Life, 1916-12-28 · page 5 of 41
Life — December 28, 1916 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** rather than political satire. The main cartoon ("The Older Generation") shows an elderly woman confronting a younger woman about her ankles being visible—a common generational complaint in early 20th-century America about changing fashion standards. The joke plays on modest Victorian dress codes clashing with flapper-era styles. The "Thoughts of a Thinker" column discusses class divisions among women—those deemed "honest" versus those needing "saving"—reflecting period social attitudes about respectability and morality. Other advertisements promote oysters, a constipation remedy (Nujol), a Bermuda hotel, and indigestion relief (Bell-Ans). The "Fighting Trim" section offers health advice about exercise and diet. **Overall: Largely commercial content with light social commentary on generational fashion disputes.**
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Seatag Oysters — not “fattened”; juicy natural—not selected—not"pro- 'A blue tag on every fresh- better and “freshene f miscuous. for shell certifies purity, Bine ness and flavor. At Tag Clubs, “Hotels markets, Armstrong Seatag Corp. Oyster, Va. BELL-ANS LIFE: 1173 Thoughts of a Thinker 'OST people don’t realize that to be properly ill-tempered requires train- ing. When they display their ill-temper without any previous design they are almost sure to flounder about at a con- stant disadvantage, like any novice. What makes me angry at the bad man- ners of another man is that they are un- intelligent—they have not been planned out beforehand. I have roughly divided women into two position toward most I disagree with them only at such points and in such degrees as will serve to keep them mildly interested in me. Occasionally I find a woman to whom I can tell the exact truth; and how delightful is the companionship, until some day IT wake from the dream to find that T have told one truth too many! women is purely negative. Oup Lapy: Here's a penny, my poor man, Tell me, how did you become so destitute? Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25c at all druggists. "THE IDEAL WINTER RESORT _ wrists | BERMUDA PRINCESS HOTEL Now open. Best location and equipment on the istands. Modern service throughout. Grill room, tiled, swimmi pool, our own fleet of yachts; superb drives, saddle ridi golf, tennis, sea bathing. 48 hours from New York. S. Passage of Quebec S. $. Co., 32 Broadway, N. HOWE & TWOROGER, Mara. Hamilton, Bermuda. classes—those with whom I can be Brccar honest, and all the others; who, needless to say, are largely in the majo I was always like you, mum, vast sums ter the pore an’ needy.—Boston Transcript. Explanations Just why California, Minnesota, New Hampshire and New Mexico should have been so laggard this year of grace is not clear, It may be explained later. It should be and thoroughly, —The HAPS Dr. Gallinger can ex- plain what ailed New Hampshire. Rublee may have friends there. The Telegram’s own special says the trouble in California was that Mr. Hughes tied up to the Regulars and affronted the Johnson Progressives, and that the Women’s Golden Special with its load of woman speakers from FIGHTING TRIM New York made the California women WHETHER your battle fs fought in the trenches, behind an office mad. desk or in the home you need to keep fit, Jt comparatively easy for the soldier to keep up to scratch. The civil- jan—man or woman—has a harder task, Sedentary habits, Insufficient exercise, too much food and too much harry about eating it, combine to cause a more or Jess chronic condition of constipation, Don't think you can dispose of constipation with a cathartic pill. Lax- atives and cathartics cause more constipation than they cure and their persistent use is likely seriously to undermine your health, NUJOL relieves constipation effectively and has none of the objections whicharecommon to all drug remedies, It acts asan internal lubricant, preventing the bowel contents from becoming hard and facilitating the ormal processes of evacuation, NUJOL, put up in pint bottles only, is sold at all drug stores, Refuse substitutes—look for the name NUJUL on Lottle and package. Dept. 15 STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) New Jersey ning Telegram. Bayonne The Older Generation: porsn't 1T STRIKE YOU AS DISGRACEFUL THE WAY YOUNG WOMEN ARE DISPLAYING THEIR ANKLES? “ANKLES, GRANN —xow 11's KNEES. Send for booklet “THE RATIONAL TREATMENT OF CONSTIPATION.” Write your name and address plainly below. ! THEY'RE GoING OUT ‘ ‘ ‘ : comicbooks.com