Life, 1916-02-24 · page 38 of 48
Life — February 24, 1916 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct sections: **Hansen Gloves Advertisement** (top left): A straightforward commercial ad emphasizing the product's quality and durability, using the metaphor that gloves, like friends, reflect one's taste and discrimination. **"Clipped Wings" Book Review** (top right): A review of Rupert Hughes' novel about marital conflict—specifically, the tension between wives' professional ambitions and husbands' expectations of domestic life. The quoted criticism highlights a contemporary social anxiety: what happens when women pursue careers? **"Ode to America" and "Real Brevity"** (bottom): Satirical content mocking American hypocrisy and pretense. The verse attacks America's claimed ideals (freedom, bravery) while acknowledging uncomfortable realities—suffragists, pacifism ("too proud to fight"), and prioritizing safety over principle. The "Real Brevity" anecdote jokes darkly that a German student's answer to "What should I aim at?" is simply "A German"—likely a cynical reference to wartime militarism. The page reflects 1920s concerns: women's changing roles, American isolationism, and post-WWI skepticism about European affairs.
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. Friendly— HE HANSEN has been called the friendly plove. It clings without bind- ing, wears well and lasts long. Like friends, too, Hansen Gloves tell the story of your taste, Their choice shows discrimina- tion and a sense of values, For coldest weather there is a wide varietyto choose from, for all occasions, Some lined with fleecy lamb wool, others with imported lamb fur —all combining elegance with freedom and a safe sure hold. Auto styles for women also. Did you ever see the Hansen “Semi-Soft"” Gauntlet or the “Double-Up" which you can carry in your pocket? Write for free book and pet full details. If your dealer is not supplied, write us. O, C. Hansen Manufacturing Co. 102X Detroit Street Mil CNI CLIPPED WINGS By Rupert Hughes “The book is written bya man who actually knows what he is talking about.”—N. Y. Herald. “But although the" surroundings and most of the people in this novel belong to the theater, the problem it presents, the problem of which these are merely the attractive husk, is one which touches nearly if not guite every phase of our modern life “What are husbands going to do about their wives’ ambitions? What are wives going to do about their hus- bands’ rights to a home?” —N. Y. Times, $1.35 net HARPER & BROTHERS Estanuisnep 1817 Real Brevity OMPETITORS in Lire’s Short Story Contest have shown how short a short story can be; but at the art of being brief they have been left far behind by a New Zealand schoolboy, who packed a complete essay into two words! Having to write a composition on “What I Should Aim At,” he produced the following : WHAT 1 SHOULD AIM AT A German. yotn p, Ode to America—Verse Libre MERICA! America! America! Land of The partially free, And, so to speak, Brave, (Not to mention Hyphens, suffragists, Vivisectionists and Byzantine logothetes), T chant thy praise! ‘Tis true, alas! We are too proud to fight, But, you know, Our motto is Safety first! ET us have peace in Europe. It is too much to ask our trust magnates to stay home here and asso- ciate with the people who provide their dividends, the be: it * are guaranteed to fi auty—L, unsightly leather ‘pieksey, clothes nefit. Globe Sey Perfectly, lobe Sear foiled. They are easis Cleanegeet fe ide 4 easily Send name, al ite for Samples Meche. Bnd fice Seat Cover Bost’ Sao% For 15 fabrics, YOU Day cay tisk, °° Globe Sear Covey Pree ; prs 33 Hamition Ave CtOBE SEAT COVER co Wortes Lareeit Bectusive Sea Racine, Wis M Cover 7 comicbooks.com