Life, 1916-03-23 · page 45 of 52
Life — March 23, 1916 — page 45: what you’re looking at
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This page contains period advertisements mixed with political commentary titled "Take Thought of Reaction." The main article critiques recent Cabinet appointments under Presidents Taft and Wilson, referencing specific officials: **Ballinger** (Interior Secretary involved in a conservation scandal), **Daniels** (Navy Secretary), and **William Jennings Bryan** (Secretary of State under Wilson). The satirical point argues these appointees demonstrated why their predecessors were problematic—each successor was chosen as deliberately unlike their predecessor, serving as a cautionary lesson. The article's final jab at Bryan suggests Wilson gave him a prestigious but powerless position to demonstrate Bryan lacked executive ability, preventing future efforts to put him in real authority. The satire mocks the administration's method of discrediting a political figure. The advertisements—for **Tareyton cigarettes**, **Nujol** (a "mechanical lubricant" for bowel regularity), and weight-loss advice—are typical early 20th-century patent medicines and consumer goods marketed with exaggerated health claims.
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London Cigarettes Herbert Tereyton London Smoking Mixture. 1 Pound soc. Sample upon request FALK TOBACCO CO., s8 West 4sth St., New York. Take Thought of Reaction 'E are apt to lose sight of reac- tionary values. In the heat of indignation at unfit men in important places we forget the usefulness of their exhibitions as warnings for the future. After Ballinger there had to be some one totally unlike Ballinger in the In- terior Department. Mr. Taft found such a man. Mr. Wilson found an- other. DO YOU START THE DAY TIRED? PERPETUAL “‘tired feeling’’ is in most instances caused by auto-intoxi- cation arising from chronic bowel disorder. Physicians everywhere are recommending Nujol as a safe and effective means of securing regular bowel movements where the patient has a costive tendency. Nujol is entirely free from dangerous sulphur compounds and conforms strictly to the United States Pharmacopeia requirements. Nujol is not a laxative but acts in effect as a me- chanical lubricant, facilitating the action of the muscles by which normal evacuation is accom- plished. In this way the muscles are strengthened and regular habits encouraged. Most druggists carry Nujol, which is sold only in pint bottles packed in cartons bearing the Nujol After Daniels, in the Lord’s good time, there will be some one totally unlike Daniels in the Navy Depart- ment. It is hard, very hard, to get Daniels out, but it will be very much harder to get anybody in as Daniels's successor who is in the least like him. } u F Write for booklet, “The Rational Treatment of i H Constipation.” Address Dept. 15. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) Bayonne New Jersey trademark. If your druggist does not carry Nujol, accept no substitute. We will senda pint bot- tle prepaid to any point in the United States on receipt of 75c—money order or stamps. We not only know Daniels, but we know the type, and any President is sure to be careful above all things not to give another of that sort to the navy. Neither are we ever likely to have another public lecturer and entertainer as Secretary of State. Mr. Lansing has qualifications for the office and does not mix it up with money-getting employ- ments. It was desirable to cure an im- Portant proportion of the voters of wanting Mr. Bryan in executive office. The way to do it was to put him into an SETTER US. PAT. Hey, Fatty, e and office responsible and important enough a YOW In to exhibit his qualities and yet not to Advice and Menus That Are Helping Thousands Everyone tells a fat friend what not to eat; this book shows what he can eat—and grow thin. Tens of thousands of eople are using this book, and what “y is more to the point the ‘owing thin. Ask any fat commetei4S” friends if they have heard of “ ot Eat and Grow Thin.” pasion fa E.P. DUTTON & COMPANY, 681 Fifth Ave., New York leave him uncontrolled. That has been done. It is now known what Mr. Bryan's executive abilities amount to, and there will probably be no further effort to divert him from the field in which he excels to labors for which he is unsuited, The road to reaction is full of bumps and hard places, but sometimes it is the only road that goes through. |