Life, 1910-07-14 · page 37 of 40
Life — July 14, 1910 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine (June 1910) is primarily **advertisements and reader letters**, not political cartoons. The **advertisements** include: - **Milkweed Cream**: a complexion product marketed to women - **Makaroff Russian Cigarets**: positioned as a premium product for discerning smokers - **Cheney Silk Cravats**: neckwear for men - **Liqueur Peres Chartreux**: an alcoholic beverage - **Cape Cod tourism**: promoting summer travel The **"From Our Readers" section** contains letters debating public health issues—notably hydrophobia (rabies) treatment and **women's suffrage**. One sarcastic letter sardonically thanks *Life* for opposing women's voting rights, implying the magazine's editorial stance was unpopular with at least this reader. The page reflects 1910s consumer culture and emerging social debates rather than offering satire or political commentary itself. The advertisements target affluent readers with luxury goods.
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EEE eps the skin soft, smooth and velvety, so that healthy fummer tan only adds to the natural attractiveness of @ sikweeed Cream Complexion. The peculiar properties Milkweed Cream keep freckles away, relieve soreness smarting due to sunburn, t, possessing decided and Therefore, excessive rubbing and Just apoly a itde, night and morning, .dvisability of always ha le, we shall be glad to sent kweed Cream a sample free, ff F. INGRAM CO., 38 Tenth St., Detroit, Mich. laproves Had Complerions—Preserves Good Complezions From Our Readers (Continued from page 83) of your magazine to make of herself or himself a self-appointed health officer to stamp out this dreadful evil, “the public drinking cup.” Yours very truly, Js Knicut. June 20, 1910, The Original and (enuine Chartreuse has alway's been and still is made by the Carthu: jan Monks (Péres Chartreux), who, since their from France, have been located at Tar- . Spain; and, although the old labels and ia originated by the Monks have been a ed Federal Courtsof this country to Mill the exclusive property of the Monks, their ¥orld-renowned product is nowadays known as Liqueur Peres Chartreux AND YELLOW— 45 Broadway, Sol The Other Course Dear Lire: May I be permitted a word in ref- erence to Miss Fisher's recent letter asking you to suggest a substitute for the widely used but unsatisfactory Pasteur treatment? I think, by the way, that she is mistaken in assuming that the enforcing of a muzzling ordi- nance would prevent hydrophobia. The truth is, that in England, where it is supposed to have worked such wonders, the law is but poorly carried out, dogs being muzzled “on one side of the street, but not on the other.” The explanation of England's com- parative freedom from hydrophobia scares lies in the fact that she has no Pasteur Institute to keep alive the public’s fear, but has used for nearly half a century with the greatest suc- cess the famous Buisson Bath treat- ment, the principle of which is, that “ Quaint ‘Cape. Cod” Send for this Book Cape Cod’s the place where you would enjoy yourself this summer. We've a beautifully illustrated book that tells about the summer pleasures that await you on Cod—the yachting, the bathing, the fishing, and t social life. Before you decide where to go this summer, send for “Quaint Cape Cod.” It’s Free. Write A. B. SMITH, G.P.A., Room 185, New Haven, Conn. k rd R. R. by excessive sweating any possible poison is expelled through the pores of the skin. innoculations have been of no avail, the Bath has cured, even in advanced stages of the disease. forts are be- ing made to establish this treatment in America, and if Miss Fisher will com- municate with me I shall be glad to send her further information in re- gard to this thoroughly reasonable method. Something in a constructive way is certainly what we want. (Miss) Katuarine S. Nicnotson, 3610 Cu ut Street, Puivapecria, Pa. 1910, In cases where Pasteur’s June 22, Sarcastic Dear Lire: As one of your long-time readers I want to thank you for your heroic stand on the unpopular side of the woman's suffrage question; your pic- torial presentations of this question are so flush with the highest intel- Res pect the dealer who offers you MAKAROFF RUSSIAN CIGARETS He’s looking at your side of the smoking proposition. 15 cents and a quarter At cigar stores, hotels, cafes, and on the best dining cars, Phetcarofy - Boctrn Mail address—95 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. lectual thought of our times most years hence as it will be. entation of the esteemed ladies unat- tractively adorned in men’s attire is so unique and at the same time so pat to as to appear to be a dream of twenty The pres- the point as the sum substance of the movement in its most advanced intel- lectual manifestations as even to sur- pass Lire’s usual high standard of wit and perceptibility The idea of turning the artillery of ridicule on all woman's suffrage advo- (Continued on page 86) CHENEY SILK ped insite the proct, non-bia a ‘all sie Atl de 32 Colors, Stripes and Fancies, | poxcer & comicbooks.com