Life, 1912-08-22 · page 37 of 44
Life — August 22, 1912 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **three distinct sections**: a poetry/essay, an advertisement, and short humor pieces. The **"Women are Books"** section presents a 17th-century poem comparing women to books with printing errors, concluding with a joke wishing the author's wife were an almanac (replaceable yearly). The **"Ibsen Anti-Socialist"** essay discusses playwright Henrik Ibsen's individualism and distrust of state institutions and social conventions as external moral restraints—arguing he believed only personal conscience matters, not laws or customs. The **Simplex automobile advertisement** showcases a new 1920s-era car model with updated body styles for fall. The **"EXTRA!"** section humorously presents absurd job applications to theater producer David Belasco, including one from a would-be actor bragging about physical size and elocution lessons, and another short anecdote about a father preventing his son from attending an evening show. The page mostly serves as **advertising and light humor** rather than political satire, though the Ibsen piece engages 19th-century debates about individualism versus social order.
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