Life, 1913-04-24 · page 6 of 48
Life — April 24, 1913 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is predominantly **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The top cartoon titled "Adam, the First Hunter" is a humorous natural history illustration showing early man discovering hunting, with a hedgehog and classical figures—a lighthearted joke about humanity's origins rather than contemporary satire. The main advertisements feature Pennsylvania vacuum-cup tires and Woodbury's Facial Soap, both common early 20th-century products. A small sidebar quote from Hazlitt about Scottish references appears unrelated to the ads. The page lacks the sharp political or social satire typically associated with Life magazine's editorial content. Instead, it demonstrates how vintage magazines mixed editorial material with substantial advertising throughout their pages.
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The Woodbury Book on the care of the skin and hair This book contains just the information you need to make your skin what you want it to be—informa- tion gathered from years of experience in the treat- ment of thousands of cases of skin and scalp troubles. Read this table of contents 1. Scientific facts about the skin that will be a revelation to you—2. Five ways of using soap— 3. What tools to use—4. Correct treatments for the most common face blemishes—s. How to keep y uy Herey, hair like you want it to be—6. Spring and summer th skin troubles and their treatment—7. How to get the true value of a massage—8. How to get the greatest benefit from ten different kinds of baths—9g. How to preserve the exquisite skin of the child—ro. Some “dont's” for the brunette and blonde—11. A practical program for each day. ae Woodbury’s ui e and every condi- Facial Soap tion there’s a particular For sale by dealers throughout United States and Canada feature of safety and service in 5 Accept this offer today Second edition of this valuable book now ready. Hand- somely printed and illustrated. We offer it direct to you. post- [orp for only soc a cop; Vith it we will send samples of Woodbury's Facial Soap, Woodbury’s Facial Cream and Woodbury’s Facial Powder without extra charge. Order to day—now. Address the Andrew Jergens Co. . Ket. pring Grove Ave., Cincinnati, O. For 4c we send a sample of Woodbury’s Facial Soap only. For 10c samples of Woodbury’s Facial Soap, Woodbury'’s Facial Cream, Woodbury's Facial Powder In Canada. address the Andrew Jergens Co., Ltd., Dept. K-4, Perth, Ontario, The suction hold of the vacyum cups. guarantced to prevent skiiding on wet or greasy pavemeats-— ¢ absolutely oilproof quality, immune against deterioration from oily ds and e floors— i The thick walled cups that drive deep and give Unequaled traction in mud of sand-and thrust aside abarp It Does Make a Difference stones and puncturing objects— ss ‘The extreme toughness and phenomenal heat radiating powers of the tread, offering the utmost resistance to the I remember my old friend, Peter Fin- abrasion and friction of fart travel over fine roads ; re nerty, laughing very heartily at_some- sctual tt aally the definite printed guarantee of 4.000 miles attached to each casing —a distance far exceeded by the Tae Thad cites, atoursthe ‘Scotchs In Stock Everywhere but it was followed up by a sketch of PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER COMPANY, Jeannette, Pa. the Irish, on which he closed his book, Pittsburgh y BRANCHES = SIGE. 15th St. eed 3 approved Cleveland Chicago - 1004 Michigan Ave. 215 S. 20th St. louled \greve, sed said Be divappeos - Minneapolis - 34S. 8th Street Seattle Armour Building entirely of all national reflections Pennsylvania Rubber Company, of New York NO Hazlitt New York, 1700 Broadway Boston, 149 Berkeley St. Dallas, 411 S. Ervay St. —_— Pennsylvania Rubber Company of California e ; ‘ San Francisco, 512-14 Mission Street Los Angeles, 930 S. Main Street No woman is educated who is not An Independent Company with an independent selling policy equal to the successful management of a family.—Thomas Hughes. comicbooks.com