Life, 1918-02-14 · page 35 of 40
Life — February 14, 1918 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and filler content** rather than political satire. The main content includes: 1. **"A Blessing on All College Journalists"** — A celebratory poem by Arthur Guiterman praising college newspaper writers and editors. It's gentle mockery in the tradition of "mock-heroic" verse, treating student journalists as noble figures while poking fun at their youthful earnestness, their struggles with deadlines, and their desire for glory. 2. **Product advertisements** dominating the page: Resinol Soap (complexion care), "Mum" deodorant, and a baldness treatment book. These reflect early 20th-century consumer culture and common anxieties about appearance and hygiene. The page contains no significant political commentary — it's typical magazine filler showcasing both light literary content and commercial advertising, standard for *Life* magazine during this era.
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| “LIFE: 275 | A Blessing on All College Journalists YF who write for college papers, Merry sophomoric japers, Candidates for inky glories— Ye who pen ambitious stories, : Noble essays, lyric fancies, | Undergraduate romances, es to Sereeds that reck with information, Slangy quips and odes Horation— Ye who, fearing no one's strictures, ] Draw such enterprising pictures, Black-and-white originators, ryonic illustrators— | Ye who carn still greater credit, Manumitted souls that edit | College magazine and journal, I Weekly, monthly or diurnal; 1 Greatly daring, bravely striving, Many fa Giving Genius, off, its chrism, ing, few arriving, Running schools of journalism; Since your spirits keep the savor Lost by older souls and raver, | Since your minds are fresh and truth- ful, Since your worst is yet so youthful, Since your best is, oh, so clever, May your light shine on forever! Live and flourish! Heaven bless you! May no wordly, ills distress you; May no debts nor duns assail you; May subscribers never fail you; May you never dread oppressors— ae All-too-literal professors, Fussy presidents, or others; Saucy, joyous younger brothers; May you never know affliction! Bless you! Take our benediction! 4 Fame's immortal red geraniums h a Ss re e are d m co | Arthur Guiterman, Lam so happy since — If you want a clear, fresh, glowing complexion, use Resinol Soap at Ieast once a day. Work a warm, 6 M 99 creamy lather of it well into the pores, then rinse m . the face with plenty of cold water. U It does not take many days of such regular care (as easy to use as to say) : with Resinol Soap to show an improvement, because the Resinol medication soothes and refreshes the skin, while the pure soap is cleansing it. The same treatment does wonders for the hands, arms and neck. Resinol Soap contains no artificial coloring and no harsh, irritating alkali, so may be used safely on the most delicate skin. Practically all_druggists and dealers in toilet goods sell Resinol Soap. For a trial size, free, write to Dept. s4-B, Resinol, Baltimore, Md. takes all the odor out of perspiration —and keeps skin and clothing fresh | and sweet. You needn’t use much | —a little lasts all day. Everyone) needs it. Harmless and _ stainless. | — 25c—at drug- and department-stores. French Babies Auxi ba ttnter tos view R: inued from page 266) 24. c_ Fouillade. Miss W. D. M. J. Land L.A, BL, Wester M. J. L. and L.A. C., D'Herver. J. Edward “Shum isa trade mark registered in U.S. Patent Office. “MUM” MFG CO 1106 Chestnut St Phila Pa BALDNESS Several contrib René Imbert. Mrs. Sims Ely, Jr, | = oger Dodane. Mrs. G. I. Rockel, Phoenix, Ariz. wicca 'S CAUSES, ITS TREATMENT AND ITS || Cal. 89. Lucienne Lebégue. Muriel, Edgar _ ° Mrs. Talcott. M. and Kathryn Ward, New York City. i PREVENTION Williamstown, ‘Mass 1973. Jean Zehr. Harry Addison Kuhn, i The Valley View Garden City, Lo 1. By Richard W. Miiller, M. D. Conn. 2055. Marie Louise Schmitt. Elizabeth B. $2.00 net. Postage Extra. At all bookstores 34. ri Mrs. Mary V. Telfer, Syracuse, N.Y. | 4 E. P, DUTTON & CO., 681 Fifth Avenue, New York | Hinckley and Chas. H. Vinton, Brookline, mae an HCigDPE yGzonach. Frida Mary