Life, 1914-06-25 · page 41 of 45
Life — June 25, 1914 — page 41: what you’re looking at
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This page combines advertising with satirical content. The left side aggressively promotes Mark Twain's "Author's National Edition"—a 25-volume set sold by subscription at $1.00 per volume. The urgency ("Tomorrow may be too late!") and sales pitch dominate the advertisement. The center feature, "The True Spirit," is satirical commentary on marital quarrels. Written in mock-serious tone, it advises men that quarreling with women provides "genuine humility"—but only if conducted by "rules of the ring" (boxing metaphor). The satire's point: the piece humorously suggests women are inherently illogical ("no way to reach her by argument") while paradoxically insisting men maintain superiority even in defeat. This reflects early 20th-century gender attitudes the magazine gently mocks. The right side features advertising for Woodbury's Facial Soap and tire retreading services—typical contemporary consumer products. The cartoon labeled "PROFESSORS" (bottom center) appears to show academic figures but lacks clear context from this excerpt.
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“Tomorrow” may be too late! ACT NOW! Are you one of those who say, “ To- morrow I shall send an order for my MARK TWAIN Author’s National Edition”? If you are, then let us state that “Tomorrow” may be too late. For we are nearing the close of the greatest book offer ever made. When the present supply of the Author's National Edition is sold, you will still be able to get MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, but not at so low a price as $1.00 per volume. And this edi- tion of the greatest writer America has ever produced—the ripe phi- losopher, the master of pathos and description, the observing traveler— contains everything, word for word, that is in the most expensive set. With each set, for a short time only, we will-include a year’s subscription to HARPER’S MAGAZINE. The twenty-five volumes will be sent to you at our expense in the HAR- PER WAY. You may examine them five days. If the books do not satisfy in every particular, return them “ col- lect "—if you keep them, pay $2.00 monthly or deduct five per cent. for cash, Soon the Author’s National Edition of MARK TWAIN’S WORKS will be sold out. Don’t you see that NOW-—not tomorrow—is the time to sign the coupon and send it to us? Eventually you will_ add a set of MARK TWAIN’S WORKS to The True Spirit Is there anything that conduces more to genuine humility than a quarrel with a woman? The quarrel, quite naturally, must be a proper quarrel, according to the rules of the ring. It must have a beginning, a seething center, a crisis and an end. There must be no unprofitable wrangling, none of that kind of idle drubbing which gets nowhere, One must not expect to achieve the best results all at once. It is well to practice on some inferior woman first in order to get one’s hand in. Little by little you will learn when to keep silent, when to assert yourself, and when to lay back your ears and bolt. There is one conviction in which you must never falter, and that is the conviction that isn’t in the nature of the woman to listen to, or be in any way influenced by, the remotest sem- blance of reason. You must be pro- foundly and constantly aware of this, and that there is no way to reach her by argument. ‘This is your compensation when she knocks you out. When the referee is counting ten over you, you must still be aware of your own superiority. And in the face of your acknowledg- ment of defeat, what humility can ex- ceed this? For there are two conditions about a quarrel with a woman which make it a proper quarrel; namely, the woman must always triumph in the end, and the man must always be right. The new treatment for tender skins tender ski J by the superstition that wa: we been mis e face with xion. of the skin, accumulate on a clean, clear sl to various disorders. The following treatment with Woodbury's Soap is just what a tener skin needs to keep it attractive and resistant. See what a difference it will make in your skin Just before retiring, dip a soft washcloth in warm water and hold it to the face. Do this sev- eral times, Then make a light warm water lather of Woodbury’s, and dip your cloth up and down in it till your ‘cloth is “Aufly” with soft, white lather. Rub this lathered cloth gently over your skin until the pores are opened and thor- oughly cleansed. Rit face lightly with clear, cool water and dry ca Use this treatment persistently for ten days and your skin will show a ‘d improvement— a promise of that loveliness which the steady use of Woodbury’ brings to a tender, sensitive skin. Woodbury's Facial Soap co hesitates at the price a, r out the illustration of the ca put it in your purse as a reminder to get Woe Dury's and try this tre t tonight Woodbury’s | Facial Soap For sale by dealers everywhere throughout the United States and Canada. Write today for samples le son pgeceeg ag 7] For te we wilt end a sample cate, For He, sampin Sh Wiaedbury's Fo 4 fal Cream aud Facial P Address Teo Andrew dergeos Ca, Dept. OF, = 2) Don't Throw Away Your Worn Tires For over three years French and German mot- orists have been gettin, Ege 10,000 to 15,000 $0) your library. Do so NOW before the popular js a miles out of their tires ing” them Author’s Na- MARK TWAIN'S WORKS with Steel Studded Treads, tional Edi- twenty-five volumes, cloth binding, h In eight Brcaths 20,000 American motorists teas est eer Ysa a8, cabot : $50.to, $200. a year inticespene ZINB, under the terms of fer. | fn We i al without acent de- ON Approval posit prepay the and allow you to be the jud le Treads double the life. oe tires eo and are sold under a lor 5000 miles without puncture. Applied in pcial Discount tered to: otorists I Discount sew sersitory on st shipment direct from factory. A postal will get full infor- | Bathe and sample withia a week, State sie. of sires, See an aa eae vt Addees ice Ez 9S TIRE & LEAT rto. THE COLORAD' & ER 1337 Karpen Bidg. Chicago, Send books to “The North PROFESSORS LEATH 0. iL 1137 Acoma St., Denver, Cole. comicbooks:com