Life, 1914-05-28 · page 36 of 44
Life — May 28, 1914 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct elements: **Left column:** Beauty advertisements for Woodbury's Facial Soap addressing women's skin concerns—typical early 20th-century cosmetic marketing emphasizing a "lovelier complexion." **Center:** A satirical short story titled "The Return" depicting a man dismissing his own conscience/inner self on the eve of marriage. Millby tells his personified "Self" he's no longer needed because marriage will subsume his identity into his wife's care. The "Self" responds with cynicism to this romantic delusion. This is social satire about male anxiety regarding matrimony and loss of independence—a common theme in early Life magazine's humor. **Right side:** Whiskey and hotel advertisements typical of period publications. **Bottom text:** A suffrage-related joke mocking anti-suffragist women who claim they can't vote because childcare duties prevent it, while ignoring they somehow manage to attend anti-suffrage meetings. The page reflects early 1900s gender politics and consumer culture.
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~LIFE- Oily Skin and Shiny Nose How to correct them That, bug-bear of so many women—an oily skin and shiny nose—has various con- | tributory causes. Whatever the cause in your case, proper external treatment will relieve your skin of this embarrassing condition, Begin this treatment tonight With warm water work up a heavy lather of Wood- bury’s Facial Soap in. your bands. Apply it to your face and rub it into the pores thoroughly— always with an upward and outward motion. Rinse with warm water, then with cold—the colder the better. If possible, rub your face for a few minutes with a piece of ice. This treatment will make your skin fresher and clearer the first time you use it. Make it a nightly habit and before long you will see a. decided improvement—a promise of that lovelier complexion which | the steady use of Woodbury’s always brings. Woodbury's Facial Soap costs 2s¢ a cake. No ¢ hesitates at the price after their first cake. ar off the illustration of the cake shown below and put it in your purse as a reminder to get Woodbury’s today and try this treatment. Woodbury’s Facial Soap For sale by dealers everywhere throughout the United States and Canada. Write today for samples For te we witt senda sample FR cate, For Me, samples of Cen, Dept. OL, Spring Grove Avinme, Chncinnati, O. Yo Canada, wires The Andrew Jergens Cou Lt Perth, Taking Care of the Children “ Who's going to take care of my chil- dren while I'm voting?” asked a woman anti-suffragist at the woman's suffrage meeting in St. Louis Saturday. Possibly the same person who was tak- ing care of them while the lady was trying to break up the suffrage meeting. —Kansas City Times. Lavy (to salesman, who has unrolled all the linoleum): Thank you so much; my little boy has quite enjoyed it. I'll bring him to-morrow to sce the carpets. The Return ILLBY walked slowly and some- what thoughtfully up the stairs until he came to his apartment. He opened the window and let in the warm June air, and then, turning back into the semi-gloom, he faced sud- denly—Himself. “Sit down,” said Millby, “I am glad you came. I was thinking about you. I shan’t need you any longer.” Millby’s Self looked at him with, perhaps, a suggestion of cynicism. “Yes, I know,” he replied. “I have been expecting this, You get married to-morrow noon, I believe?” Millby’s voice became a trifle apolo- getic. “Yes,” he said, “to-morrow noon. You sce, old fellow,” he went on, “ you are no longer necessary to me. She has come to me, and my identity is going to be swallowed up in my love for her. I shall work for Her. I shall lose myself for her pleasures, for her happinesses. I shan't be lonesome any longer, and I shan’t need anyone to guide me, She is a particularly nice girl, and she is going to watch over me and take care of me. My time will be completely filled up, and, of course, you will naturally be superfluous,” Millby’s Self changed his position slightly, cocking his feet up on the NEW YORK’ America’s Latestand Most Refined and New York’s Centermost Hotel Only hotel occupying anentirecity block, Vanderbiltand Madison Avs. 43dand4ith Sts., adjoining Grand Central Terminal 1000 rooms; 950 with bath — Room rates from $2.59 per day, Suites from 2 to 15 rooms for permanent occupancy. Large and small ball, banquet and dining ‘salons and suites specially arranged. for public or private functions, Gustav Baumann, Pres, John McE, Bowman Vice-Pres, ay bring you wealth. How to Get Your Patent and Your Mone} MELLOW AS MOONLIGHT We are conscien- tious and uncom- promising in our work of making Cascade the su- perior whisky. That's why it is mellow as moon- light. Original bottling has old gold label Geo. A. Dickel & Co., Distillers jashville, Tenn. table—a habit of his when he was with Millby. He was a studious person, was this Self, in the habit of reflecting before he spoke, and so there was a considerable silence. Finally he said: “You wish me to go permanently?” “Well, that was the id said Millby, with a trace of uneasiness in his voice. “You see, this affair be- tween Her and Me is quite permanent ; it is forever, don’t you know.” “TI have not had too much experi- ence with other people,” said the Self, “but I know you, and we have done comicbooks.com