Life, 1916-05-11 · page 44 of 48
Life — May 11, 1916 — page 44: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political satire. The main elements include: 1. **"Attractive Hair" Advertisement** (left): Packer's Tar Soap promotes a 36-page manual on hair care, positioning the product as scientifically authoritative for hair health. 2. **"Rhymed Reviews" (center)**: A poem by Arthur Guiterman reviewing a novel called *Those About Trench* by Edwin Herbert Lewis. The verse summarizes a story about Dr. Isham Trench, a cynical Chicago physician who adopts a mechanistic, deterministic philosophy (dismissing free will and human connection as mere chemical impulses). The satire gentle mocks his extreme pessimism—until he falls in love and marries, undermining his own bleak philosophy. 3. **Three Product Advertisements** (right): San*Tox toiletries, Evans Ale, and yacht supplies—typical early-20th-century magazine advertising. There is **no political cartoon** on this page. The only visual humor is the book review's ironic plot about a cynic undone by romance.
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920 ~LIFE- CONTENTS ‘The Care of the Hair and Scalp in Health ‘Special Directions for Women ‘The Structure of the Hair Dandruff Premature Baldness Excess of Oil — Lack of Out Packer's Ter Soop —What It Is and Wrat It Does ‘The Hair from the Age of 12 10 16 ‘The Core of the Hair at the Seashore The Use of Soft Water for Shampooing ‘When Artificial Hair 1s Worn ‘The Hair Before and After Surgical Operations: ‘The Care of Combs, Brushes, ete. Practical Hints for the Care of the Hair THE HAR AND SCALP Attractive hair, — Your chances for it?) S makers of Packer’s ‘Tar Soap for over forty years, | we have acquired a wealth of authoritative facts about hair) health—what hinders it—what invites it. | | Out of these facts, and! others well known to the med- ical profession—a New York physician has prepared a 36} page manual, ‘““The Hair and. Scalp— Modern Care and Treatment.’” This book of! ractical information we send | ree on request. THE PACKER MFG. CO. Dept. 85E, 81 Fuiton St, New York. Rhymed Reviews Those About Trench (By Edwin Herbert Lewis. The Mac- millan Co.) Hat fine young doctor, Isham Trench, Who fed Chicago pills and potions, With Spartan rigor tried to quench All purely personal emotions. Said he, “I'm just a group of cells; Their physical re-actions rule me; So please don't ring those wedding bells, I shall not let a passion fool me. “Since neither Heaven, Will, nor Fate, But Chemic Impulse moves the pieces In Earth’s sad game, why propagate Our hopeless, automatic species?” And yet among the poor and proud He toiled, like many other cynics, And taught the brightest, queerest crowd Of youths that ever came to clinics. For there were Jaffer, Chinese Wu, Ameen the mild, Deland the pious, And Chatterjee and Saadi, who Deserved the palm of Ananias “What Jaffer did for friendships sake, And how young Saadi dared to go where A war was born despite him, make A goodly tale that Ieads you no- where, I don’t believe it tries to prove A thing about our carthly missions. Is Life, as Trench declared, a groove Of wholly useless repetitions? Well, Dr. Trench, pursued and treed By urgings, doubtless atavistic, Has married Edith; hence his creed May be less darkly pessimistic. Arthur Guiterman. aN a WA > “Whose lightest whisper moves him more than all the rangéd reason in the world.” Only a druggist with an established reputation for hones- | ty, integrity and fair dealing is permitted to handle the Sane Tox Line of Toilet Articles and House- hold Preparations. Before any SaxeTox Druggist places Sax Tox on his shelves he is required to rigidly investigate the en- tire line of more than 125 items, and by (39 doing thoroughly satisfy bim- self that each one will substantiate his personal guarantee. Sautfix The Public Service Line You will know the one “best” drug store in your locality by the sign of the Nurse on the window. Go there for all your toilet requisites and house- hold preparations. The San#Tox Druggist unhesitatingly recommends SaN*Tox because he knows that you will be delighted—that you will come back for more. He will cheerfully and without argument refund the price of any SaneTox item which does not satisfy you in every particular. Tue DePree CHEMICAL Co, CHICAGO ILLINOIS The Supplies for Your Yacht or motor boat should include The one beverage that is not affected by the tossing and pitching of a boat. Always Ready Abways Enjoyeble te Nettie and epte Yeur reppiyinas or C,H. EVANS & SONS, Hudeon, N.Y. comicbooks.com