Life, 1912-04-18 · page 42 of 54
Life — April 18, 1912 — page 42: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The main content consists of three product advertisements: 1. **Young Angle Razor** (dominant): Markets a safety razor emphasizing its angled blade design, claiming it replicates expert barber technique without requiring skill. The illustration shows a man shaving. 2. **Calox Tooth Powder**: Advertises an oxygen-based dentifrice claiming to prevent decay. 3. **Kelly-Springfield Automobile Tires**: Promotes superior mileage. The editorial content includes two brief pieces: "The Indian Was No Fool" (a historical anecdote about General Lincoln and Creek Indians illustrating negotiation tactics) and "Impressions of Boston" (a humorous personal essay about visiting Boston). Neither contains identifiable political figures or satire requiring historical context—they're general-interest humor typical of the era. The page represents early 20th-century *Life* magazine's mixed advertising and editorial format.
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It's all in the angle/ ‘The clean, smooth, slant- ing stroke that meets and cuts the beard at an angle, without pulling or scrap- ing—the stroke of the expert barber—is the nat- ural stroke of the Young, and the “any angle” feature does it. The Young AngeRazor is the diagonal stroke made safe. shaves quick and shaves with absolute safety. the way the experienced barber shaves and with an But with the barber it is experiness; with edge as keen. you it is the Young Razor and i 30 Day Trial Dealers are authorized to take back the Young and refund the purchase price, if after using it thirty days you wish to return it. If your dealer cannot supply you, send $3 to It shaves clean, it It shaves “angle” feature. A touch tilts the blade, so that a straight pull on the — Us with same retum privi- handle produces a slanting stroke with the blade. There is nothing to learn—the skill is in the razor, Try the slanting stroke shave with a Young Razor. is keen and as smooth-cutting as the finest tempered , honed and stropped, can make them, You andiest, simplest, and most uv have ever used, find the blads steel, carefully will find the razor itself the lightest, nicely balanced of any y Young Safety Razor Co., Only use can demonstrate 1 to you the wonderful sense of sweet- ness and cleanliness that the o: gen in CALOX brings to mouth and teeth. Only use can show you how CALOX wards off de- cay and,where decay has started, arrests its growth. No other dentifrice contains this Oxygen; no other dentifrice can do for you what CALOX does. Sample and Booklet free on request All Druggists 25e Auk for the Calox Tooth Brush, 36 McKESSON & ROBBINS NEW YORK lege, Price, including twelve keen blades, $3 00 with genuine leather case You will 1733 Germantown Ave., P! The Indian Was No Fool When General Lincoln went to make peace with the Creek Indians, one of the chiefs asked him to sit down on a log. He was then desired to move, and, in a few minutes, to move farther. The request was repeated till the general got to the end of the log. The Indian “Move farther;” to which the 1 replied, “I can move no far- “Just so it is with us,” said the chief; “you have moved us back to the water and then ask us to move farther!” Tuz Washington Ster scems to have a remarkable grasp of the political sit- uation. According to some reports, it tells us, the popular demand for Colonel Roosevelt is steadily increasing; but however great the demand may become, it can never be as great as the supply! Impressions of Boston Every time I get an invitation to Bos. ton my wife says to me, “Why do you take that long, tiresome trip when you can stay right here at home and 1 your winter stock of dyspeps its costing you a cent?” To ply, “My dear, I consider it he asked and a pleasure to at return with the proud conscio: I have given the residents of intellectual treat.” +I never refuse an inv and enjoy your hospitality here at the head table with your Mayors dd Governors, and Attorne: Senerals d Postimasters. I like to oa equal terms with men of this to show them that I'm not st find them have assimilated sufficient alcohol ood fellows, and thaw them out they become al con. genial—cspecially the Govern afterward, when one has oceasi« them up to get a pardon for s tive who is doing time, one finds that a severe frost has suj I love to ride over that mavuificent has es highway of travel which connect : lieve 1 and New York, and pay seven dollar the privilege of sitting in a stuf car of the vintage of 1843 for lunch “Chicken A Ia Mareng canned in the same year. ‘This roud bas two virtues, however. One virtue is its Boston terminus is immedis site the barroom of the Thorndike Webs Hol: gives The name “Kelly Springfield” is a better mileage guarantee than any tire “guaran tee’ has ever been. KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE CO. 20 Vesey Street, New York Branch oMces tn New York, Chicago, Philadelphia. Hosea. & Louls, Detroit, Cineinnatl, San Francisco, Los Angels. Clerdaat, Balthmore, Washington, Seattle, Atlanta, Akron, 0. Rafal Boss Rubber Co.. Den ver.Colo. Appel & Burwell Rubber & Tire Com pany. Dalles. Texas ‘Todd Rubber Co., New Haven, Conn, ABBOTTS BITTERS Makes the best cocktail. A pleasing aromatic w: spirit and soda beverages. Appetising. healt with Grape Fruit, Oranges, Wine Jell C. W. ABBOTT & CO., Baltimore, Md. comicbooks.com