Life, 1914-11-19 · page 38 of 44
Life — November 19, 1914 — page 38: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several distinct elements: **"Smoke" Satire**: A humorous essay mocking Pittsburgh's industrial pollution. It characterizes smoke as useful for covering furniture and "keeping down the excessive population" in mines—dark satire about industrial hazards and the city's notorious smog problem. **"Ouch!" Advertisement**: A dental product ad for Sozodont toothpaste, using a pained face to promote tooth care. **"Learn How to Read These Faces"**: The main feature advertises Dr. Katherine M. H. Blackford's mail-order "Science of Character Analysis" course. This references the early-20th-century pseudoscience of physiognomy—the belief that facial features reveal character. The course promises to teach readers to judge people's suitability for employment and relationships based on facial characteristics. **"Bleeding—By Divine Right"**: A brief satirical verse mocking Kaiser Wilhelm II's proclaimed humanitarian concerns while actually exploiting Louvain (Belgium), which suffered German atrocities in WWI. The page reflects period obsessions with scientism, industrial excess, and wartime propaganda.
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LIFE Smoke MOKE is what is left over from coal and wood after they have become thoroughly . exhausted. Smoke is used to cover furniture, newly painted houses and white- flannel suits. Most of the smoke comes from Pittsburgh. It has many and varied activities. It prevents people from being rescued at fires by getting in the eyes of firemen. It > also covers battleships and is valuable in mines in keeping down the excessive population. Smoke, like other things that are made from wood and paper, often comes in volumes and disappears without leaving a tr ~ after having heen viewed by the interested spectators, Smoke is often seen on the horizon, where it locates groups of travelers who are journeying back and forth, playing bridge, poker and indulging in other similar religious exercises. ! Smoke comes fron fire. As a rule, the less fire the more smoke. Ouch a : a : Oh, theagony!—atoothache takes all the humor out of Life. The cause of aching teeth is decay ; and decay is the result of improper care. 2 H 4 ; ; : f nec y los checkmate of decay. SOZODONT » | iquid—because only @ liquid can get i hee in between the teeth, into the crevices of ¥ Ba 7 $7 Oh the teeth and around the neck of the teeth. é : ord SOZODONT when applied with a tooth y J had brash goce everywhere, and SOZODONT : P ‘ had 0 prepared that it removes all foreign clas ubstances—at tl ame time itiseptic~ : ally and thoroughly cleaning each tooth. Fine There is_no chance for decay when SOZODONT is constantly used. rese SOZODONT, however, is not a tooth polish—nor does it whiten teeth- but for yeai Tooth Paste or SOZODONT ‘Tooth Pow- d * f ch; that ‘ooth Paste oF ‘ooth Pow- a pple toes you are a good judge of character is Let us send you a booklet writ- dire ten by a prominent dentist on q the value of a clean mouth and —I can make you a er one inst clean teeth. Just mail your ther name and address—there's no ae : charge, jy’ spite of your ability to judge men you have made many a I HALL & RUCKEL, New York mistake during the past year. These mistakes were costly, Meher Wf SOLODONT, ses Re. maybe. You could have avoided them. You will avoid them in the future if you learn from me the accurate. Science of Character Analysis Taught by Mail by Dr. Katherine M. H. Blackford edlarge firms thousands of dollars evolved a new Science, Thavo put this Sei ence throuch a most rixid test, I bave ow carning large 1 analyzed over 10 ment experts with great Thave"sized up"’thousands of prospects years letters by the thousands have come in for jubs, and I tell you that the judging of peopie is not a gift, or a special tal- At last the Review of Reviews Company sug- ent of my own: it is a science b. gested that I put the science in such form that on facts that you can learn and that you could study it by mail, you can apply with just as much suc- Send the coupon promptly and you will bein cess as I can, time to be enrol.ed. I will teach you why your eyes are Thave spent years in studying and analyzing blue or brown: why your face is convex: character. have been a practicing physician. the texture of your hair is coarse of fine, Bleeding—By Divine Right The Kaiser says, “My heart it bleeds For poor Louvain's distressful need So with a fine, to his great gain, He then proceeds to bleed Louvain, —Truth (London). ’ AS GIVEN ME SNAKE 1 GOT NOTHIN’ To LIVE FER. I'VE A MIND TO DRINK MESELF To DEATH” From sciences of psychology, physiology, bio- logy, anthropology and anatomy, I have Tnd how ail these things atfect you in the choice of your busincss. What You Learn from the Course How to judgeall people. How to judge the apti- How to understand your. tudes and abilities in your self, and decide what you children. are best fitted to do. How to have social ease. How to sell goods by yw to read the secrets understanding yourcus men reveal in eyes and tomer, fteeand hands T can teach you to judge your client, your jury, your congregation, your assistant, your employer, your em- ployee, your guests, the man you meet casually at a dinner table, and the man, who, a8 your partner, may make a success of a failure of your business ventures, Only a limited number of students can be taken. Send coupon for whole story FREE before the rolls are filled up. Katherine M. H. Blackford Review of Reviews Company 30 Irviug Place, New York Teir-to-tg KATHERINE M. H. BLACKFORD Review of Reviews Company 30 Irving Place New York Please send me full information regarding your Science of Character Analysis. I wish to have the complete course. The specific use for which I wish it isthe following. (Put an X against the line of greatest interest to you.) To empioy help. To select my own vocation, To decide my children's future. To help mo socially. To sell goods. comicbooks.com