Life, 1918-12-12 · page 34 of 34
Life — December 12, 1918 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and book listings** rather than political satire. The dominant content includes: **Advertisements:** Luden's cough drops, "Mum" deodorant, and Fownes gloves occupy substantial space with typical early-20th-century product claims. **The only satirical content** is a brief section titled "Headlines Inspired by the Late War"—military terminology applied absurdly to domestic events. Examples mock WWI's battlefield language by describing a wedding party "penetrating a rice barrage," bachelor maids planning a "draft," and a church congregation being "gassed." This satirizes how thoroughly war language had saturated American speech during/after World War I. **Book reviews** list recently published titles, many war-related ("Secretary Baker at the Front," "Songs of a Red Cross Nurse"), reflecting the era's preoccupation. The page reflects post-WWI American culture: commercialism, lingering war consciousness, and gentle humor about how thoroughly military vocabulary had infiltrated everyday conversation.
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EAE Give Quick Relief from throat tickle, soreness, and annoying irritations. Sweeten the breath and comfort the mouth. No nar- cotics, no coloring—safe and pleasant. In the Luden yellow, sanitary package. Wm. H. Luden - - Reading, Pa. LUDENS MENTHOL COUGH DROPS Headlines Inspired by the Late War GMITH-JOD 5 Wedding Party Pene- trate Heavy Rice Barrage and Reach Union Depot Sector in Safety. . Sixteen Prisoners Taken in Mrs. But- tin Somehow’s Drive for Dinner Guests. Twelfth-Ward Salient Goes Over the Top in the Number of Sick Cases Reported. Eighteen to Forty-five-Year Draft Planned by Bachelor Maids of No-Man's-Land Apartment House Immense Congregation Gassed by Doc- tor Holden at St. Speed's on Sun- day. —takes all the odor out of perspiration Every woman wants ‘““Mum” in her boudoir, for it safeguards her against embarrassment throughout the year. Instantly it neutralizes the tell-tale odors of perspiration. It is harmless and cannot stain the flimsi- est garments. 25c—at drug- and department-stores. +" Mum" isa trade mark registered in U. S. Patent Offce.| “Mum” Mfg Co 1106 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Books Received The Glorious Hope, by Jane Burr. (Jane Burr, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y.) A Little Boy Lost, by W. H. Hudson (Alfred A, Knopf, $1.50.) Shelley's Elopement, by Alexander Har- vey. (Alfred A. Knopf, $2.) Fairies and Fusiliers, by Robert Graves. (Alfred A. Knopf, $1.) The Other Side, by (Alfred A. Knopf, $1.) The War-Workers, by E. M. Delafield (Alfred A. Knopf, $1.50.) The Turquoise Story Book, by Ada and Eleanor Skinner. (Duffield & Co., $1.75.) Sea King of Barnegat, by Russell D. Smith. (Duffield & Co., $1.40.) Outeasts Beulah Land and Other Poems, by Roy Helton, (Henry Holt & Co., $1.30.) Almanzar, by J. Frank Davis, (Henry Holt & Co., $t.) The Love of an Unknown Soldier, from a manuscript found in a dug-out. (John Lane Company, $1.25.) Blithesome Jottings, by Gertrude San- born. ‘(Four Seas Company, Copley The atre Building, Boston, Mass., $1.25.) pert: Franka. The Peace of Roaring River, by George Van Schaick. (Small, Maynard & Co. $1.50.) The Crack in the Bell, by Peter Clark Macfarlane. (Doubleday, Page & Co., $1.40.) The Magnificent Ambersons, by Booth Tarkington. (Doubleday, Page & Co.) Adventures in Beaver Stream Camp, by A. Radclyffe Dugmore. (Doubleday, Page & Co., $1.35.) The Valley of the Giants, by Peter B Kyne, (Doubleday, Page & Co., $1.40.) ecretary Baker at the Front, by Ralph A. Hayes. (Century Company, $1.) The Catskills, by T. Morris Long- streth, (Century Company, $2.50.) The Merry Heart, by Helen Raymond Abbott. (Century Company, $1.40.) Skyrider, by B. M. Bower. (Little, Brown & Co., $1.40.) Out of the s es, by } E. Wal- ler. (Little, Brown & Co., $1. After They Came Out of the Ark, by P. Put y Menus for War Serv ta Quay Franks. (G. P. Patn: Dress You Wear and How » by Mary Jane Rhoe. (G. s, by Bennett Cop- plestone. | ton & Co. For Ax and Long Ago. by W. H Hudson. (E. P. Dutton & Co., $2.30.) Songs of a Red Cross Nurse, by Brooks More. (Cornhill Company, Boston. Mass., $1.25.) LD dog Tray, ever faithful; Grief cannot drive him away. For he’s gentle and he's kind, And you'll never, never find A better friend than old dog Tray— except Lire, which comes, ever faith- fully, Tuesday mornings to its regular yearly subscribers. OWNE The international stan’ dard of glove value. The most exacting Mil- itary and Civilian re- quirements completely satisfied—in leather, fur, silk or fabric. At the Principal Shops. American art and skill has produced alicays in the glove, “It may be for years—and it may be forev-v-ver SI Ge BILTMORE 43rd and 44th Streets and Madison Averat The center of social life at TEA TIME Ideally convenient for suburban dwellers