Life, 1919-05-01 · page 6 of 44
Life — May 1, 1919 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** rather than political satire. The main image shows two men examining a fabric label, advertising B.V.D. brand underwear—a prominent early 20th-century manufacturer. The accompanying text emphasizes quality cotton and "B.V.D. Nainsook" fabric. Below are product illustrations for B.V.D. undergarments with pricing. The right side contains "The Biograph" section—a humorous biographical poem about **Herbert Clark Hoover**, who appears to be the target of mild satirical mockery. The verse critiques his public moralizing about food restrictions and government dietary advice, sarcastically presenting him as an insufferable food-policy enforcer. This suggests the page dates from Hoover's presidency (1929-1933) when food regulation was politically contentious. The remaining content includes brief household advice and a Motorola phonograph advertisement.
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FE weave the cool B. V. "Yes, Sir! That label Guarantees Yu D. Nainsook in our own mills especially equipped to make this fabric. The cotton used is particularly selected for its quality and strength. This insures to you, the wearer, that superiority and economy only obtain- able in B. V. D. Underwear. B.V. D. Coat Cut Undershirts and Knee Length Drawers, $1.00 the Garment B.V D Sleeveless Closed Crotch Union Suits (Pat U. S. A.), $1.75 the suit. THE B. V. D. COMPANY, New York. If: ithasnt this } rats Red Woven Label Household Apothegms HE lowest form of animal life: the husband who inspects the kitchen after his wife has gone to bed. The back yard, like Boston, is a state of mind. Good or bad manners in a family are usually set for the at the breakfast table. The boy who knows both sides of a hairbrush has acquired the beginning of wisdom, Ra Neng COA ont vin Gant It isn't BV.D Underwear ‘lization will have rr highest point when housewives learn to keep carving knives sharp during the husbands’ absence. Many families treat God like a doc- tor: they send for Him only in emer- gencies, and consider that His office hours are on Sunday, from eleven until twelve-thirty. The bath tub is no respecter of per- sons, What every mother knows: father. LetCuticuraBe YourBeautyDoctor All dragatste; Boap 2, Olntment £5 & [, Tal. Bample each free of “Catieura, Dept. B, Reston The Biograph HERBERT CLARK HOOVER HE Who, not merely WI Hoover, Is Herbert C, the Fat-Remover That Engineer of wide Kenown Who kept the Nation’s Waist-line do He mined all over Terra Firma Australia, China, Russia, Burma Then took a Governmental Seat And told us what we Must Not Fat “Be circumspect,” he warned, “in Carving ; \ Lot of Better Folks are Starving! “Forbear that Extra Slice of Bread! My Belgian Babies must be fed!" And when, O Self-indulgent Sinner! You begged a Second Lump at Dinner, He froze you with a Frigid Glance And said, “That Sugar goes to France!” He held us down to Fish and Chickens Until we murmured, “Oh, the Dick- ens!” But if you speared Another Chop He smacked your Wrist and made you stop. I haven't met a Steak for Ages! How oft I've conned his Pamphlets’ Pages To cry, “Upon what Meat, indeed, Himself does this our Caesar feed?” That rigid Food Administrator Could make a famished Alligator Who snapped an Unpermitted Course Repent and wail, “ Remorse, remorse!” He sniffed about the Picnic Hamper, On every Banquet put a Damper; He glowered, Conservation’s Priest, The Skeleton at every Feast. And still, a Lean and Hungry Cassius, His Reprobating Eyes abash us; So when we want to Eat at all, We turn his Picture to the Wall! Arthur Guiterman. The Motrola Winds any make or model phonograph electrically, Eas- ily attached without marring | woodwork-por- itiveinoperation. Simply touch a betton to wind your phono- ‘graph, ‘Write us today $ of ask your dealer JONES-MOTROLA, Inc. 29 West 35th St. 57 E. Jacksoo Bivd. New York Chicago comicbooks.com