Life, 1911-06-01 · page 51 of 52
Life — June 1, 1911 — page 51: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** for Hampton's Magazine, featuring promotional copy for three upcoming articles. The crude cartoon at top illustrates a scene from Robert W. Chambers' story "A Matter of Eugenics"—showing a woman's horrified reaction upon discovering a man's physical beauty is artificial, applied by a "beautifier." The **satire targets early 20th-century eugenics pseudoscience**: a woman seeking to breed a "perfect race" is duped by cosmetic deception. The joke mocks both eugenics ideology and masculine vanity—the "perfect specimen" is literally fake. The page also advertises "The Mexican Mystery," capitalizing on contemporary American anxiety about Mexican border instability and U.S. military "manoeuvres" (likely referencing the Mexican Revolution era). The advertisements emphasize Hampton's Magazine's claim to timely, relevant reporting—suggesting readers trust it to deliver important news precisely when they need it.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
“Terror on horror! Tis golden-brown hair—his very scalp—seemed to be part- ing from his forehead; eyebrows, silky mustache, lips—his entire face—seemed to be coming off, and, as she shrieked and kick so violently that both pneumatic calves blew up like the reports of a double- barreled shotgun. And Ethra reeled back against a tree and cowered there, covering her shocked eyes with shaking fingers.” tottered to her feet, he began to sputter and A Brand New Girl character—one never before found in fiction anywhere—makes her appearance in Robert W. Chambers’ alluring tales of the great out-of-doors now running in HAMPTON’S MAGAZINE, with illustrations by HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY. She has pledged herself to furthering the production of a perfect race of beings. In the June CHAMBERS’ story, ‘‘“A MATTER OF EUGENICS ’’ she discovers what she thinks to be a perfect male specimen. What happens when she learns that his charms are not real, but have been carefully applied by an expert “beautifier,”” makes the basis of the most charming love and adventure story ROBERT W. CHAMBERS has ever written. Get it and read it to-day. ‘‘THE MEXICAN MYSTERY’’ HAMPTON'’S MAGAZINE, with a long-established and unbeatable record for TIMELINESS, announces the publication in the June number of “THE MEXICAN MYS Y,” by W. B. Northrop, a tremendously important article on Mexico—its meaning to itself, to us, and to the rest of the world. It comes just at the moment when public attention is focused, not without some trepidation and a great deal of wonder, on that particular strip of borderland where a really formidable force of Uncle Sam’s regular army is going through “manoeuvres.” Get the June HAMPTON’S to-d Read “THE MEXICAN MYSTERY"—and as you read, try to remember that HAMPTON’S MAGAZINE—besides having the best stories by the best writers each month— can always be relied upon to give you what you WANT to know and OUGHT to know just exactly WHEN you ought to know it—not months afterward. HAMPTON’S MAGAZINE $1.50 by the Year 15 Cents a Copy THE WILLIAMS PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK . comicbooks.com .