Life, 1913-02-06 · page 6 of 48
Life — February 6, 1913 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and miscellaneous content** rather than political satire. The main elements are: 1. **Left side**: An advertisement by Annette Kellermann promoting a weight-reduction/body-improvement system, featuring a silhouetted figure in draped clothing. 2. **Center**: An article titled "An Enlightened French Woman" critiquing American women's spending on clothing and fashion, contrasting it with European cultural investments. 3. **Right side**: Advertisements for a Victrola Grafonola phonograph and Hinds Honey and Almond Cream. 4. **Bottom**: A brief poem "'Twas the Day After Christmas" and a quotations feature about famous writers. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture anxieties about women's spending habits and beauty standards, but contains no identifiable political cartoons or caricatures requiring historical explanation.
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htened French oman | Madame Simone, the French actress, recently said in speaking of American am surprised to know that they Docs Madame Simone suppose for an instant that we are spending our moncy for nothing? Does Madame Simone | have any idea how much American | women spend a year for clothes? It has | been stated that ninety per cent. of | everything that is bought in this country | is bought by women. A large propor. iaNe 3s 5 | tion of what is bought are the clothes ALWAYS oil the delicate | which women wear. If, therefore, there mechanisms of your Victrola or I is no such thing as an American style, Grafanola with 3-in-One. Then when Americans are spending so much you'll hear the faintest, finest more moncy on their clothes than any musical phrasings— flutter of } other nation, it is an extremely interest- angels’ wings, whispers of pines | ing and illuminating thought, and yet is in the velvet dusk ! it so inconsistent as it seems upon the Pita: Mehe s4aONe Snakes vey surface? action part work smoothly and noise- For example, Americans spend mil- lessly, prevents irritating scratches and | lions and millions of dollars upon archi- squeals, lubricates the motor just right, | : | keeps the dust off the disc records, 3-in= tecture, but can it be said that there is One cleans and polishes the beautiful ° such a thing as American architecture? wood work and prevents rust and tarnish Increase Your Weight | iro cvcmining snot we build modeled ga all metal surfaces : upon ancient forms, or at least upon de- TRY 3-IN-ONE FREE —_— Perfect Your Figure cadent forms of ancient models? 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You Can Improve Your Health My system stimulates, reorganizes and regenerates the entire body. It helps trantlorm the {ood tnto good rich blood.” It strengthens your beart, lungs and other organs, benefiting all weaknesses and disorders, and generating vital force. My latest book, * The Body Beautiful” shoal be read by every woman and I will send itto you free. Lt explodes the fallacy that lack of beauty or health cannot be avoided. In it 1 explain how every woman can be VIGOROUS, HEALTHY and ATTRACTIVE. Thave practised what I teach. In childhood I peta Mend and deformed. I have overcome all neses by my awn natural drugies methods A Miilions of people have ecen in mesa living dem- onstration ue system of health culture and body sr jou are weak, nervous, fat, thin, unshapely, tired, ie ‘king vitality of in any other respect not at your very best. [ can surely be of service to you. ————[-y,_ Guerantee ——_— With my {ree book, “The Body Beautiful which ‘is loly. illustrated with photographs of imysell explaining my aystem. 1 give full partic: ulars of Ae Guarantee Trial Plan, whereby you can test the value of my instruction without > risking a single penny. Send torent stamp for “The Body Beautiful" and Trial Plan today. ANNETTE KELLERMANN Suite 902L. 12 W. 31st Street, See | York 3 SEDER ESRD ‘Twas the Day After Christmas he king was in his counting house counting up his money “Here is the bill for my wife's Christ- women had less moncy to spend upon their clothes, would they not, in the course of time, be able to create an in- dividual style of their own? And is this not true as to other things? The Quotations Used Most Favorites from Ten Great Writers Shown by an English Vote The vote of the people as to the most hard worked quotations from (1) Shakespeare, (2) Milton, (3) Dryden, (4) Pope, (s) Cowper, (6) Campbell, (7) Byron, (8) Shelley, (9) Words worth, (10) Tennyson, has resulted as follows (1) To be or not to be. (2) They also serve who only stand and wait. (3) None but the brave deserves the fair. (4) A little learning is a dangerous thing. (5) The cups that cheer but not in ebriate. (6) Distance lends enchantment to the view. (7) Truth is always strange—strang than fiction. (8) Hail to thee, blithe spirit (9) We are seven. (io) 'Tis better to have loved and lost han never to have loved at all. We think these hard-worked quota: tions have a right to at least an cight- hour day—London Truth, Extrtover: I would like more salary Iam going to get married. Emrtover: Sorry, but I'll have to re- duce I am going to get married myself.—Sydney Post. 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