Life, 1914-08-13 · page 38 of 40
Life — August 13, 1914 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **book review and advertising page** rather than political satire. The left column lists recently published books, including works by Sigmund Freud and on social topics like juvenile courts. The dominant content is a **Vogue advertisement** promoting their Children's Number (fashion issue). The text and illustrated models showcase children's clothing fashions, emphasizing that Paris fashion houses now treat children's wear as seriously as adult fashion—even sending child mannequins to races to display outfits. The ad highlights practical information: children's hairstyles, school wardrobes, and accessories. At top left is an unrelated advertisement for **Baldwin Finback Drinking Cups**, promoting hygiene and "safety first" for children using disposable cups. There is **no political cartoon or satire** on this page. It reflects early 20th-century middle-class American concerns: child safety, fashionable children's clothing from Paris, and contemporary literature on psychology and social reform.
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BALDWIN FINBACK DRINKING CUP Means "safety first” for that child! In traveling, at school, at the picnic, fair oF circus—be sure’ it’s tts Cup he drinks from—the Cup with the original fn. ‘Then he's safe? cA tars ups, Baldwin Finback Bria ‘Cups are every-day health ites Our, handy selfedie: ‘TAK-A-KUP carton, with for 8) cents, postpaid, ners can furnish them. ple Cups Fre UNITED STATES ENVELOPE CO. Books Received Ancient Rome and Modern America, by Guglielmo Ferrero. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. $2.50.) Psychopathology of Everyday Life, by Prof. Sigmund Freud, LL.D. (Mac- millan Co. $3.50.) Adventurings in the Physical, by MW. Addington Bruce. (Little, Brown & Co. $1.35.) Midstream, by Will Levington Com- fort. (Geo. H. Doran Co. $1.25.) I Should Say So, by J. M. Flags. (Geo. H. Doran Co. $1.00.) Roughing It DeLuxe, by Irvin $. Cobb. (Geo. H. Doran Co. $1.00.) Maria, by Baroness Von Hutten, (D. Appleton & Co. 3 “elicidad, r . (Lit. tle, Brown & Co. 5) Ten Minute Stories, by Algernon Blackwood. (E. P. Dutton & Co. $1.35.) Saxe's Manual of Elections, by John Godfrey Saxe, M.A. LL.B. (J. B. Lyon Co., Albany, N. Y.) The Charm of the Antique, by Robert and Elizabeth Shackleton. (Hearst's International Library Co. $2.50.) Juvenile Courts and Probation, by Bernard Flexner and Roger N. Baldwin. (The Century Co. $1.25.) EORESE That Affair at Portstead Manor, by Gladys Edson Locke. & Co.,. Boston, Mass. (Sherman French $1.25.) Children in Bondage, by Edwin Mark- ham, Judge Ben B. Creel. (Hearst Co. $1.50.) Lindsay, George International Library The Lights Are Bright, by Louise Ken- nedy Mabie. (Harper & Bros. $1.25.) The Art of Being Alive, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. $1.00.) (Harper & Bros. The Victim, by Thomas Dixon. (D. Appleton & Co. | Two Models from ge § CHILDREN’S NUMBER Now on Sale You will soon have to prepare the children for duties and pleasures. This is a simple matter when you have re- ceived the next Vogue. It describes all the latest styles for children, and is full of practical suggestions on their eauipment for life at school and at e. To the Paris dressmakers children’s fashions have now become so impor- tant that many of the great houses are sending tiny manikins to the races, where they vie with their elder sisters in attracting attention. In this Vogue there will be a Paris letter on the smart gowning of the little Parisienne. There are also many pages of chil- dren's fashions from both Paris and New York, and an excellent article on the schoolgil’s wardrobe. Children’s coiffures are important. Vogue for the first time presents in the Children’s Number an illustrated article on hairdressing for girls. Also there will be many hats and the various accessories, The fashions for grown-ups now include many little new things that z ra are cia into the mode. A great number of these, seen in Paris aiecne eaaineaie Hr ay and at the fashionable Continental summer resorts, are presented in this Nantucket: A History, by ROA. Doug Vogue. Get your copy promptly. The newsstand supply may not las-Lithgow, M.D. LL.D. (G. P. Put- meet every last-minute demand. nam’s Sons.) On Life and Letters, by Anatole France. (John Lane Co. $1.75.) The Man You Love (a play in four acts), by Robert A. Kasper. (R. G Badger, Boston, Mass. $1.00.) The Last Incarnation, by A. Constant. VOGUE 443 Fourth Avenue, New York City tea iat (R. G. Badger, Boston, Mass. $1.00.) "ascents a number 4 24 numbers The Old Game, by Samucl G. Blythe. Comite Ne, Bee (Geo. H. Doran Co. 0 cents.) Twice a month comicbooks.com