Life, 1910-09-15 · page 32 of 40
Life — September 15, 1910 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and literary content** rather than political satire. It contains: **Left side:** A cigarette ad for Makaroff Russian Cigarets, claiming broad health benefits—typical of early 1900s tobacco marketing before regulations. **Center:** A lengthy poem titled "The Crowds and the Veiled Woman," a literary review of a book by Marian Cox. The poem satirizes Romantic artistic pretension: a sheltered young woman becomes an artist's muse, but her "soul" (the artist's obsession) vanishes once she experiences actual life. The twist ending—her eyes photograph his face to frame him for her death—is dark comic absurdity mocking overwrought artistic angst. **Right side:** Subscription solicitation for the *Chicago Automobile Club Journal*, presenting itself as authoritative touring information. **Bottom left:** An ad for *Sexology*, a sex-education book marketed as respectable health knowledge. The page reflects early 20th-century concerns: automotive leisure, sexual enlightenment, and artistic bohemianism.
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The cigaret that has made good on the broad- est claims ever made for anything to smoke— - MAKAROFF ss RUSSIAN 3 CIGARETS If you haven't seen the big dollar offer, write for it now. Mail address—95 Mil’: Street, Boston Rhymed Reviews The Crowds and the Veiled Woman (By Marian Cox. Funk & Wagnalls Company) Convention's breath the spirit clouds As mists envelope Lake Otsego. True Genius must abjure the crowds And calmly cultivate the Ego. And since revealing Truth’s the whole Of any artist's high ambition, The Painter should depict the Soul— And that’s a ticklish proposition. To paint the Soul a man must find A maiden bred in wondrous fashion, A Happy Marriage Depends largely ona know!- edge of the whole truth about self and sex and their relation to life and health. This knowledge does not come intelligently of itself, nor correctly from ordinary. every-day sources. SEXOHOGY (Uttustratea) ty William H. Walling 1 ALD., imparts in a clear, wholesome way ‘in one v Knowledge a Young M owledge a 1 Knowindge Medical Ki Knowledge a Young Woman Shout Knowledge a ¥ Wite q Knowledge a Moth: Knowledee a Mother Sh vito Her Daughter. Mediteat Kl Have. All In one volume. IMustrated. $2, postpaid. Write tor "Other People's Opinidas' and Table ot Contents Puritan Pub. Co., 711 Perry Bldg., Phila., Pa. The Woman Veiled, whose virgin mind Has mirrored naught of Life or Passion Young Gaspard, reared aloof, retired From men, a soulful mollycoddle, With all his artist heart desired The Woman Veiled, to be his model Till wise Monsieur, his patron, passed Beyond the Arctic’s icy doorw And found The Woman Veiled at last In Greenland—no, I guess in Nor- way. She, born within a convent's shade Had never left its iron keeping, A pallid, frozen, silent maid Whose vestal mind and soul were sleeping. Monsieur made haste and married her— He loved her soul untaught, un- tainted— And back to Paris carried her Where Gaspard set to work and painted. ¢ painted her in golden light Till—ah, mon Dieu! despair! con- fusion! lie could not paint her eyes aright, Their sombre depths, their vast il- lusion. Then further still she baffled him: Toward love of Life her nature tended; The Soul within her eyes grew dim, For Soul exists where Life is ended. She died. He bared her eyes, and there Beheld—oh, scourge of search un- lawful!— This Truth: The Soul is just a stare Which starts with Death! Now, ain't that awful! Again he gazed and knew apace What bitter hate of him had filled her: Her eyes had photographed his face To make folks think that he had killed her! Atrocious craft! The crown of lies, To ruin one so young, so clever; With gory thumbs he gouged her And rushed forth crazier than ever. This hazy, crazy, phrasey tale Is good in spots, Beygnd all ques- tion % The author's pensive soul is pale With introspective indigestion. Arthur Guiterman, INVESTORS READ The Wall Street Journal The Chicago Automobile Club Journal OFFICIAL TOURING MEDIUM OF THE MIDDLE WEST Publishes Every Month 12 to 15 New Automobile Routes 4 to 6 Pages of Road Maps Subscription: $1. a Year Data in the Chicago Automobile Che | Journal are compiled by the Bureau ¢ Tours of the Chicago Automobile Clb, the largest and most effective touring head- quarters outside of New York, and the only one covering Western territory thoroughly. TEAR OFF THIS COUPON CHICAGO AUTOMOBILE CLUB CHICAGO ‘ check Herewith please find money order for one dollar in payment for one year's subsctip | ticn to the Chicago Automobile Club | Journal to be sent to the following address: comicbooks.com