Life, 1915-04-22 · page 42 of 44
Life — April 22, 1915 — page 42: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and literary content** rather than political satire. However, it contains one joke worth noting: **"Untold" (bottom left):** A brief humor piece playing on tax evasion. A boy asks his father what "untold wealth" means (a period phrase for immense riches). The father cynically defines it as "property you keep from the income tax list"—a joke about wealthy people hiding assets from taxation. **Context:** This reflects early-20th-century American attitudes toward income taxes (newly implemented in 1913) and wealthy individuals' presumed dishonesty in reporting. The joke assumes readers will recognize and find humor in tax avoidance as a common practice among the rich. **The rest of the page** advertises Listerine mouthwash, Booth Tarkington's novel *The Turmoil*, and forthcoming articles in *Scribner's* magazine, including pieces by Edith Wharton about wartime Paris (suggesting this is from WWI era).
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When sore throat and ton- silitis are prevalent, guard against infection by gargling or spraying with LISTERINE Listerine is a safe antiseptic— a reliable first aid in case of accidents. Use Listerine as a tooth and mouth wash after brushing the teeth. It corrects acid mouth and keeps the teeth and gums in healthy condition. Keep a bottle ot Listerine in your desk at the office. Take a bottle home for family use. When you start on a trip put a bottle in your grip. Listerine is soldin $4 foreign coun- tries besides America. Avoid imita- tions and substitutes. Demand the Sold by all druggists Four Sizes—15c, 25c, S0e, $1.00 Made and Owned in America Lambert Pharmacal Company : Laboratories: St. Louis The Best Selling Book in America THE TURMOIL By Booth Tarkington “T think this is the best novel that he has written; and apart from this charm, it is a book every American ought to read."—Wittiam) Lyon Puecrs, of Yale University. PP. A., writing in the N.Y. Tribune of his Grand Tour, sa I don’t have to see the Great S: eL ke. Far pleas- anter to read ‘The Turmoil,’ and to realize that Booth Tarkington is quite as important in the nation’s develop- ment as Pikes Peak or Uintah Mountain Range. I'm prouder of him, if you must know.” Illustrated, Cloth, $1.35 net Limp-Leather, Thin-Paper Ed., $1.50 net HARPER & BROTHERS ‘ROUND THE WORLD TOURS ‘The Best Roguls foyer, Inia, c PINES, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND. und World Trips and Winter Tours In INDIA. PEN- fA INSULAR & ORIENTAL 8. N.C. Full Information from + CUNARD LINE, 24 State St.,N.Y. Rhymed Reviews The Harbor (By Ernest Poole. The Macmillan Co.) N_ boyhood, reared on Brooklyn's shores, I grew to loathe the squalid Harbor And all its drunken stevedores Who rarely patronize a barber. To study style, I spent my day In college; then I dwelt in Paris, Then came back home. And, while the Bay Was scarcely yet my stella maris, I had to make a living, hence I wrote of it—my heavy villain The Harbor, served me in a sense. Then came my future bride, Miss Dillon. Her father was an engineer; He planned to make the Harbor splendid— A grand, free port without a peer! His dreams were mine; my hatreds ended, Efficiency became my god. I wrote of Might and Huge Sue- cesses, Then came a dockmen’s strike to prod My soul with other Doubts and Guesses. I saw my Harbor's grimmest side— A hell of torments yet unspoken For slaves who, stifled, drudged and died By ruthless Hurry crushed and broken. And while I've learned that Art is good, That Science gives us noble powers, I know that only Brotherhood Can make them serve this world of ours. So when you have a day of rest, You'd better sit beneath the arbor Or roof or tree, and read the bést Of recent books, about “The Harbor”. Arthur Guiterman. Untold Young Walter had heard the expres- sion “untold wealth”, and was consid- erably puzzled as to its meaning. That evening when his father came home, however, he became enlightened as to the definition. “Father,” said he, “what is untold wealth?” “The property you keep from the in- come tax fist, my son.” —Harper’s Magazine. Inthe MAY | SCRIBNER | By Edith Wharton ‘Paris in War Time—The Look of Paris. General George W. Goethals’s own story of The Building of the Pan- |ama Canal. French Memories of Eighteenth-Cen- tury America, by Charles H. Sherrill. The early days of Yale, Harvard, Brown and Princeton, the old schoolmasters, yellow journalism of the day, election scenes, Illustrated. The New Canadian National Trans- continental Railway, by Duncan Mac- Pherson. The Grand Trunk Pacific Rail- way that leads across the Rockies, British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba. Illustrated. The Freelands, John Galsworthy’s greatest novel. A Brother of the Angle, by Willis |Boyd Allen. The pleasures of fishing and of the life in the open. Illustrated by A. B. Frost. Short Stories you will read and re- member: “Baytop,” by Armistead C. Gordon, author of “Maje.” A story of Uncle Jonas, Ommirandy, and an old cav- alry horse who hadn’t forgotten commands, —*Sinews of War,” by Anne Eliot Trum- bull. Thestory of two beautiful horses, Hans and Gretel, of the Austrian Tyrol, and of how they fared in the great war.—“ Middle Age,” by Alice Duer Miller. A story of the days when life is hard to begin again. In the Field of Art: An article on the work of the great Spanish painter Ignacio Zuloaga, with a frontispiece, reproduced in colors, of his famous “Gypsy Dancer in Toreador Costume.” Scribner's, Magazine , abe. The sabecrinton $00 o peer. Renin by ah re cia charge for Canaan pare For ether countries inthe petal CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS Fifth Avenue at 48th Street, NEW YORK ee OM COOOKS).