Life, 1911-06-08 · page 42 of 44
Life — June 8, 1911 — page 42: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **commercial advertisement and book review page** from *Life* magazine, **not a satirical political cartoon page**. The page contains: - **Multiple product advertisements**: Carmen Complexion Powder (using dated beauty claims about "natural hue"), a marriage/sex education book titled *Sexology*, and French Bulldog puppies for sale - **A books received section**: A straightforward list of contemporary fiction and non-fiction titles with publishers and prices **Why this matters for modern readers**: The ads reveal early 20th-century consumer culture—beauty products with dubious scientific claims, the commercialization of intimate education, and leisure pursuits like dog breeding. The book titles suggest *Life*'s educated, middle-class audience interested in literature, social criticism, and self-improvement. There are no caricatures, political references, or satire on this particular page.
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Sead me Purse Jf 820 Boe Carmen rome’ (tate iat) aieo Puree Mirror Free t ue rt eo Address = @eeeaen ee =?” A Happy Marriage Depends largely ona knowl- edge of the whole truth about self and sex and theie relation to life and health, ‘This knowledge does not come intelligently of itself, nor correctly from ordinary every-day sources. SEXOLOGY (UUlustratea) by William H. Waiting, A.M, M.D. imparts in a clear, wholesome way in one volum Knowledce a ¥. Knowledge a ¥. Knowledge a ® Knowledge a storher Shiota tan! i to Her Daughter, Medical Knowledge a Wife Should Have, All In one volume. Illustrated, $2, postpaid. ‘Write for “Other People's Opinions" and Table of Contents. Puritan Pub. Co., 776 Perry Bldg., Phila., Pa. NEVER-NEVER-LAND KENNELS Miss Mary Winthrop, Owner French BullDogs < fppoles and Grown Dogs FOR ALE. From only Registered and e-Ribbon Stock. SHELTER ISLAND HEIGHTS, Telephone, 47 She Cu. CHaRteaaose Books Received Mother's Love Songs, by Elizabeth Toldridge. (R. G. Badger, Boston, Mass.) The Sense and Nonsense of Christian Science, by Leon C. Prince. (R. G. Badger, Boston, Mass. $1.00 net.) The Career of the Child, by Maxi- milian P. E, Groszmann, Ph.D. (R. G. Ladger, Boston. $2.50 net.) Thuriey Ruxton, by Philip Verrill Mighels. (Desmond Fitzgerald. $1.20 net.) * Members of the Family, by Owen Wister. (MacMillan Co. $1.25 net.) The Moving Finger, by E. Phillips Oppenheim, (Little, Brown & Co. $1.25 net.) The Early History of Jacob Stahl, by J. D. Beresford. (Little, Brown & Co. $1.35 net.) The Girl in the Other Seat, by Henry Kitchell Webster. (D. Appleton & Co. $1.25 net.) The New Hesperides, by Joel Elias Spingarn, (Sturgis & Walton Co. $1.00 net.) Sir John Hawkwood, by Marion Polk Angellotti. (R. F. Fenno & Co. $1.20 net.) The Street of To-day, by John Mase- field. (E. P. Dutton & Co. $1.50 net.) The Log of the North Shore Club, by Kirkland B. Alexander. (G. P. Putnam Sons.) Down Our Street, by J. E. Buckrose. (G. P. Putnam Sons. $1.35 net.) A Room With a View, by E. M. Fors- ter. (G. P. Putnam Sons. $1.35 net.) The Claw, A Story of South Africa, by Cynthia Stockley, (G. P. Putnam Sons. $1.35.) Maud Baxter, by C. C Hotehkiss. (W. J. Watt & Company. $1.50.) Young Mrs. Morton, by Mary Fisher. (Cochrane Publishing Cor pany ) From Rough Rider to President, by Max Kullnick, (A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, IN.) Miss Gibbie Gault, by Kate Langley Bosher. (Harper & Bros. $1.20 net.) The Great English Novelists, by Wm. J. Dawson and Coningsby W. Dawson. (Two vols., each $1.00 net.) To-day and Other Poems, by Francis Lyman Windolph. (Lancaster, Pa.) Sam's Kid, by F. E. Mills Young. (John Lane Company. $1.50.) The Long Roll, by Mary Johnston. (Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston, Mass. $1.40 net.) Orphans, by Helen Dawes Brown. (Houghton Miftin Co. $1.20 net.) The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe (Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston, Mass. $1.50 net.) Secing Europe by Automobile, by Lee Meriwether. (The Baker & Taylor Co. $2.00 net.) Desra of the Egyptians, by Ethel Black Kealing. $1.50.) War—What For? by George R. Kirk- patrick. ($1.20.) On Christmas Day in the Evening, by Grace Richmond. (Doubleday, Page & Co.) az 7 —— Peter’s Chocolates are known from |the Alps to America. | Why ? Because, owing to the fine ingredients, com. bined by the Peter Process, they have a | marvelous flavor. | Because, from the Alpine climber to the busy man who takes a hurried luncheon, | Peter's Chocolates have been proved by actual experience to be absolutely the most |sustaining and digestible of all eating | chocolates. In addition, Peter’s Chocolates are abso- lutely pure, being made of the richest, purest milk and the finest grade of cocoa Peter’s comes in several va rieties: Peter's Milk Chocolate. Peter's Milk Chocolate Cro- quettes. Peter's Almond Milk Chocolate. Peter's Milk Chocolate with Roasted Hazelnuts. epee’ s | Bon Bons. Stanton Wins, by Eleanor M, Ingram (Bobbs-Merrill Co. $1.00 net.) Old Reliable, by Harris Dickson. (Bobbs-Merrill Co.) Essence of Honeymoon, by H. Perry Robinson. (Harper & Bros. $1.50.) Favorites from Fairyland, by Ada Van Stone Harris. (Harper & Bros.) Red Pepper Burns, by Grace S..Rich- mond. (Doubleday, Page & Co. $1.20.) Second String, by Anthony Hope (Doubleday, Page & Co.) Philip Morris ee Cigarettes Pure Turkish to- bacco — nothing else. Cigarette value plus only a reasonable profit. Proof is in the trying. Cambridge, 22¢ Blues, 30c Banquet, $1.00 Morrisette (gold tip) 25¢ Ambassador, 35¢ “* The Little Brown Box” comicbooks.com