Life, 1914-08-27 · page 3 of 44
Life — August 27, 1914 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content**, not political satire. The main cartoon, titled "Another Mysterious Disappearance," shows a figure vanishing—likely a humorous reference to a contemporary mystery or magic trick, though the specific event is unclear from the image alone. The substantial editorial piece "An Explanation of Independence" discusses democratic principles and equal rights in abstract philosophical terms, advocating for peaceful resolution of disputes rather than revolutionary fervor. The remaining content consists of **product advertisements**: Odo-Ro-Do (antiperspirant), Woodbury's Facial Soap, and Carstairs Rye whiskey. These vintage ads reflect early 20th-century marketing strategies emphasizing personal hygiene and lifestyle products. The page reflects Life magazine's mixed format of light humor, philosophy, and commercial sponsorship typical of the era.
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LIFE Excessive “q Perspiration | of the armpits, feet, etc., is unnatural. It can be corrected and the parte left Gaintily clean, odorless and dey by #2 sional application of Sorroe. drug and department stores, or dit from us prepaid. Write for sample bettle and booklet. Send 6c name to THE ODoRONO Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio DO-RO-NO THE TOWCT WATER FOR ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE An Explanation of Independ- ence HEN, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary to arouse a people to a high pitch of emo- tion and dissatisfaction in order that they may be willing to get together and throw off a rule that has grown op- pressive, inefficient and antiquated, it will always be found efficacious to get up some kind of high-sounding docu- ment which can be thundered forth in hypnotic frenzy by orators, and which pays more attention to rhetoric than to the truth, We hold practically no truths to be self-evident, and certainly nothing could be farther from the truth than that all men are created equal. We believe that they are endowed by their Creator with practically no rights which are not readily alienable; that no rights are more easy to alienate or more often alienated than the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happi- ness, and that all governments all the time alienate these alleged rights of thousands of its people without the slightest whimper. In fact, a govern- ment may pay almost no attention at all to the needs of a majority of its citizens and yet be called democratic. When You Bore People By Showing Them Your New House, and Some of the Things They Say. SIMPLY can't get over how much room there is inside.” “Do you know, I've always been crazy about a built-in sideboard?" “Am I noticing the woodwork? Why, I can’t see anything else—I mean, of course, it has such a sense of in- dividualit “My dear, these color schemes are simply wonderful. I can't imagine how you ever thought of them. But, You can make your skin what you would love to have it Your skin, like the rest of your body, is continually changing. Every day, in wash- ing, you rub off dead sI As this old skin dies, new forms, This is your opportunity—you can make this new skin what you would love to have it by using the following treatment regularly, Make this treatment a daily habit Just before retiring, work up a warm- water lather of Woodbury’s Facial Soap in your hands. 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 with Woodbury’s will make your skin fresher and clearer the first time you use it. Make it a nightly habit and before long you will ce a decided improvement—a promise of that lovelier complexion which the steady use of Wood- bury’s always. brings. Woodbury's Facial Soap costs 2s¢ a cake. No gne hesitates at the price after their frst cake. Tear off the illustration of the cake below and pot it in your purse as a reminder to get Wood- bury’s today and try this treatment. Woodbury’s Facial Soap For sale by dealers everywhere throughout the ‘United States ond Canada Write today for samples For te we will send a sample cake. For 10c, sam- of Weodbury's Facial Meet Soap, Facial Cream and Powder. Address The J Ave., Cincinnati, O. IN CANADA, address the Andrew Jergens Cos Ltd., Dept. 6H, Perth, Ontario | then, you always did have such lovely tast “What I like about it is that it is homelike.” “T've always said I would have a view from the bathroom window.” “ But, then, you can’t think of every- thing.” ESTERDAY’S newspaper is more intéresting in these days than to- morrow’s would be in ordinary times. ——