Life, 1914-02-05 · page 36 of 44
Life — February 5, 1914 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and corporate listings**, not political satire. It contains: 1. **Pétrole Hahn** hair product ad (top left): Claims to nourish hair roots with oil, targeting those with undernourished hair. Typical early 20th-century cosmetic marketing. 2. **Astor Trust Company** (center left): Lists officers and directors of this financial institution—standard corporate disclosure. 3. **New Dress Cottons and Linens** (top right): James McCutcheon & Co. advertises spring fabrics including crepes, voiles, and linens with pattern options. 4. **Club Cocktails** (bottom right): G.F. Heublein & Brother promotes pre-mixed cocktails, emphasizing precise measurement over "guess-work" mixing—appealing to cocktail culture during Prohibition era. The page reflects 1920s consumer culture: cosmetics, finance, fashion, and alcohol (via "cocktails" framing). No political cartoons or satire appear on this particular page.
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Fetrole Hahn Feeds the hair down at the roots | It actually finds the cause of unhealthy hair —generally under-nourishment. Because it is a food, containing the recognized nourish- ment in pure oil, it supplies a want which Nature frequently neglects. Pétrole Hahn Vibert gives the roots what the need—oil food—and the sheen of true healt! naturally follows. Its application takes but amoment. The delicate scent is gratifying. Sizes, $1.50 and $1.00. At leading dealers. PARK & TILFORD Sole Agents 529-549 West 42nd Street, New York OFFICERS B.C. CONVERSE, Presid ALEXANDER H. STEVENS, Vice-President THOMAS COCHRAN, JR., Vice-President MENRY J. COCHRAN, e- Cashier JAMES R. TROWBRIDGE, retary. HOWARD BOOCOCK, Treasurer CLIFFORD WILMURT, Assistant Cashier DIRECTORS THOMAS COCHRAN, Jee, Vice. Preshient EB. C, CONVERSE, President JOHN 1, DOWNEY, Rock istand $ Building Constrocthia DOUGLAS ROBINSON, ARCHIBALD D. RUSSELL, ALEXANDER 1, STEVENS, ice-President "> BENJAMIN STRONG. Jr., Bankers Trost Co. aa U.S. Steel Corporation ROBERT WALTON GOELET, Wie & Co, Baokers President Chase Nation Trustee for Personal Trusts FIFTH AVENUE & 36™ STREET, NEW YORK New Dress Cottons and Linens ee Our collection of Dress Cottons and Linens for the coming season is very large and contains all the new weaves and colors which will be used in the new Spring and Summer dresses. Printed fabrics will be much in demand and our assort- ment of these goods is most unusual, including Printed Crepes, Printed Voiles, Printed Crepe de Chine, “Voile Fleurette,” Dimities, Linen Lawns, etc. Among the French fabrics will be found such decided novelties as “Duvetyn,” Golfine, Velours, Bedford Cords, “Peau de Peche” in white and colors. French crepes of every description in white and colors, Japanese hand-woven Crepes, Brocades, Ratines in plain «lors, stripes, checks and Tartan Plaids, Fancy Voiles, Ginghams, Repps, Poplins, Piques, Shirtings, Washable Silks in various weights, Viyella Silk-and-Wool Flannels, Dress Linens in all the new weaves and colors. White Linens in almost end- less variety. Samples of any o1 the above lines mailed free on request. James McCutcheon & Co., Fifth Ave., 33d & 34th Sts., N.Y. O matter how good the whiskey—or the gin or | Vermouth—you put in your cocktail, the result is disastrous to pride and palate—if they are propor- tioned by guess-work. Club Cocktails owe their smoothness and delicious flavor to exact and accurate mixing — and to their aging before bottling. A cocktail is made-to-measure, not made by guess-wo: All the popular kinds—at your dealer's G. F. HEUBLEIN & BROTHER New York ‘Hartford Lendon —ome ¢ concisely scientific most of v your hea T offer stand the ha ealth a serence I Sooner Coors “Homan comicbooks.com