Life — May 6, 1915 — page 2: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising, not satire or editorial content**. It features a full-page advertisement for Rameses II cigarettes by Stephano Bros, describing them as "The Aristocrat of Cigarettes" and "Largest Selling 20¢ Cigarette." The advertisement includes decorative Egyptian-style imagery (palm fronds, ornamental frames) referencing the product name "Rameses II"—the famous ancient Egyptian pharaoh. A product box is prominently displayed. The page also notes that cigarettes come in "Week End" tins of 100 each. There is **no political cartoon or satire present**—this is straightforward commercial advertising from an era when cigarette marketing in magazines was standard and unregulated.