Life, 1915-10-14 · page 37 of 44
Life — October 14, 1915 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains three major ads: 1. **Perrier Water** (top): A French sparkling water ad featuring a silhouette portrait, emphasizing the product's French origins and mineral purity. The text poetically connects it to French vineyards and claims it aids digestion (particularly for gout and uric acid—"the bugbear of middle-age"). 2. **Century/St. Nicholas Magazine Bundle** (bottom left): A subscription offer combining two magazines—one for adults, one for children—at a discounted rate, with an expiration date of November 10, 1915. 3. **Arrow Dress Shirts** (bottom right): An advertisement for "Donchester" dress shirts featuring an illustration of a couple, highlighting an innovative detachable bosom that won't wrinkle or spring out. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and advertising aesthetics, with no apparent political cartoon or satire present.
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‘LIFE: T is as if the soil that nourishes the artistic soul of France, and is distilled by inimitable Nature into the glorious clusters of her vineyards, Perrier iimproce The enthusiasm for France employs also a subtle and un- jour High” Ball ieeied 0 polegeite & re- rivalled alchemy in the creation of Perrier. Bottled with extreme care at the great Perrier Springs, the Champagne of Table Waters » opens brilliant and bubbling errier everywhere. Perrier is bottled at the Springs in the South of NCH ATU France amidst the glorious French vineyards. There RE is no saltiness in Perrier, the great reason why SPARKLING it combines so perfectly with Wines and Spirits TABLE N.B.—A glass of Perrier alone or with a slice of te eile ds WATER lemon in the early morning is invaluable in gout S%bbling with its and uric acid troubles—the bugbear of middle-age. own Carbonic Gas’ Obtainable at all high-class Hotels, Restaurants and Grocers. WILLIAMS & HUMBERT, Agents, 1158 Broadway, New York & The Most Perfectly Balanced Magazine Clubbing Offer Ever Made CENTURY ST. NICHOLAS The quality magazine for adalts fy The quality magazine for children For over forty years it has The best-loved magazine in been on the reading tables of the world. In a year it has six the best people in America. or seven book-size stories, doz- Every month 164 pages of fic: ens of short stories, pictures tion, articles, poetry and pic- galore, and all kinds of depart. tures of distinction. ments. Regular Price $40 Year Regular Price $3 a Year The Offer is Good for a Limited Time Only—Act Now! CENT URY $ 5 ST. NICHOLAS } (To a new reader) Regular Price $7 (The offer will be withdrawn November 10, 1915.) . (This clubbing offer is accepted on condition that the Sr. Nichotas subscription is a new one.) The Century Co., 353 Fourth Ave., New York City Gentlemen: Please find enclosed $5, for which send | DRESS SHIRTS soemmceeiate GDonchester Sr. Nicnotas to ‘ A Dress Shirt with a bosom that will be just as perenne ue . . smooth when you take it off as it was when you put it on—being unattached at the lower end, the bosom slides over the trouser band instead of springing out of the waist-coat. $1.50, $2.00 and $3.00 CLUETT, PEABODY & CO. Ine. = MAKERS * TROY.N.Y. comicbooks.com