Life, 1916-09-07 · page 5 of 40
Life — September 7, 1916 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The main content includes: 1. **White Rose Glycerine Soap** ad (left): Standard cosmetic advertising emphasizing skin care benefits. 2. **"Take One" cartoon** (top right): A humorous domestic scene showing a line of automobiles at a "free public garage," with a woman (Mary) asking where they can park. The joke satirizes the **growing automobile congestion problem** of the era—a common concern as car ownership increased. 3. **"How to Know the Millennium"** (left): A witty list of signs indicating modern times (snapshots, Paris fashion, golf, magazines with illustrations, etc.). 4. **Delatone hair removal** and **Nujol laxative** ads round out the page. The cartoon reflects early 20th-century anxiety about rapid urbanization and automobile proliferation rather than political commentary.
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I , > 2 1 y 1 H Send a Fora | 2c Stamp Sample Cake | MARK PAT. OFF, For yur skin's sake we would like you to become acquainted with soft delicacy and delightful cleansing qualities of this purest of rent soa Distinctive in its elusive perfume, that makes its use a real treat. White Rose lyceriné Soap ined women for many genera i fad We best. At your drug: | parts a creamy rich lather | How to Know the Millennium HEN a snap-shot does you justice. When a cure for hay-fever is dis- covered. When the loser in a golf match isn't off his game. When people stop referring to Paris, France, as “gay Paree.” When a summer show isn't given in the coolest theatre in the world When magazine illustrations have any- thing to do with the text. When your best friend doesn't own a dog that understands every single word that’s said to him, When you post that letter your wife gave you back in the early nineties. DELATONE Removes Hair or Fuzz from Face, Neck or Arms 0h as a baby's Sear, aed is highly recommended hy be Droggtsts sett Dei omecounce Jar wi address upon receipt o) 2 The Sheffield Pharmacal Company Illinoi 339 So. Wabash Ave., Dept. D. F., Chica | ‘Send for booklet, BUT WHERE ©. If You Did This From Early Morning Until Sundown —if the life you lived was the healthful active life Nature intended—you wouldn’t suffer from constipation, But that sort of life is impossible for most of us. We hurry, worry, over-eat and under-exercise. The results—constipation, periodic or chronic—and the use of laxatives which aggravate and confirm the constipation habit. NUJOL is a safe and effective means of relieving constipa- tion, and so getting rid of the headaches, nervousness, and depression which constipation causes, It is not a laxative but acts in effect as a simple internal lubricant, softening the con- tents of the intestines and facilitating normal bowel movements. Your druggist has NUJOL. Refuse substitutes—look forthe name NUJOLon bottle and package. Sold in pint bottles only. Dept. 15 STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) Bayonne New Jersey & RATIONAL TREATMENT OF CONSTIPATIO! plainly below comicbooks.com y WE Keer 17?” Write your name and addreso State.