Life, 1915-09-16 · page 39 of 48
Life — September 16, 1915 — page 39: what you’re looking at
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**The Small Cartoon (upper left):** A brief satirical exchange between a customer and druggist about sulphur prices. The customer complains about paying fifteen cents a pound, claiming it's outrageous. The druggist knows where to get it cheaper—"for nothing"—a joke implying sulphur occurs naturally and freely in certain undesirable locations (likely a reference to hell or other vulgar implications). **Primary Content:** The page is dominated by advertisement for Sanatogen, a "food-tonic" marketed to treat female "debility" (weakness). The ad endorses the product through celebrity testimonials from writer Olive Schreiner and social reformer Lady Somerset, and claims endorsement by 21,000 physicians. **"A Word to the Militarists" (bottom):** Satirical commentary on WWI hero-worship. The piece argues that if prolonged war creates many heroes, public attention becomes diluted—heroes get lost in the crowd and fail to receive proper acclaim. It's gentle mockery of both military glorification and society's short attention span.
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EEE | |"What can I do to | make her stronger? Your physician has told you that it is simply one of the thousands of cases of | “debility.” You have tried certain “tonics” without avail, but you have not yet tried Sanatogen, the true food- -tonic. And Sanatogen may well prove her salvation, for remember that thousands of women who were weak and weary have derived new strength, a new joy of living, from its use. Olive Schreiner, the famous writer, gratefully exclaims: “Nothing that I have taken in years has given me such a sense of vigor as Sanatogen."’ And Lady Somerset, the noted social reform advocate, refers to the way San- atogen ‘‘braces the patient to health.”” Customer: WHAT! FIFTEEN CENTS 4 POUND Fo SULPUUR! IT's OUTRAGEOUS! This help of Sanatogen is not the false help 1 CAN GO ACROSS THE STREET AND GET IT of a mere stimulant but the constructive aid of ror TeX! | a true food-tonic which gives the exhausted Druggist: YEs—axb 1 KNOW wuERE system the natural elements for building up YoU CAN GO AND GET IT FoR NOTHING the blood, strengthening the nerves, im- proving digestion. |" How well it performs this function, phy- [scans in every land—21,000 of them have Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, in Lex- endorsed Sanatogen in writing—know from ington Avenue, promises to he the most | setual obsereation: Their attitude is well Btn 2 promis summed up by the famous Berlin specialist, beautiful church in town. Profesor Bulenberg, who writes: So may it be. If every new church “Lam using Sanatogen more and heats all its predecessors we shall soon more in cases of nervous troubles have a handsome city. which have their origin in pov- ° erty of the blood and poor nutrition, and never had oc- casion to regret its use.’” And we feel sure you will never regret using Sanatogen. aR Crt CO Roe, ta, drugabetererysnere ie toes sizes, from $1.00 up. Grand Prize, Internationat eS) | Congress of Afedicine, London, 1913. ENDORSED BY OVER 24008 PHYSICIANS Sena es ne a fr =| | for “ The Art of Living,” a charming little book by Richard Le Gallienne, the popular poet e touching on Sanatogen’s kindly help and giving other interesting aids in the quest for g R Cea aurier @) | and better health. This book is free. Tear this off as a reminder to write THE BAU CO., 24-E Irving Place, New York. Offawa-(@nada : A Word to the Militarists EA hae elel of the Doselion:. Site: 7 I undying fame and glorious heroism are still to be considered among the valuable isoneofthefinest hotelsontheContinent, jad by-products of war, then it is important that the war be not unduly prolonged. roome Baten id nd anentee’ and Sty The longer the war the more numerous the heroes, but the amount of attention Earrean plan. | which the populace can give to such matters is necessarily limited. The point is soon eaves "Ful of terest for tne tourat end reached, therefore, where heroes, no matter how effulgent, must go unnoticed because we are too weary or too preoccupied to give them attention. Many a man who under ordinary circumstances is entitled to unstinted acclaim and undying fame sees his fame waste away and perish because of too much competition. Heroes should never travel in a crowd. comicbooks.com