Life, 1914-02-26 · page 31 of 40
Life — February 26, 1914 — page 31: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple sections typical of early 20th-century Life magazine: **"A Safe Proposition"** is a satirical dialogue mocking the banking industry's complacency. A bank president and cashier discuss reserves, markets, and deposits in deliberately calm, measured tones—yet the only concrete figure mentioned is $4,000.17 in deposits. The joke appears to criticize how banks operate with apparent stability while managing minimal actual assets, using vague financial jargon to mask the precariousness of their positions. **"A Matter of Principle"** satirizes Governor Mann of Virginia's proposal for a eugenic marriage law. The satire's bite: if Virginia insists on producing "almost as many illiterate children as any other state," the least they could do is ensure those children are "eugenic enough to stand it"—a dark, sarcastic critique of the eugenic movement's logic and Virginia's educational failures. The remaining content is **advertisements** (cruise lines, a novel, and Woodbury's Facial Soap) rather than editorial satire.
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Cruises Every Saturday To the WEST INDIES and PANAMA CANAL Cuba, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Nicaragua By Popular “PRINZ” Steamers of our ATLAS SERVICE 1lto18DAYS ... . + 2. $85.50 25 DAY CRUISES. . . + + $150 and up PANAMA CANAL (Round Trip)... . $142.50 Fall information on request HAMBURG-AMERICAN 41-45 Broadway, N. Y. a a ee a ee A Safe . Proposion SCENE-A bank. Private office. Disclosed, the president and the cashier, Prestoent: How are the reserves this morning? Casuier: Practically from yesterday. Preswent: Does the Bank of Eng- land's rate remain the same? Casuier: Just the same. Preswent: And our deposits? Casnier: Slightly over yesterday at unchanged this hour. Here's the exact amount, $4,000.17. Presiwent: How's the market? Casuter: Sagging slightly, due to noon profit-taking and bear pressure. Presipent: Nothing special from Washington? Casuter: Nothing pressing. Preswent: The West is quict, I presume? Casuirr: As can be expected. Preswent (consulting his watch): Well, I guess we can go out to lunch, ANTHONY THE ABSOLUTE A thrilling and audacious story—the scenes set in the East—with a grim back- ground, yet not lacking in humor, and with a really tri- umphant love motive. Price $1.35 net, postage 11 cents At your booksellers. Published by THE CENTURY CO. ‘The New Book by SAMUEL MERWIN Optimist: HooRAY! NO MORF. COAL BILLS A Matter of Principle OVERNOR MANN, of Virginia, appears to be favorably inclined toward a eugenic marriage law, and has recommended one in his annual message. The Governor evidently goes on the principle that, so long as Vir- ginia insists upon raising almost as many illiterate children as any other state in the Union, they ought at least to be eugenic enough to stand it. i] The greatest ‘enemy of your i In the care of your skin have you reckoned with the most powerful, the ff most persistent enemy it has—the ff outside enemy ? Skin specialists are tracing fewer |f and fewer troubles to the blood— ff more to bacteria and parasites that are carried into the pores of the skin with dust, soot and grime. } Examine your skin closely. If it is rough, sallow, coarse-textured or exces- sively oily, you are providing the very best soil for the thriving of these bacteria. [i How to Begin this treatment to- j make your night: With warm water skin resist. work up a heavy lather of this enemy Woodbury’s Facial Soap in jf your hands. Then with the tips of your fingers rub this cleansing, antiseptic lather into your skin using an upward and outward motion. Rinse well with warm water, then with cold. If possible rub your face for a few minutes with a piece of ice. Use this treatment for ten nights and you will see a marked improvement. If your skin should become too sensitive, discontinue until this sensitive feeling dis- |] appears. Woodbury’s Facial Soap 1s the |i work of an authority on the skin and its | needs. Use it regularly in your daily |] | toilet and keep your, skin clear and fresh, | | | i H t free and healthy, and its insidious enemies will invariably meet defeat. Woodbury’s Facial Soap costs 2Sc a cake. hesitates at the price after their first cake. No one Woodbury’s Facial Soap For sale by dealers throughout the United States and Write today for samples 7 de we will send a sare cate, For 10, sampler 1 ef Wooddury's Facial Soap, Faciat Cream and Facial * Ponder, Write today 2 The DAndrew Fergens Co, Dept. BB, Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinm In Canada, address The Andrew Gorges Coy Ltd. Dept. 68, Perth, Ontario, comicbooks.com