Life, 1917-02-22 · page 37 of 42
Life — February 22, 1917 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and advice content** rather than political satire. It features: **"Rules for Fathers"**: A humorous advice column offering eight parenting principles, including somewhat contradictory guidance (remember your boyhood; mothers are enemies; encourage reasoning). The satirical tone mocks Victorian parenting orthodoxy. **Advertisements**: - Restwel pillows (sanitary bedding) - Old Overholt Rye whiskey - Bacardi cocktails - Westinghouse electrical equipment **"The Point of View"**: A brief, sentimental poem about Eve and Adam, followed by an Irish-dialect joke about friendship priorities (appearing to reference Irish-American working-class speech patterns). The Westinghouse ad emphasizes their trained service network across America—standard corporate promotional material. Overall, this is a typical early-20th-century Life magazine page mixing light humor, practical advice, and advertisements rather than pointed political commentary.
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rn ne eserve”” y) French nlation om six > Only eever dal at New-Feather Pillows —the most sanitary pil- Jows ever made. New feathers of the softest grades are used in Re el Pillows and all, scientifically sterilized even inside the quills. Guaranteed satisfactory, On sale everywhere, Send for Restwel book- let. Robinson-Roders Co. | Dept. 22, Newark, N.J. Rules for Fathers | DO not forget your own boyhood. * Try to recall what made you happy as a child, and what made you unhappy, and bear this in mind. 2. Do not forget that you did not ask your children whether they wished to be born. You put them here, and it is up to you to give them a fair start. A fair start is a ten per cent. better start in life than you had yourself. 3. Remember that every boy de- serves at least one good hiding. To cheat him of this is to rob him of his birthright. 4. Do not teach your child with it. learn RY, BACARDI tryit: MAKES THE PERFECT COCKTAIL, HIGHBALL OR RICKEY. Folder containing recipes of famous Bacardl drinks D.S. DEIONGH. ‘mailed on request 127 Water Street. New York Making Men All over the United States Westinghouse men are constantly traveling for you. These men are instructors, experts, super- visors. They establish service stations, train service men and help keep present stations up to Westinghouse standards so that, at home or on tour, you may be sure of satis- factory assistance in any emergency affect- ing your car's electrical system. To be satisfactory, such assistance must WESTING SHADYSIDE WORKS. ia 5. Remember that, generally speak- ing, the mother is her son’s worst en- emy. 6. Remember that all children are born liars, thieves, atheists and poets 7. Don't leave it all to Mother Goose. Make up nursery rhymes of your own. 8. All children are logicians. —En- courage their reasoning faculty. Facts are no child's enemy if he learns them. from the right source. ‘WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC Who Know be given by men who know, as the electri- cal units—rugged though they are—demand expert knowledge and skill for proper ad- justment and repair. That's why at the 90 or more Westing- house Service Stations you will find men who have been trained in the Westinghouse plant or by Westinghouse experts. They know the two essentials of good service— how to locate troubles and how to remedy them—promptly. DUSE FLECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COMPANY tuconnebice Fanipnent Deparinecnt Porrsme nen, Pa The Point of View VE—enchantress—wonder-cyed, Smiled at Adam by her side. Cooed she, “ Tell me, Eden's lamb; Do you really care, Adam?” “ Casey is me pertickeler frind, Oi'd ye know.” "wan! If he was pertickeler he wouldn't be yer frind.” —New Orleans Times-Picayune. comichooks.