The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-04

NSItiSlilS pages.
What n smart, alert, ingenious world
this is anyway! A soap manufacturer
has toilet soap which is warranted to
leave n delicate and lasting odor. A
shaving soap manufacturer frightens us
with the case of an actor who had his
face poisoned by the use of cheap shay
ing soap made of putrid fats. The
makero of lampsay "All the caro- it re-
Guires Is filling and wiping once IL day
and putting wick in once in six
months" Here are stamped metal cell
ings, pretty things for your new house.
There are many books from which all
the plans and drawings for houses and
stables may be taken. Porcelain bath
tubs, i'll the pictures of which cupids
are playing, attract our eye as one of
the new luXurics. Inside they are as
smooth and white as alab:stcr, and the
man who invented them deserves re-
ward i'll two worlds. a man who is
willing to help you roof your house i'll Il
new tangled way tells you that "a.
stained single is to painted one as
velvet is to silk-the one is soft, rich
and warm; the other bright, sheeny and
cold"
Modern ingenuity and modern adver-
Using have brought to civilization the
benefits of delicious chewing gum
which cures indigestion, q tubular ear
cushion which cures deafness, IL print
ing outfit which costs only fifteen cents,
perfect substitute for mothers milk,
canned corn put up with pure sprin.
water, an evaporated cream for the
morning coffee which insures us against
waiting for tho milkman and worry
about his stall fed COWS, a hygienic mat
tress which enables us to sleep on medi-
Gated air, IL book which will enable all
of us to win ut whist, and safety razor
with which man may shave Jag off
his face without danger of cutting his
fevered cheek.
In these happy days one may buy good
looking shoes of leather absolutely
waterproof. He may read pamphlet
and learn how to cure himself of STAN
mering. He may avail himself of the
great secret Of the canary breeders of
the Harz mountains and thus restore
the song of the cage birds. He may buy
a time damper regulator, so that on re-
firing he may be sure the draft in his
steam, hot air or hot water heater will
|! be open at any hour in the morning he
chooses without having to get up him
self or to depend upon that most un-
regulated regulator : the hired girl.
| Another great boon which the Nine
teenth century man enjoys is that Of
buying for twenty-five cents package
patent powder which, dissolved in
water, stirred for moment and then
| sprinkled OH the coal in the bin, is war
ranted to give the coal % per cent. more
heating power, abate clinl1ers, smoke
and SCOT, make quick, hot fire and
never blow up the shop.
| There is no limit to the conveniences
thoughtfully provided for us by the keen
men of trade and made known to us
through the advertisements. Our wives
arc taught to cut, tailorlike, at home
They may buy an ounce of factory
ends" of embroidery silk, all colors, by
mail for forty cents. The art of acquir-
ing personal beauty, which is the art of
all arts in New York city, may be
learned from IL ten cent book Fat men
may cast off fifteen pounds month and
get all particulars for four cents. If
| you have weak knees, weak ankles
swollen joints or varicose veins, You are
invited to try elastic stockings with
seamless heels. In case your childycm
want building blocks, you are informed
where you may buy the latest sort ut
prices varying from twenty cents to for
ty-two dollars IA box.
a Chicago hotel keeper prates of the
advantages of his inn and assures Won
that other nice people have stopped with
him by printing their names A new
luxury is Il stove without smoke, with
out smell, without gas, without CHM
ney, warranted to burn anywhere. You
may study law at homo by taking a
course Of correspondence instructions.
A dermatologist will put new face
ON you, make Il red nose white, remove
superfiuous hair, round up thin face,
remove wrinkles, take off birthmarks.
make ears stand closer to the head,
make fat jowl thinner and more grace
full, build up sunken cheeks" Another
man will cure you of the tobacco habit,
while your next door neighbor-in the
advertising pages-entices you with the
luxury of his smoking tobacco.
This is the era of pictures, and no one
knows it better than the skillful advertis-
en- One-half of all the magazine adj
vertisements of this day have pictures
III them.
Here is Il fat man proposing marriage
with pretty girl. She refuses him or
account of his shape, and the advertiser
offers to reduce his flesh and enable him
to try again with good prospect of sue
cess, for only $3.50. a playing card
manufacturer attracts attention with
picture of Cleveland and Stevenson play
ing whist against Harrison and Reid.
the title being (Which Will VIM" y
celebrated shoe manufacturer has made
his own portrait as familiar throughout
the United States as that Of Harrison or