Life, 1914-03-26 · page 37 of 41
Life — March 26, 1914 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book listings**, not political satire. The main content includes: **Left side**: Lillian Russell (a famous stage actress/performer) endorses her own line of beauty products—skin nutrients, face powders, and cleansers. She emphasizes these are her genuine personal preparations, sold at drug stores. **Center**: A list of newly published books from publishers like Macmillan and Century Co. **Bottom left**: A cartoon showing an elephant at a fence with caption "NOT A BAD BACK-SCRATCHER"—likely a visual joke about the elephant's trunk's utility. **Right side**: Advertisements for Heppelwhite Silver (by Reed & Barton, established silversmiths) and Dralle's Illusion perfume, plus a poetic fragment titled "A Pastoral." The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture: celebrity product endorsements, luxury goods advertising, and literature promotion. There is no significant political content or satire visible.
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MY ,cwn Toilet Preparations, which have been prepared for my exclusive use for the past. fifteen years by my own expert chemist, have proved so indispensable. to my friends and to myself, that I have decided to give all women an opportunity to obtain them. From the Public with whom I have ever kept faith, I feel that I shall receive a full f gratitude for this nearer in macy; this offer of something so truly per- sonal and so delightfully beneficial, My own Skin Nutrient 7 WIN make the shin érm and refae tts qalty...Price $1.50 My own Smooth Out—an astringent . face those little wrinkles My own Skin Rejuvenator—for a dry or Stats he Sood and reve old tse... Pricw $1.50 My Own Cleansing ‘Will cleanse and whiten your face. My own Purity Face Powder ‘Very pure and of a healing quality. Lillian Russell's Beauty Box a oatalning all the above preparations neatly Stractvely pickedescescoese Price $8.00 At leading Drug and Department Stores, or will be sent direct from my laboratory on receipt of price and. 1 cents postage. Send for booklet. LILLIAN RUSSELL, 2160 Broadway, New York IMPORTANT — My own are the only toilet prepa- rations which are authorized to use my name or likeness, and have my endorsement. Books Received EI Capitan Veneno, by Don Pedro A. de Alarcon, (Translated by Gray Case- ment.) Boy's Book on Logic, by William Tim- othy Call. (W. T. Call, 669 East 32d St, Brooklyn, N. Y. 50 cents.) The Treasure, by Kathleen Norris. (The Macmillan Co. $1.00.) When Ghost Meets Ghost, by William de Morgan. (Henry Holt & Co. $1.60.) Silent Sam, by Harvey J. O'Higgins. (Century Co. $1.25.) Beaumont, the Dramatist, by Charles Mills Gayley. (Century Co. $2.00.) Anthony the Absolute, by Samuel Merwin, (Century Co. $1.35.) Ezekiel Expands, by Lucy Pratt. (Houghton, Mifflin Co. $1.25.) In the Old Paths, Memories of Literary Pilgrimages, by Arthur Grant. (Hough- ton, Mifflin Co. $1.50.) News from the Duchy, by “Q”. (Rich- ard G. Badger, Boston, Mass. $1.35.) The Making of an Englishman, by W. L. George. (Dodd, Mead & Co. $1.35.) Mrs. Brand, by H. A. Mitchell Keys. (Small, Maynard & Co., $1.25.) The Dog and the Child and the Ancient Sailor Man. (Small, Maynard & Co., Boston. $1.00.) Coming Back With the Spitball, by James Hopper. (Harper & Bros. 50 cents.) Our Mr. Wrenn, by Sinclair Lewis. (Harper & Bros. $1.00.) The Blue Buckle, by William Hamilton Osborne. (McBride, Nast & Co. $1.25.) Celtic Memories, and Other Poems, by Norreys Jephson O'Conor. (John Lane Co. $1.00.) The Iron Year, by Walter Bloem. (John Lane Co. $1.25.) Somebody's Luggage, by F. J. Randall. (John Lane Co. $1.25.) | | TEE IM “NOT A BAD BACK-SCRATCHER” DRALLE’S ILLUSION | To the woman of nice perception in the use of perfumes, DRALLE’S ILLUSION comes as the realization of an ideal— delicate and elusive—the veritable fra- grance of the fresh flower. And although it is the most costly per- fume, a single drop of DRALLE'S goes farther and keeps its fragrance longer than the many applications of apparently less expensive perfume. Only Druggists, Dealers and Department Stores for the very best trade carry DRALLE'S ILLUSION. It comes in beau- tifully cut glass bottles, with elongated drip stopper, in polished wood case. GEORGE BORGFELDT & CO. New York THIS BEAUTIF! most fashionable use today; how to under- stand the meanings beneath changing fashions and styles of decoration; how to know silver when you buy it, “Chats About Silver’? also pictures inwords and drawings court scenes in rich, historic times. It ex- plains the meaning of this beautiful Reed & Barton Heppelwhite spoon, A request will bring this book to you. Reed & Barton Established 1904 Massachusetts Represented at Fitth Ave, and 32d St. 4 Maiden Lane, New York Boston Chicago San Francisco London Paris: Taunton A Pastoral SEE snowy sheep stroll sunny scenes, PASTORAL prettiness ; ROAMING 'round rolling, rilled ra- vines, IDYLLIC idleness, NOW Night’s Nirvana nulls noon? Nay, GOLD gleams give grace, green groves gloom gray. Ma coMmichookskcom