Life, 1913-07-03 · page 6 of 48
Life — July 3, 1913 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and light humor** rather than political satire. **Top left cartoon**: A humorous scene at "Jenny Hotel" and hardware store where a man in a car proposes marriage with an elaborate (and absurd) list of dowry demands—"weed tire chains," "equipment," etc. The joke is about mercenary courtship and automobile culture of the era. **Top right**: Advertisement for Pond's Vanishing Cream, a skincare product promising sun damage protection—reflecting early 20th-century beauty standards and women's concerns about summer complexion damage. **Bottom left**: Milo Egyptian cigarette advertisement. **Bottom right**: A domestic humor cartoon showing a child explaining to mother that rubbers (galoshes) made wiping shoes unnecessary—a simple joke about childhood logic. The page reflects consumer culture and domestic comedy of its era.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Complexion care in Summer The Summer sun not only discolors the skin but toughens it and makes che pores coarse and prominent. If this damage is not guarded against or imme- diately repaired it becomes permanent. | The skin treatment par excel- OR 9 tence in Summer isa daily rg i ? (Sf) touch of Pond’s Extract Com: GP4. A pany's Vanishing Cream. It oA hat 4 y 4 Goes away with dryness and the Vy : intlammation of sunburn, cools \ Al and. refreshes. the. skin and makes it feel like velvet. Even a complexion which has heen so neglected that its freshness is gone, responds at once to the revitalizing efiect of Vanishing Cream. Pond’s Extract @mpany’ VANISHING CREAM We will gladly. send, upon request, a sample of Vanishing Cream. If you desire an extra large trial tube, send ac in stamps to Pond’s Extract Com- pany, Department L, 131 Hudson Street, New York. POND’S EXTRACT—“The Standard for 60 Years” —should be in every household for everyday injuries such as cuts, bruises, burns, etc. Trial ~ bottle mailed for 4 cents to cover postage. “WANT TO GET MARRIED, DO YE? ALL RIGHT. 1 KIN MARRY YE, GIV Ponds . Also Cold Cream, Tale, Tooth | ‘ pen Powder, Tooth Paste and Soap The Tealization of the ideal in cigarette satisfaction. At your Club and all dealers 25c in U.S. A. Plain or Cork Tip ‘The Surbrug Co., New York Sete “HAROLD, DID YOU WIPE OFF YOUR SHoFs?” “1 DIDN'T NEED TO, MOMMER. I GOT ON MY RUBBERS.” comicbooks.com