Life, 1914-06-18 · page 33 of 44
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This page contains three distinct elements: **Advertisement (left):** Murray & Lanman's Florida Water perfume—a period beauty product claiming superiority over imitations. **Essay: "Loot" (center-left):** A satirical piece defining "loot" as the tribute the weak pay the strong through various means (watered stock, corporate dividends, child factory labor, women's exploitation). It's a critique of systemic exploitation across business and government, suggesting that plundering is universal and inescapable—even Diogenes's honesty-seeking lantern would be stolen. **Essay & Advertisement: "Getting Experience" and "Sanatogen" (right):** The essay sarcastically defends American military intervention in Mexico and South America as "practice" for perfecting American character—mocking the paternalistic, interventionist foreign policy of the era. Below it, a Sanatogen tonic advertisement exploits anxiety about modern business competition, claiming 19,000 physicians endorse this "food-tonic" for nerve exhaustion caused by capitalism's strains. Together, the page ironically juxtaposes capitalist exploitation (loot), imperial meddling, and commercial solutions marketed to anxious workers—all presented as normal features of American life.
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hich r of way dol- ern: aires con- hem icted ages Florida Water H imitations of this delicious perfume r are numberless, bot It has never been equalled, IT REFQESHES AND DELIGHTS as does no other. ‘Always look for the Trade Mark. PREPARED ONLY BY Loot Loot is the tribute paid by the weak to the strong. It is usually what is left over after all the inves- tigations have ended. Loot comes in various forms; in dividends, in watered stock, in jewelry and furniture, in charters and fran- chises and in people. It may be repre- sented by the long vacations of little children spent in factories or mines, or it may be revealed by the extent of women's tears, Loot is generally thought to be per- sonal, and yet men may come and men may go, but loot flows on forever. There is nobody so humble that he may not be looted. There is nobody so high in the scale that some time or cther somebody else may not become higher than he, and thus loot him, Looting is practiced by neighbors, tradespeople, city officials, legislators, statesmen and nations, By any other name it would cost as much. Diogenes went out with a lantern ene night to find an honest man, a fact that must convince us that lan- terns in those days were of no value. Otherwise he would have had to bar- ricade himself to prevent his lantern from being looted. To loot or not to loot—that is the question, Whether it is nobler in the mind to take arms against a horde of plunderers and by deposing them live in obscurity, or by looting them and getting away with it to fly to new Getting Experience the one hand, of course, the pacificists are right when they assert that we have plenty to do here at home without meddling with Mexico's manners, morals and methods. On the other hand, however, how are we going to know what to do at home unless we practice on somebody else? The conversion of the Filipinos into Chesterfields has taught us much. Now let us introduce into Mexico some of those amenities which, for instance, have made Broadway, the Bowery and Wall Street such unselfish successes. Then, perchance, let us ramble about South America for a while, butting into as many squabbles as we can find, and thus continue to perfect our own character, Then when at last we come home, determined to apply our honor- able pedagogics and homiletics upon ourselves, we shall be able to establish a millennial Utopia with almost no friction whatsoever. E. 0. J. Those Nerve-Racking Battles of Business AVE your nerves protested at last against the long strain of man-to-man competition, conflict and anxiety? Has the slow, steady sap- ping of your nerve strength left you in a state of dangerous exhaustion? Your doctorwillsay,‘“You need a tonic’’—not a mere stimulant, but a real reconstructive help that will make good the over- draft on your system. When you are advised to take the food-tonic,Sanatogen—and when this ad- vice is echoed by friends who have actually felt the wonderful aid of this nourishing, upbuilding food- tonic—can you do better than follow such advice? More than 19,000 practising physicians, over their own. signatures, praise the restorative powers of Sanatogen, Prominent men and women in every walk of life, after personal experience, tell enthusiastically how Sanatogen “brought them back’’, ‘‘lifted the strain of sleeplessness and indigestion’, ‘‘gave them nerve energy and courage’’. Should you hesitate to give yourself the benefit of this un- equalled help? Is it not your duty to do so today? Sir Gilbert Parker, M.P.. Sanatogen is sold by good eo sctuoet euvetsaaternan, erie druggists everywhere, in three t= tet. sizes from $1.00. Stake sat Grand Prize, International Congress Se aw, oot ites Oat vee ¢f Medicina, Landen, 1913 ty aod te SAN ATO COGNIZED BY OVER 19,000 PHYSICIANS honors—at present we wot not oi, for Sendfor there is a certain honor in looting that Elbert Hubbard's new book—'Health in the Making.” Written in his attractive manner and filled with only the successful ones can under- | his shrewd philosophy together with capital advice on Sanatogen, health and contentment. It is free. + stand, ' Tear this off as a reminder to address THE BAUER CHEMICAL CO Irving Place, New York. comicbooks.com