EDNA FERBER ing saleswoman for petticoats, successful and pretty, triumph, She can s: bill of goods to a hard well as she can bake in a balky oven . fun-loving, human book." —N. Y. Times. With 27 illustrations by James Moatgomery Flagg, $1.20 net; Publishers—FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY—New York | postpaid $1.32 ‘AN you ap; ciate the charm of playing the world’s finest music on a magnificent piano without the labor or the drudgery of years of practice or study? The Kranich & Bach enables you to do this with the tech- nique and expression of the virtuoso. X \N An exeutstie catalogue and YS EN musing storietie free y ~ ruest Z ww = We SS bar aesTHm AS KRANICH & BACH 237 EAST 23RD ST., NEW YORKCITY Zzaost ce sec CG pele comicbooks.com