Life, 1914-11-05 · page 44 of 48
Life — November 5, 1914 — page 44: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and book reviews**, not political satire. The "Confidential Book Guide" lists contemporary works, many addressing **World War I tensions**: Angell's study of force, books analyzing Germany's political ambitions and military capability, and Lamszus's gruesome account of trench warfare. The titles reflect anxiety about German militarism and expansionism—timely concerns for American readers. The cartoons are minor decorative elements: a woman with children (promoting Hinds Cream) and a couple in a romantic pose (unrelated to page content). The dominant content is **advertising**: Hinds Honey and Almond Cream and Resinol Soap dominate the layout with typical early-20th-century beauty product pitches—claims of skin improvement through daily washing routines. No political meaning is present; this reflects standard magazine monetization of the era.
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“LIFE: Confidential Book Guide Arms and Industry, by Norman Angell. A study of the functions of force in civilization. Bambi, by Marjorie Benton Cooke. The “Mollie Makebclieve” of the current season The Charmed Life of Miss Austin, by Samuel Merwin. The indiscretions of an innocent, abroad on the China coast. Germany and Its Evolutions in Mod- crn Times, by Henri Lichtenberger. A German evaluation of Teutonic achieve- ment. Germany and the Germans, by Price Collier. An American impression of the same. How France Is Governed, by Raymond Poincaré. The political mechanism of Republican France described by the French President. Complex . The Human Slaughter-House, by Wil- mplexion 9 helm Lamszus. A gruesome flashlight of life in the trenches. | when fresh and clear is the most Insurgent Mexico, by John Reed. In- | : 2 Ladue y teresting first-hand ‘impressions of men, attractive. This condition is se- manners and mancuverings. t cured and maintained by the use of The Last Shot, by Frederick Palmer. | atc A novel that anticipates the present war ” in Europe. | Shak The Kaiser's Specches, edited by Wolf e Hane? aita ALMOND San, Senlrtrand fy, frmorten took esinoi 0OCa Cr The Love Letters of Juliette Drouct | lected letters) of a fifty-year devotion } e Gearanteed to contain oll its advertised Matthew Hargraves, by S. G. Tallen- clear your skin ingredients and to conform to the re- f tyre, The “triangle” in Victorian times. quired standards of purity and quality. 4 An attractive, restful tale. Try Resinol Soap for a week. You will It keeps face, lips and hands soft, smooth and free Oh, James! by H. M. Edgington, The be gratified to see the improvement in your from chapping in spite of wind and cold. Hinds taming of a good provider. An amusing i ! 5 ‘Cream soothes and restores rough, irritated skin to skit. complexion even in that short time. And its normal condition. It is not sticky and will not Pan-Germanism, by Roland C. Usher. it is so easy, too! cause hair to grow. Analyses and prophecies anent German Just bathe your face for several minutes with Selling everywhere, o¢ postpaid by us on recei ambitions, A’ mixture of wheat and Resinol Soap and hot water, working the ercamy of price. Hinds Cream in bottles, 50c; Hinds Col chaff. lather into the skin gently with the finger-tips. Cream intubes, 25c. Do not take'a substitute: there Personality Plus, by Edna Ferber Wash off with Resinol Soap and more hot. water. aie Galan in <e57 town oho will adi cll vee Finish with a dash of cold water to close the y pores. Do this once or twice a day, and you will Hinds Cream without attempting to substitute. F = = = be astonished to find how quickly the ‘healing, Samples will be sent for mildly antiseptic, Resinol medication soothes and Zestame to pay postase 4 cleanses the pores, removes pimples and blackheads, and leaves the complexion clear, fresh and velve! A. S. HINDS 5 1 The same treatment keeps the neck, hands and arnis 208 West St., Portland, Me. WN | ey soft and white. You should ty HINDS, Honey ean | j Resinol Soap is not artificially colored, its rich brown held 2d, hinoed Gam SOAP. : j being entirely due.to the Resinol it contains. | Twenty-five 1 ly te lighefully fra “>: - : cents at all druggists and dealers in toilet goods. For a Der- grant and benefcial, 25¢, post- i |euestroom size trial cake, write Dept. 12-C, Resinol, paid. No samples. i Baltimore, Md. loos The shay The Short storics that link up with those in styl “Buttered Side Down ” It ¢ The Secrets of the German War Of- fice, by Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves safe Extracts from the business career of a ve irty Years, by Sir Thomas Barclay. Memoirs of an English diplomat and the genesis of the Triple Entente, - The United States and Peace, by Use it every day William H. Taft. Four essays on the Sa wash and dressing for superficial cuts problems of American neutrality. and wounds, Listerine, in the proportion War, by W. Douglas Newton. Pen- of one to ten or twenty parts of boiled water, pictures of actual fighting under modern will be found very efficacious. Physicians use conditions. Listerine as the sa/¢, non-poisonous antiseptic. —_—_ Do not accept an imitation. The original Percy ye Listerine is safest and best. Other uses given : : in folder wrapped around the bottle. HE (efter ¢ pause): Do you know, THE REVEREND MR. SMUG WAS QUITE ‘All Drogrlats Sell Ltsterine I'm tired of making love to a TAKEN ABACK BY THE ENTHUSIASM LAMBERT PHARMACAL COMPANY, St. Louis, Mo. lot of girls, and so I thought I'd call OF THE MEETING on you.