Life, 1912-04-18 · page 52 of 54
Life — April 18, 1912 — page 52: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a political cartoon. The dominant content is commercial rather than satirical. The page features ads for **Paris Garters** (elastic sock supporters—no metal touching skin), **Rowe's Bed Hammock**, and **The Thomson Course of Exercise**. These reflect early 1900s consumer goods and health concerns. The only editorial content is a brief humorous poem titled "Obeying That Impulse" about a Vassar-educated Boston woman who tries to act proper but flirts uncontrollably—gentle satire on conflicting social expectations for women. The "Still Up-To-Date" section reprints archaic 1820s health advice (exercise until perspiring, single meals, avoid drunkenness) seemingly to contrast old-fashioned remedies with modern products advertised below. There are **no political figures or caricatures**. This is a commercial magazine page using light humor to sell products reflecting period anxieties about health, propriety, and modern conveniences.
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-ETEE- Al concealed dress essential is what the best dressers in the country call Paris Garters. You get constant comfort, tidy ankles and sock security by wearing RIS GARTERS No Metal Can Touch You You can be sure of getting the nght kind by looking for the name PARIS, which is on each garter. They are guaranteed perfect. ¥ iN 25 cents 3} 50 cents aN | } At Alll Dealers a), STEIN & CO CHICAGO, U.S. A. New York, Flatiron Bldg. Tailored to Fit the Leg Obeying That Impulse I was born in dear old Boston, With its Puritanic lore ; graduate of Vassar, could you ask for more? Yet when I pass a certain man, I try to look quite curt, But Old Nature bubbles over— And I flirt. Still Up-To-Date (The following rules for fp 19 health are from a book by Dr. Kite ener, published about 1820.) The more luxurious you live the more exercise you require Exercise, to have its full etiect, t be continued till we feel a sensi ble degree of perspiration (which is the panacea for the prevention of corpu- lenec, and should, proceed to the borders of never pass them, or we sha ened instead of strengthened. After exercise, take care to grac when your head pe rub it and your face, ete. dzy with éoth. Be content with one dish; as m their grave with their teeth a with the tankard. Drunkenness is d structive, but gluttony destroys an hun- dred to one The food which we fancy most gen- erally sits casiest on the stomach To affirm that some, witho the subject in all the circumstances to which it bears relation, and the unaccountable Feculiarities of different constitutions is unwhole- is, with submission, talking nonsense What we have been longest used to is most likely to agree with us best. -ROWE'S | BED HAMMOCK , # soon look ditap' tractive, because they tack the material and skill hi necessary to od Lasting comfort. Rowe Glos Bed Hammock 1s made by skilled sallmaters whore trained to sew canvas rails strong and true for every wind that swecps the Atlantic. It is made of duck weighing not less than 21 re yard, reinforced at every polot of strain—ethers Rowe's Hammocks hare consistently given ten yea nous outdoor service. We bare never bad one ter satisfactory. They are Sr, str mfortabl tal advantages of which ot Write for catalog and name of de 40 located ax to deal conveniently wi itt you direct. Before you buy a hammock, be sure to se ours of ten for illustrated book and prices. E. L..ROWE & SON, Inc. Sail Makers and Ship Chandlers 136 Duncan St., Glouce: Mai Mr. ‘Automobile Owner You need this ‘GRIPSIT"’ OIL CAN HOLDER. ‘Screws on dashboard under hood. pre- vents rattling and splattering. keeps oi! always warm and always where you need it. The “Gripsit”"is made of he: steel wire and securely holds any stand. ard shape can. Price 2Se post pai Dealers and Agents write for prices. 8, W. BEN: PERKASIE, PA. a The Man who is “Always Tired-Out jwill soon be worn-o If the day’s work fags you- If an ill-chosen meal upsets your dj tion— If a sleepless night spoils the next & +-then you are not normal, but are b par, unnecessarily, yes, and shamefully, You were given a body that had abundant reserve fund of energy to dry upon in just such hours of need. |The Thompson Cour of Exercise is a rational, pleasant andes |means of securing and maintaining § [reserve power which your body origi had and which by unthinking neglect have dissipated. My Course is dif- \ferent from any jother treatment in | that it benefits (by natural move ments scientifically applied) the gover- nors of the bodily | machine, i. e., the lungs, heart, stom- ach, intestines, etc. All these are mus- cular and can be strengthened by proper exercise. Yet, as far as I kno until my Course was evolved, no sy atic treatment existed that was based this axiomatically natural method. The clearness of your mind, the of your nerves, your hopefulne in living, all depend on the tone of your vital organs. I offer you something that will bencfit ev of your body and brain through every your life, and I offer it on free-trial terms it impossible for you to lose a penn Are you interested cnough in mak *¢ human being to send for Energy” (sent fr You will find it very startling, yet obviously und postpay| J. Edmund Thompson Suite 916 Exchange Building, Worcester, Ma The wholcsomencss, ete, of all food depends very much on the quality of it and the way in which it is coobed Those who are poor in heal live as they can; certainly the | ulus any of us use the better, provided it be sufficient properly to carry on the circulation, The stately dames of Edward IVth’s court rose with the lark, despatched their (Concluded on page 846 icbooks.com