Life, 1914-05-07 · page 8 of 52
Life — May 7, 1914 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and miscellaneous content** rather than political satire. The main elements include: 1. **Whiting's Wedding Papers** - a stationery advertisement emphasizing quality paper for formal correspondence 2. **"Mum" deodorant ad** - featuring an illustrated woman, promoting odor neutralization 3. **"F—ls?" section** - humorous character sketches of recognizable types (a Mexico-obsessed bore, a financial analyst, a failed singer), mocking pretentious social archetypes 4. **Contrexeville Water advertisement** - targeting men over fifty, with physician endorsement 5. **Baseball cartoon** - titled "Covering His Base," showing domestic humor The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and social commentary through light satire rather than hard political criticism.
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When you think of writing think of Whiting. % WHITING’S WEDDING PAPERS When you select wedding stationery take the precaution to specify Whiting’s. That will assure you a sumptuous paper of flawless texture and color, correct size and shape, and a surface that will give a perfect reproduction from the engraver’s plate. For general home corre- spondence Whiting’s Organdie Glacé is perfection in a refined and delicate paper that meets all social requirements. WHITING PAPER COMPANY NEW YORK PUILADELFMA CHICAGO neutralizes all odors of the body— whether from perspiration or other causes and preserves the soap- and-water freshness of the bath. 2c at drug: and department-stores ““Mum’"’ Mfg Co 1106 Chestnut St Philadelphia BASEBALL TERM “COVERING HIS BASE” HE man who talks to us constantly about Mexico. The person who stands on a pier five hours to watch thirty athletes, none of whom he knows personally, walk down a gang-plank. Him who lamented iast fall the pass- ing of the old-fashioned winter. The financial man who says he understands the income tax law. The novice who expects to buy as good seats at the theatre office as he can of a second-story worker on the sidewalk. The saving soul who expects to buy at a sale as good a suit for cight dol- lars as he could have made for fifty. The ballad singer who now tries to sing “Silver Threads Among the Purple”. From a Newspaper Report ia having been conclusively demon- strated that the object of matrimony was no longer to have children, the problem was to reduce matrimony itself to a basis of efficiency which would make it economically necessary. A convention of women's clubs was therefore held, and arguments on both sides were presented. A resolution was then passed requesting that all hus- bands be immediately placed upon an allowance. A more radical delegate, however, arose and said that in her opinion there should be no matrimony at all, as it took up time which otherwise could be passed in inventing new fads and pass- ing new measures for the amelioration of womankind. This took the place of all former motions. A few husbands sent in a mild pro- test, but on the whole the day passed quietly, there being scarcely any more arrests than usual. Weather report: Local showers, with slight rise in tem- perature in eastern section. This is the water for you “aa THE MAN OVER FIFTY SHOULD DRINK CONTREXEVILLE SOURCE DU PAVILLON WATER PARTICULARLY VALUABLE POR FVERY-DAY USE POR THOSE WITH ACID EXCHSS —ASK YOUR PHYSICIAN— THE MAN OF SEDENTARY TABITS AND THE BUSY MAN SHOULD DRINK CONTREXEVILLE: WaTER Literatore sod Galde to Comtrexeriile from MORRIS & SCHRADER, Distributors 8 Barclay Street ~~ - New York