Life, 1916-11-30 · page 3 of 42
Life — November 30, 1916 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** for period products (Overholt Rye whiskey, Bacardi rum, and Standard Oil Company's Nujol laxative). The cartoon titled "Antigonus, the 'One-Eyed' Inventor of the Monocle" shows a caricatured figure with exaggerated features—likely satirizing vanity or pretension. The single eye and monocle reference suggests mockery of affectation. The main article "The Camera at the National Arts" discusses photography's role in art, comparing cameras to human artists. It notes photographer Clarence White's technical skill. "When Physician Meant 'Physic-Dispenser'" discusses historical medical practice, explaining that physicians once prescribed laxatives and bloodletting. The text advocates for modern, more discriminate pharmaceutical use—positioning Nujol as a rational alternative. The page reflects early 20th-century attitudes toward modernization and advertising-driven editorial content.
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LLFE The Camera at the National Arts HE camera is the most temperamental of all artistic tools. Ignorant partisans of paint T forget this. A brush is a stupid servant, without spirit, and will do exactly as it is told There never was a French revolution against pot-boiling conducted by brushes of any kind. You might think some of ‘em would bristle up a little over the faces they have to make pretty portraits of. But they don’t Certainly the camera itself took not a few of the pictures at the National Arts Club in the photography show organized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. The humblest— and therefore the best—of our artists in this field know this, and they give their machines a chance for complete expression of all the noble reflections on life that may enter their lenses. The curious thing is that when a man like Clarence White leads his camera out of its kennel and slips its leash it has a way of retrieving the game that is different from Gertrude Kase bier’s or Alvin Coburn’s, Perhaps the triumph of mind and personality over a machine is greater here than in the so-called “freer” arts. Mire} "8 JUST THE RIGHT“SMACK™ ‘The same choice ingredients and the same care are used in its making today as 38 in 1810. Thus, Old Overholt Rye has today the same origioal taste and favor that made ite favente in the days of ous foriathers A. Overholt & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. MAKES THE PERFECT COCKTAIL—HIGHBALL OR RICKEY. Folder containing recipes of famous Bacardl drinks inalted on request D. 8, DEJONGH. T2r'Water Street, New York When Physician Meant “Physic—Dispenser” [$ Shakespeare's time if you were sick and went ton doctor he did one of two things. He either bled you or ‘‘pbysicked’” you, Physicians no longer practice bleeding. And the lenders of the profession are equally opposed to the indiscrim- inate use of laxative and cathartic drugs. In fact the abitual use of laxatives is now known to be one of the most fruitful causes of constipation. Physicians of the highest standing prescribe Nujol be- cause it relieves constipation without any bad after effects and without forming a habit. It acts in effect as an in- ternal lubricant, preventing the bowel contents from hardening, andit this way fucilitating normal movements. All druggists carry Nujol. Avoid substitutes, Write today for b t, “The Rational Treatment of Constipation” using cou- STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) Bayonne New Jersey ‘Send for booklet, “THE RATIONAL TREATMENT OF CONSTIPATION,” Write your name and address Dept. 15 ANTICONUS, THE “ ONE-E(ED,” INVENTOR OF THE MONOG E AMM --State..___---. comicbooks.com