Life, 1915-07-22 · page 42 of 44
Life — July 22, 1915 — page 42: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct pieces of satire: **Left side:** An advertisement for *Everybody's Magazine* promoting "The Autobiography of an Actress." The mystery author (indicated by "?") is teased as revealing the "vivid, inner life" of a theatrical woman who experienced both success and despair. This appears to be genuine advertising exploiting readers' curiosity about theater world scandals. **Right side:** A short satirical story titled "A Lost Soul" mocking the newly-formed National Board of Censors for Moving-Picture Shows. The joke's punchline—that a father's appointment to this censorship board is a disgrace comparable to crime or infidelity—satirizes public anxiety about movie censorship. By having the mother treat censorship work as socially ruinous, the piece ridicules both the censors themselves and the era's intense debates over film regulation, which was a major cultural controversy in the 1910s.
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| “Obe Aiurooi Ql by Guess who wrote this frank, dramatic recital of an in- tensely colorful life. Here we see revealed the vivid, inner life of a woman who has tasted the joys of success, known the fickle favoritism of the theatre- going public, and drunk to the dregs the bitterness of despair. The author takes you into her full confidence and tells you just what life really means on the other side of the footlights. Don’t miss this human document m yowybodys FOR AUGUST 72 PD oy “FIGURES CANNOT LIE” been published in Lire. Of this there will be due notice. Manuscripts be accepted -from now on as fast as they can be read and passed upon. in every case they should be addres “To the Editor of Lire’s Short $ Contest, 17 West 31st Street, New Yor City,” and the author's name and a¢ dress should be plainly written upon th manuscript, which should be accom- panied by return postage in case of rejection. The editors will exercise due care in returning unavailable contribu tions, but will not hold themselves respon- sible’ for loss. Contestants are advised to keep duplicate copies. All manuscripts must be at Lire office by noon of Monday, October 4, 915 No manuscript received after that date will be considered. Each contestant may send in as many manuscripts as he desires. If any of the rules of this contest ar violated the Editors of Lire reserve right to debar the contributions. A Lost Soul ai HAT is the matter, mother?” The young man’s face, as he gazed at his mother, betrayed unusual anxiety. She was plainly troubled. “It’s about your father, dear,” she said, “but you must rot question me. 1" She looked far out into the distance. Her noble, young son, however, was persistent, “Remember, mother, that it is your duty to tell me, your eldest son. What has father done? He who has always been such a good father. He hasn't committed any crime?” “Not quite.” “He hasn’t run off with another woman?” “No. Yet I fear your father will never hereafter retain the respect of his fellow-men. Never again will his judgment be revered, his taste re- spected He is lost to us.” “Quick, mother! Father——” The miserable woman buried her face in her hands. “Alas!” she murmured, father has just been appointed a mem- ber of the National Board of Censors for Moving-picture Shows.” “your comicbooks.com