Life, 1906-12-13 · page 6 of 28
Life — December 13, 1906 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It contains four advertisements: 1. **Williams' Shaving Stick** - claims to be "the only kind that won't smart or dry on the face," marketed by The J.B. Williams Company (Glastonbury, Connecticut). 2. **Andrew Usher & Co. Scotch Whiskies** - promotes "Exceptional Special Reserve O.V.G." and "Old Vatted Glenlivet," sold by G.S. Nicholas & Co. in New York. 3. **Henry Hutt Calendar (1907)** - a decorative calendar featuring an illustration of a woman, priced at $5.00, published by Life Publishing Company. 4. **"A Woman's Confessional" by Helen Woljeska** - a serialized article about a woman's diary, with critical reviews from various newspapers quoted. The page represents typical early 20th-century magazine advertising and serialized content.
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Shaving STicK Williams “The only kind that won't smart or dry on the face.” It is easy to exaggerate the size as we have done, but hardly pos- sible to exaggerate the soothing, WAIBRIUKS softening, emollient qualities of WRZam@asss Williams ‘e2uré " Shaving Stick: Shaving Cakes sold everywhere ac. in stamps for Shaving Stick, or a cake of xury Shaving Soap, t angSticK/4 (Enough for so shaves.) THE J. B. WILLIAMS COMPANY Department A GLASTONBURY, CONN. London Paris Berlin Sidney AVORITE J ¢ G. S. NICHOLAS & CO. Sole Agents, New York. THE HENRY HUTT CALENDAR 8. MUTT is the latest accession to America’s comparatively small list of celebrated M ughtsmen and illustrators, His work in magazines is familiar to the public, at in this calendar, whereit is shown at the best advantage, it is possible to see how delicate and delightful his drawings are in conception, coloring and general execution. ‘The calendar consists of 12 special designs in color, on heavy cardboard £214 x 15 inches. Tied with green silk cord and tastefully boxed. $2.00 each, peitpaid LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West Thirty-First St., New York A Woman’s Confessional By HELEN WOLJESKA Pittsburg Dispatch: ‘The tragedy of a life told in epigrams Grave they are, and gay imes cynical and often bitter, but always with a note of nce—and now and then a smothered St, Paul Dispatch: ¢ is intense pathos in this odilly con: ceived journal. The epigrams reveal a nature in hot rebellion against the artificialities of civilization—a passionate soul that wished to make her own laws, to live her life in all its pagan purity of thought and deed. Albany Times-Union: ‘Through these epigrams one can trace the growth of ahuman soul. ‘They run the entire scale of human emotions. It is scarcely ever that a woman's mind and heart are thus laid bare. Los Angeles Times: ‘The journal of a keen, independent mind Full of © . Full of tne, beautiful, strong the Chicago News: The protest of an exuberant life against sting codes. Th rankness, sincerity and aptness of ex. n certainly make the little volume esting reading. Columbus Journal: A brightness like that of Marie Bashkirtseff. Vork Times’ Book Review: of the woman's sayings is ¢ little Purple Book will + MADAME WOLJESKA™ From a Study by W. B. Dyer comicbooks.com