Life, 1914-09-03 · page 45 of 48
Life — September 3, 1914 — page 45: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertisements** alongside minor editorial content. The dominant feature is a large **Mennen's Shaving Cream ad** comparing "old way" (10 steps) versus "Mennen way" (5 steps) of shaving, illustrated with two caricatured male faces. The ad emphasizes speed and gentleness, claiming Mennen's contains no caustic ingredients that cause irritation. Below are smaller pieces: a poem "To a Rhymed Reviewer" praising critic Arthur Guiterman; a brief joke about an artist painting only nudes because fashion changes too quickly; a cartoon titled "No Trespassing" showing two men at a fence (appears to reference workplace or social equality); and an Old Saratoga Whiskey advertisement. The page concludes with an article criticizing American schools for not teaching students *how* to learn, arguing teachers are underpaid and overworked. The content reflects early-20th-century concerns about education and gender equality.
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To a Rhymed Reviewer \WHEN vivisecting litrachoor You put across an A-One classic And show yourself some book-re- , Viewer (Most criticisms are jackassic)— We say: “Oh, Mister Guiterman, You are the peerless writer-man!” Yet if with swift poetic feet You spurn our favored author rudely, Thus riling spirits erstwhile sweet (Our peeve is here expressed but crudely )— Say we: “This Arthur Guiterman Is wicked thus to hit a man!” But when you lay iambic crown Upon the brow of our dear idol, We frame this toast and drink it down (To rhyme I've got to use a seidel)— “Gesundheit, Mister Guiterman, Now that’s the way to treat a man!” John E. Rosser. Interviewer: May I ask why you paint nudes exclusively? Cevepeateo Artist: Certainly. Styles in women's clothing change so fast that a costume-picture would be out of date before the paint was dry. —New York Times. GMM lll No Trespassing An unanswerable argument for the “equality of man”. And note the haste of the old fellow in the back- ground, to add his share to the “ argu- ment”. When “x, S90 Sarat prea ata 0Oq ask for WHISKEY and then make sure you get it. If your dealer hasn't Old Saratoga in stock write us and we will see that you are supplied. Rosskam, Gerstley & Co., Philadelphia a KN By the old way, these 10 operations were necessary: By the Mennen way only Soperationsare necessary: unshaved side of face. J. Strop razor. - . 8. Shave unshaved side of p Ree 1 . Work up lather in cup. 2. Apply Mennen’s Shav- Apply lather to face. face. ing Cream. }. Rub in with fingers. ‘9. Wash off lather. 3. Lather with brush, S$. Wash off lather (no lotion |» Shave one side of face. 10. Apply lotion to prevent 4. Shave entire face (re- of other soothing appli . Strop razor again, ‘soreness and allay burn- ‘stropplng and re-lather- cation necessary). |. Renewdried-up latheroa ing. ing unnecessary as lather Goes not dry). Compare the Old Way of shaving with the Mennen Way Use Mennen’s Shaving Cream and it will take you but ha// as long to shave. You will be rid of a// the sore, smarting after-effects, for Mennen’s contains no free caustic to bite and burn your skin, yy SCV WS You will find itis the lather—not the razor— that has made shaving a torture. The full creamy lather of Mennen’s Shaving Cream needs no “rubbing in.’’ It instantly softens the stiff est beard and leaves the face smooth, soft, cool and comfortable. Mennen’s Shaving Cream is put up in sani- tary, airtight, tubes with handy hexagon screw tops. No amount of advertising can make you Mennen’s shaving cream realize what a difference there is between it and other shaving preparations. You must try it— then you will know. At all dealers, 25¢. Send 10¢ for a demon- strator tube containing enough for 50 shaves. Gerhard Mennen Co., Newark, N. J., makers of the celebrated Mennen's Borated and Violet Taleum Toilet Powders and Mennen'’s Cream Dentifrice. Treas Alark Z| Learning and Reciting NE of the reasons for the inconspicuous success of our school system is that very few school-children learn how to learn. There is no adequate provision for teach- ing the important art of intelligent study. Of course, we can’t blame the teachers for this, because they don’t know themselves. Under our beneficent plan of paying school-teachers as if they were worth less than milliners, they tend to become a race of more or less efficient cogs. Their work is divided into two parts—setting conventional tasks for the children and then hearing the children recite what they haven't learned. In the meantime they work out something, called discipline, to keep themselves from being annoyed. Result: The children acquire the least information with the largest possible expenditure of time. ES