Life, 1906-11-15 · page 36 of 36
Life — November 15, 1906 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **product advertisement**, not political satire. It promotes Pompeian Massage Cream to both women and men as a natural beauty aid. The page contrasts two users: a woman (left) who uses the cream to enhance natural beauty without cosmetics, and a man (right) who uses it after shaving for skin health and grooming. The ad emphasizes that the product aids nature rather than replacing it—a selling point reflecting early-1900s attitudes skeptical of heavy makeup. The small jars shown indicate the product was sold through both drugstores and barbershops, suggesting different marketing channels for men and women. The ad includes a free-sample offer and warns consumers to ensure barbers use the genuine product, not "inefficacious" substitutes. This reflects period concerns about product authenticity and the emerging consumer culture of mail-order sampling.
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November 15, 1906 ompeian assage Cream This is the jar a This is the jar the druggist sel . the barber buys True Cleanliness and ; ” Natural Beauty @ The woman on the left is not «making up” with rouge, powder or cosmetics. She is not trying to take nature’s work out of nature’s hands or substituting artificial for natural beauty. She is simply aiding nature in nature’s own way with the natural beautifier— Pompeian Massage Cream. @ Nature will give skin beauty to a woman just as she gives it to a baby if the woman will simply provide enough assistance to overcome the unnatural conditions induced by modern sedentary, indoor living and pore- clogging soaps and powders. Massage with Pompcian Massage Cream cleans out the pores, sets the blood coursing freely, flexes the muscles and softens the skin. Then rosy checks, a clear complexion and firm, smooth flesh follow as a matter of course. @ The man on the right uses Pompeian Massage Cream after his shave to get the smarting soap and other foreign matter out of the pores, to strengthen the skin against razor rash, and to keep his face well groomed. It gives him the healthy, ruddy, athletic appearance that every man desires. @ Barbers give massage with Pompeian Massage Cream by band and with massage machines. In asking for a mas- sage at your barber’s, however, always make sure to spec- ify that Pompeian Massage Cream aust be used. ‘There are many inefficacious, and some harmful, substitutes. Test It With Our Free Sample @ Simply write us you want to try it, and we will send you a generous-sized sample, together with our illustrated book on Facial Massage, which is an invaluable guide for the proper care of the skin. 1m is cold for home use in two sizes, soc. in the style of jar shown above on the none of them enuine Pompeian, while some are posi- preter you to buy of your dealer whenever However, if he docs not have Pompeian, we will send a $0¢. oF $1.00 jar of cream, postpaid, on receipt of price. POMPEIAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY 25 Prospect Street, Cleveland, Ohio VPompeiin Massage Soap is @ Itgis sold by all dealers— pure—and more. It contains eve@where that’ Pompeian the same medicinal properties as | Massage Cream is sold. 20¢. a Pompeian Massage Cream. cake; 0c. box of three cakes.