Life, 1912-01-04 · page 6 of 108
Life — January 4, 1912 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **commercial advertising**, not political satire. The main content features: 1. **Franklin Simon & Co.** advertisement for women's spring clothing—a lingerie dress and hand-made waists with prices and sizing information. 2. **Crème Simon** beauty product advertisement promising skin protection and a "velvet-like appearance." 3. **Calox Tooth Powder** advertisement claiming teeth "never decay." 4. **"Rhymed Reviews"** section by Arthur Gutterman reviewing "The Fair Irish Maid" by Justin Huntly McCarthy—a romantic narrative poem about an Irish woman named Grania who pursues various suitors with ultimately modest results. The page reflects early 1910s consumer culture and women's fashion interests rather than containing political commentary or satire.
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Franklin Simon & Co. Fifth Ave. 37th & 38th Sts., New York Advance Spring Model No. 300. Lingerie Dress of sheer white French voile or batiste, waist, sleeves and peplum of embroidery and val lace, cord girdle; new model ‘skirt «finished with double pleatings edged with lace. Special 18.50 Value $29.50 Women's sizes 32 to 44 bust Misses’ sizes 14 to 20 years Hand-Made Lingerie Waists NEW 1912 MODELS of French batiste, washable voile or crepe, trimmed with Irish, Venice, French val and cluny lace. 7.50 9.75 13.75 Values $11.50 to $18.50 Against cold weather use “CREME SIMON” the famous beauty preparation which protects the skin from redness and all irritations, giving it whiteness and velvet-like appearance. POWDER AND SOAP Rhymed Reviews The Fair Irish Maid (By Justin Huntly McCarthy. Harper & Brothers) A maid of one-and-twenty springs Was Grania, child of Pat O'Hara, Descended from those Irish kings Whose spirits haunt the Hill of Tara. She loved a surly Kerry clown Who thought he'd writ a splendid play, so He took that same to London Town. His name was Dennis,—let it stay so. 6 Poor Grania had to work and plan; But just when lack of cash perplexed her Up comes a Yankee lawyer-man; Says he, “My name is H. Point- dexter. “Your Uncle Phelim, rest his soul, Is gone. But ere his death bereft you, By will and testament the whole Of all his boundless wealth he left you.” Now Grania went to London, too, And made a most profound sensation. Prince-Regent George (" Again!” say you?) Pursued her steps with admiration, But only Dennis, loved of old, Could set her constant heart a-flutter. She found him dirty, starving, cold; She picked him right up from the gutter. She says, “Come marry me, my lad!” That omadhaun hung back, unwilling, Because such heaps of gold she had The whiles he didn’t own a shilling. Says she, “I'll throw the gold away!” Says he, “All right; then let’s be walking.” The Yankee lawyer says, “ Nay, nay! Ye hear yer Uncle Phelim talking! “I didn’t die at all, ye see, But I'm yer father’s only brother; I'll leave me gold to both of ye— Now, bless ye, marry one another!” So that’s the tale, of which I think It isn’t what you'd call inspired; And when McCarthy spilled this ink He must have been extremely tired. Arthur Guiterman, SALOX, ODXOVACIENN) Clean Teeth Never Decay The nearest approach to perfect cleanliness of the teeth {s obtained by the daily use of Calox. “TH OXYGEN DOES IT* All Druggists, 25 cents Sample and-Booklel free on request McKESSON & ROBBINS, NEW YORK Ash for the Calox Tooth Brash, 38.