Life, 1914-01-29 · page 35 of 40
Life — January 29, 1914 — page 35: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes editorial content with advertising, typical of Life's satirical format. **"Shaw on Sex"** presents George Bernard Shaw's provocative essay defending his interest in theatrical sensuality. Shaw argues against puritanical attitudes, claiming boredom—not morality—drove his disgust with stage sensuousness. He positions himself as neither prudish Archbishop nor crude, but rather someone who appreciates both "Rogue's Comedy" and religious "decencies." The piece reflects early 20th-century debates about artistic expression and Victorian moral restraint. **"Souvenirs of the Past"** below sardonically comments on modern commercialization of human experience. The column laments that even sin and emotion are now packaged for public consumption and broadcast—anticipating concerns about mass media commodifying authentic feeling. It suggests vice has become self-conscious performance rather than genuine experience. The **Overman Tire advertisement** and **Thompson "Human Energy" book offer** are typical period advertising, unrelated to the editorial content.
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A NOCTURNE BY CHOPIN Shaw on Sex I found that the whole business of stage sensuousness, whether as Lyceum, Shakespeare, musical farce, or sham Ibsen, finally disgusted me, not because I was Pharisaical, or intolerantly refined, but because I was bored; and boredom is a condition which makes men as sus- ceptible to disgust and irritation as head- ache makes them to noise and glare. Being a man, I have my share of the masculine silliness and vulgarity on the subject of sex which so astonishes women, to whom sex is a serious matter. I am not an Archbishop, and do not pretend to pass my life on one plane or in one mooi, and that the highest; on the contrary, I am, I protest, as accessible to the humors of the Rogue's Comedy or the Rake’s Progress as to the pious decencies of the Sign of the Cross. George Bernard Shaw. RMAN Pneumatic Cushion-Tread TIRE “The World’s Best Tire’’ 5,000 Miles Guaranteed JON B.STETSON UR. FUFTH & MONTGOMERY AVENUE PHILADELPHIA Dec. 22, 1913 Mr. Shrady, c/o Overman Tire Co., 250 W. S4th St, New York Dear Mr. Shrady: Tt may interest you to know that I have actually travelled 5,821 miles with the set of Overman Tires on my Simplex, without having had any trouble at all with them. Over and above the actual recorded mileage there is a small amount to be added, covering the period when my speedometer was not in order, possibly 250 miles. It has been a great relief to eliminate the tire proposition when travelling. I notice that the Non-skid qualities have been slightly impaired through use, but even now if there is enough weight in the rear of the car they act better than any other non-skid I know of. Please accept my best wishes for the Christmas season, and believe mo, Sincerely yours, Patented October 7, 1913 DISTRIBUTORS 8. Standard Rubber Tire Co., Philadelphia, Pa. i Standard Tire& Rubber Co., Boston, M: Specify the F. A. M. Auto Supply Co., Buffalo, N. Y. OVERMAN TIRE __ Dyke Motor Supply Co., Pittsburg, Pa. Chemi Co., Richmond, Va. on your new Car Austin Kanree, San Francisco, Cal. Rochester Auto Supply Co., Rochester, N.Y. Jones-Kessler Rubber TireCo.,Washington,D.C Johnson-Gewinner Co., Atlanta, Ga, O. Fenstermacher Co., Minneapolis, Minn. I Want to Give You “Human Energy” My book explains the laws governing right exercise ome of them for the first time. It shows clearly and concisely why a few minutes daily of movements scientifically directed to reach your internal organs— most of which are muscular —will do infinitely more for your health and strength than hours of random exercise. I offer it to you free. because I want you to under- stand the principles underlying The Thompson Course, which bas brought thousands of men from uncertain health and inefficiency into fuller, more useful and serener life, Sooner or later rou will adopt the principles of my Course—all men of sedentary life will. You will 61 meal to us? Homan Energy” a real contribution to the science of ‘ ri « making the moet of oneeett, It is startling. ret ob- Even human emotions are now put up in packages and sent out broadcast. Sin iously true, it put ‘i : ‘ ti, eaceot to read It as though it were erittea by a itself has become self-conscious, and has one eye on the gate receipts. There was a rey time when to be vicious meant a certain amount of pleasure; now we are vicious because J. EDMUND THOMPSON Ga * boasts, : * we can write it up afterwards in a “series” of confessions, to be later expanded into a Saite 97, Exchange Building, Worcester, Mass, " 3 l book, with the acting version separate. Souvenirs of the Past © world is growing tired of world’s fairs —Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. } ; i) | t E suspect that is because there is nothing more left to exhibit. No sooner is there a new invention than it is pictured in a thousand ways and its smallest parts magnified by moving pictures. This is the day of canned sensations, delivered at the door. Why should we go to world’s fairs when we can have them delivered piece- comicbooks.com