Life, 1915-09-16 · page 40 of 48
Life — September 16, 1915 — page 40: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political satire. The main feature is a **Resinol Soap advertisement** using testimonial format—a woman claims the soap improved her complexion dramatically. This reflects early-20th-century beauty marketing, when soap manufacturers made medicinal claims (Resinol contained actual healing compounds prescribed by physicians, per the ad). Below that are two brief humor quotes under "And So Would Others," presenting contrasting moral philosophies—one valorizing prosperity over morality, another mocking a daughter's musical pretensions. These are standard magazine filler jokes, not satire. The right column announces **Life's Short Story Contest** (deadline October 4, 1915), with an unusual payment structure: writers receive ten cents per word they *didn't* write (up to 1,500 words), incentivizing brevity rather than compensation for actual work—a clever editorial joke about literary economics. The bottom features **Hartshorn Shade Rollers** advertising—standard product promotion. This page contains no political cartoons or significant satire.
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Life’s Short Story Contest First Prize $1000 Second Prize 500 Third Prize 250 OW short can a short story be and still be a short story? Lire would like to know. So would every iter, and, therefore, all writers are invited to join with Lire in making a «< practical test. /A R\ Live invites contributions of original short storics. For the best ones re- fi ceived before noon of October 4, 1915, it will award three prizes—$1,000, $300 and $250. CONDITIONS No story must exceed fifteen hundred words in length. There is no restriction placed upon the kind of story to be submitted. It may be humorous of tragic; but jokes, anecdotes, epigramis or verses do not come within the scope of the contest. O e m ( : eal All manuscripts which are accepted for publication in Lire will be paid for at the rate of ten cents a word for every word under fifteen hundred words which e the author does not write. To illustrate: if the accepted story is one hundred words e in length, then the author will receive $140, or ten cents a word for the fourteen hundred words which he did not write. For what he docs write he receives no pay. If, on the other hand, the accepted story is fourteen hundred and ninety-nine words in | h, the author will reccive ten cents. This story, however, will stand an equal chance of winning the prize with one which is very much shorter (say, one hundred words), as each story will be judged strictly on its After years of experimenting with all , Restnot Soap docs ths merits as a story. : i for poor skins because tt fl | The storics will be published in Lire sorts of things for my skin, I began to use [eprom orcas ie d sorts of things for my i Is tree from harsh, drying as soon as possible after they are ac- Resinol Soap. In a very few days I could shal and even wore tu ot eee el Cake paid: lor ta severe see a marked improvement, soothing healing medlea- ance upon the basis which has just been F F 5 too whlch physicians defined. When they have all been pub- It seemed impossible that anything so have presenti a rine lished, then the final awarding of the simple as washing my face twice a day Ment’ for the treatment $1,750. in prizes will be made in the with hot water and a delightful toilet soap vf skin affections, following manner: could do more good than all those tedious, The jitors of Lire will first select, expensive treatments, but the fact remains , Al drocgists and deal- of all the storics published, the Fi . crs in toilet goods sell : Publis J that now my complexion is clear, with the Restor Soap. “For trial twelve which are, in their judgment, the best. The authors of these twelve f : cake, free, write to Dept. natural glow of health and youth that To sri jes. args ie Pept stories will be asked to become judges feared it had lost for good. Baltimore, Md. of the whole contest, which will_then 8 include all the stories published. These Resinol Soap for the toilet and bath, helps to give men's skin terelve Authors will decide ‘which are that healthy, “ outdoor look” so much to be desired. their merit, (0 be swardéd ibe prides, In case, for any reason, any one or more And So Would Others ; w Dioipeitp Wiastiie air al? a In your new home ¢ moralizer. ase . E careful what shade rollers are put upon joined demoralizer, “if a your windows, More window shades are I Sie ened a eee = pulled outof shape, cracked and torn by poor was going to be ruined at all Vd prefer : ‘ Lever ped bed reap aenenomrin ath feens prosperity to do it.” shades fitted with Hartshorn’s Improved . . = = Shade Rollers, Used in over 10,000,000 homes- —Harper's Magazine. > No tacks are necessary. Free—Send for a valuable book,""How to Get the Best Service from Your Shade Rollers.” “ Does your daug ay the piano b; U, Ly ‘When you buy, insist on getting Hartshorn’e: Dovs your daughter play the piano by Mwand When yea buy, insist on getting Hartshorne: on Stewart Hartshorn Co,, E, Newark, N. J. “No; she uses both hands and both HARTSHORN SHADE ROLLERS feet, but I don’t think she has learned to use her ears.”"—United Presbyterian.