Life, 1919-04-03 · page 52 of 60
Life — April 3, 1919 — page 52: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, featuring several unrelated commercial products and services typical of early 20th-century magazines. **Main Advertisement:** Boston Garter (sock garters) dominates the left side with an image of a man examining playing cards, emphasizing the product's fit and functionality. **Sidebar Content:** Includes a short story titled "Material for a Story" about a writer seeking inspiration from human experience during wartime, and a brief joke about American soldiers being unable to recognize their own towns—likely WWI-era humor about soldiers from small communities. **Other Advertisements:** Bell-Ans indigestion remedy, Stall's Self and Sex Series (educational books on sexual health marketed to young people), and a pencil company ad. **The "Foregone" Section:** A short comic dialogue suggesting women always ask if they're getting thinner, and that readers should subscribe to *Life* magazine annually—typical period humor about gender stereotypes and self-promotion. The page reflects early 20th-century advertising styles and attitudes without sophisticated political satire.
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Boston ‘$ Garter Men enjoy the greatest garter satisfaction by wearing the Boston. It fits perfectly— is easily and quickly adjusted—stays in place until released and holds the sock smooth without binding. Boston Garter y 2st as 6 BeL-ans Hot water BELL-ANS. FOR INDIGESTION GEORGE FROST CO. Foregone HAT man has never been known to tell a lie.” “Then no woman has ever said to him, * Don’t you think I am getting thinner?” rrect answer to the query, ich would you rather do or go fishing?” ts that it is always a wise thing to become a regular, annual subscriber to Lire. Material for a Story E prided himself on b nd having no inte who saved faded flowers an: bon “T get my inspiration fe from slight human frailties “and a smile from an unkne When war came and h army, he lamented th no inspiration. A spy wa his company. But he saw ne The man on the bunk ¢ him of the trials and tempr wife, now struggling for s this he felt would have literature. At the battle-fro died in his arms. But he d he could write a story or as that, He saw a weakling bec and a hero become a coward. he had no material for ast At last came the day wounded. A plain, homely him a faded daisy Tears came into hi I shall write the ¢ world about that daisy,” he s IRST AMERICAN SOLDIt writing a letter n a): Here, Jim, you aren't write your folks the name o that we're in. Somebody nize it, Secon Amexicay Sonvies Even a guy that had lived h life wouldn't be able to recognize STALL’S SELF AND SEX SERIES The $1.20 books that have helped make the world healthier and happier. Thousinds of our fighting men and the folks tock home have been kept morally clean becuse of th vital truths in these books. Eight Sepa-ate Books at $1.20 Eack “What a Young Boy Ought to Know” “What a Young Man Ought to Know” “What a Young Husband Ought to Know” “What a Man of 45 Ought to Know” “What a Young Girl Ought to Know” “What a Young Woman Ought to Know” “What a Young Wife Ought to Know” “What a Woman of 45 Ought to Knew” Price of each book per copy is $ book shops, or % es h Build seh ood Vir Publishing Co., face Streets, Pitacciia Py Does Your Hand | Itch for a Pencil?