Life — April 2, 1914 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Life Magazine Page 572: Advertisements and Literary Notes This page contains primarily **advertisements** (Maillard Easter confections, Cascade Pure Whisky) and a **"Literary Notes" column** discussing contemporary authors. The literary section gossips about several writers: Hobbleton Hobhouse (a short story writer), Vaseline Von Virtue (whose book "Sex, As I See It" was deemed scandalous enough to involve police), Mrs. Tillie Von Slusher (an 18-year-old writing about her marriages), Bilingsgate Bunkerton (who writes methodically), and Miss Violet Mushandler (a poet whose work circulates in "afternoon dances"). The tone is satirical—mocking these authors' pretensions, work habits, and subject matter. The illustration shows three people in conversation, labeled "Golf Term Playing Two," though its connection to the text is unclear.