Life, 1917-09-13 · page 5 of 44
Life — September 13, 1917 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This 1910s-era Life magazine page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial satire. The main content consists of three product advertisements: 1. **"Chemistry Land"** (left): A patriotic poem celebrating German chemical industry, reflecting pre-WWI American admiration for German science and manufacturing prowess. 2. **Resinol Soap** (center): Features a woman admiring her complexion, promoting the product as a cure for skin problems. The testimonial quote emphasizes social/business advantages of clear skin. 3. **Pétrole Hahn & Bell-Ans** (bottom): Hair and indigestion remedies using typical period advertising tropes. The smaller article "His Part" discusses a foreign visitor observing American government, but appears unrelated to the advertisements. **Context for modern readers**: These ads reflect early-20th-century consumerism, when beauty products and chemical innovations were marketed as solutions to social acceptance and success.
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“LIFE: = Chemistry Land Germany owes her power of en- durance to her chemists—Scientific report, ‘6 es, it certainly has cleared my skin” E breakfast on chemical sausage nd chemical butter and bread. When dinner is lacking, our chemists Invent something better instead. For we are the Chemical Nation; On chemical genius we stand. Up! Up with our substitute lager And drink to our Chemistry Land! Our chemical jams are delicious With chemical pretzels or cake. Our chemical soups* are improvements On soups that the foreigners make. Our chemical coffce is relished By Kaiser and colonels and clerks. Our chemical tripe is a triumph. Hurrah for our chemical works! Our people are famously pious; They worship a chemical God— A synthesized sort of Creator Created by Doctor von Madd. The heathen may pray to Jehovah; The heathen are years oat of date. They know not the product of Deutsch- land, They know not our idol, the State. Then here’s to our chemical sausage, Our chemical butter and bread! And here's to our dexterous chemists And all of us chemical-fed! And here’s to our national honor That surely will carry us through! You say the supply is exhausted? Ach! chemical honor will do! L.H.R. Literally translated “ supersoups.” DoE “It seems impossible that anything so simple as e washing my face twice a day with hot water and e | “After years of experimenting with all sorts of things for my skin, I began to use Resinol Soap. Ina very few days I could see a marked _ improvement, Try Resinol Soap a week ai why you will want it the year ro thing, healing Resinol medication in it re: tendency to blotches and_oiliness, a delightful toilet soap can have done more good than all those tedious, expensive treatments, but the fact remains that now my complexion is clear, - with the natural glow of health and youth that 1 soothes irritated pores, offsets the effects of e 2 neglect or improper treatment, and brings out feared it had lost for good. the real beauty of the complexion, giving Nature the chance she needs to make red, ion, rough skins white and soft. Kesinol Soap is ex too, for, the hair and for a’ baby's tender ski ‘esinol Soap and Resinol € ‘are sold by all druggists deal let goods. For Beautiful Soft Hair M-conditioned hair, no matter how stylishly codfus 4 disappowrument. Petrole with its natural Petroleum (daintity perfumed) will noursh and stimulate your haar —cleanse it, keep it soft, wavy and of silky sheen. Sizes $1.50 and $1 at dealers or by parcel post. = prem PARK & TILFORD His Part Sole Agents New York The Crowning Glery’* DISTINGUISHED foreign visi- id 1 ge tor to this country was being guide, a trifle wearily, “and they are ee pe ae « waiting to pass the Airplane Bill.” ; shown about Washington. During the aac anise } | And that one vociferous gentleman course of the day he was conducted mee who shouts at the tep of his lungs— to the senatorial galleries, where he ; ; f enatoria galle : f ; ‘ is he also a patriot sat for some time in puzzled silence. eos a i t for some: time:in, puzzled silenc Yes,” answered the guide. “He Finally he turned to his guide. also is a patriot, He furnishes the air.” “Pardon me,” he said, “but I do not If you are having trouble with your comple: if you find that an unattractive skin is a handicap in your social or business life, think what it would mean to have your problem solved so easily! seats, and what are they doing here?” “They are patric replied the BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package Proves it. 25c-at all druggists. quite understand this feature of your government. Who are all these gen- tlemen who scem to be asleep in their GERMANY now has her hands full, which seems to be more than can said of her stomach, comicbooks.com