Life, 1919-04-17 · page 43 of 46
Life — April 17, 1919 — page 43: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **commercial advertising** rather than satirical content. The main feature is a full-page advertisement for **Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen**, showcasing the product overlaid on a cityscape illustration of lower Manhattan (specifically "The Pen Corner" at 191 Broadway). The ad emphasizes the pen's importance to business and global commerce. The left column contains a **dental health advertisement for Forhan's toothpaste**, warning against pyorrhea (gum disease) with medical claims typical of early 20th-century advertising. It uses fear-based marketing, suggesting gum disease leads to systemic infection. Below these ads is a **book review section** listing contemporary literature, including war-related titles ("War Finance," "Sniper Jackson," "An American Poilu"), suggesting this issue dates to or shortly after World War I. There is **no political cartoon or satirical content** visible on this page—it functions as a commercial and literary review section of the magazine.
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! TWis MUST BE THRE MLESS Day!" Latest Books Amelia E. Barr y bel Os- Watt & Co., $1.50.) { of Satan, by Beatrice J. Watt & Co., $1.50.) OAST defense protects the life of a nation, gum de- fense the life of a tooth. On the gum | |) line danger lies. _ IF i shrinks through Pyor- rhea (Riggs’ Disease) decay strikes into the heart of the tooth. | Beware of gum tender- ness that warns of Pyor thea. Four out of five people over forty have ||. Pyorrhea — many under forty also. Loosening teeth indicate Pyorthea. Bleeding gums. too Re- member—these inflamed. bleeding gums act as 0 many doorways for dis- ease germs to enter the system — infecting the joints of tonsils—or caus- ing other ailments, Forhan’s positivelypre- vents Pyorrhea. if used in time and used consis- tently, As it hardens the gums the teeth be- come firmer. Brush your teeth with Forhan’s. It cleans the teethscientifically—keeps them white and clean. | If gum shvinkage has already | set in, start ung Fochan’s | and consult a denust mmeds ately for special treatment. 3c and 60c tubes All Deuggssts FORHAN CO. 200 6th Ave., N.Y. “The Pen Corner’ —191 Broadway (Cor. Dey St.), New York. The Home of Waterman’ (ial Fountain Pen Growth is inevitable when a, con al point we serve our tho gaged in f SE na ghout the world and thus s small beg You are invited to visit the home SN erhanded ait fountain pen that is taking so important in the day's work of the world put of S We take pride retail stores Waterman's Ideals tion to. th Ideal. Here in well-appoi L. E. WATERMAN COMPANY 300 clerical employees and from here s c New York Boston Chicago San Francisco Moatreal {TTT TT Ivan Speaks, by Thomas Whittemore by Frank Moss. (The Stratford Com- (Houghton Mifflin Company, 75 ¢ pany, $1.) Sniper Jackson, by Frede: ble-Eagles, by Mark S. Gross. (Houghton Mifflin Company, $1.60.) e Stratford Company, $1.50.) hing of the Church of Eng War Finance, by Clarence W. Barron Allen Tidball, D_D. (Houghton Mittin Company, $1.50.) They Who Understand, by Lilian Whit- ing. (Little, Brown & Co., $1 iby Rachel Swete i. Putnam's Sons An American Poilu, by . (Little, Brows & Co./$3 35.) The Untamed, by Max Brand. (G. P. en Valley, by Katharine Reynolds. Putnam's Sons, $1.50.) (Little Brown & Co., $1.50.) Civilization, by Dr. Georges Duhamel. America's Mission to Serve Humanity, (The Century Company, $1.50.) comicbooks.com