Life, 1919-05-15 · page 8 of 50
Life — May 15, 1919 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily a Warner Fountain Shaving Brush advertisement** (left side), not political satire. The ad shows a mechanical shaving brush with a screw-cap that dispenses cream through rubber tubes into the bristles—a product innovation marketed as convenient and time-saving. The right side contains an article titled **"Self-Government Experts Needed,"** where Governor Harrison argues that certain nations (Ireland, Russia, Mexico, Italy, Japan, Germany) lack capacity for self-government and suggests experts should be employed to guide them. The accompanying cartoon depicts rabbits causing property damage, captioned "Another Labor Dispute." The satire here appears to mock Harrison's paternalistic view by implying that even "civilized" nations have labor problems, undermining his hierarchical claims about governance capacity.
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JARRE EFOURNTALIR GHAVING BRUSH “everything but the razor” Click! Out Spouts the Shaving Cream! Just a turn of a screw cap —and your shaving cream feeds through a flexible rub- ber-tube right into the heart of the bristles. Dip the brush in water. Then lather! That's all there is to it. And such lather! Rich, foamy and of just the creamy consistency that affords best distribution over the face, and hence a smoother, more vel- vety shave. Genuine Rubberset Brush The brush is genuine Rubberset— best type of selected bristles; brush- knot unscrews so you can drop in boiling water for sterilzing. When not in use, brush is covered by ven- tilated metal sleeve. Few parts—all heavily nickeled. $3.65 Complete in Box With Soap Cartridge f $4.00 Will Last a Lifetime For Speedier Shaving Think of soap and brush in a single complete unit! Always ready—always handy. Simple—speedy—no waste. Extra cartridges at all dealers as required. Ask Your Dealer to Show You See the Warner at your dealer’s today. You will immediately realize the new comforts it adds to shaving. Thousands of progressive merchants are now selling it. If your dealer’s supply has not yet arrived, write us his name and address and we will send him one for your free inspection. You can then examine the Warner at his store. If entirely satisfied, pay him $4 for the Brush and Soap Car- tridge ($5 in Canada). No obligation to take the Brush, if after examination you do not want it. Guaranteed under the Warner name by the maker of the famous Warner- Lenz and inventor of the Warner Speedometer. WARNER-PATTERSON CO. Also Makers of WARNER-LENZ 905 SO. MICHIGAN AVE. CHICAGO Self-Government Experts Needed GOoveRNog HARRISON says the pinos are now capable of self. ) op government, and should | t Let us hope, then, the And if Governor Harrison come an expert jud; of peoples for self not possible to employ hi the settlement of other this question is involved employ him as a Leagu expert for a term of year as to whether sundry popular! mandatories or not There is Ireland! To he sure, Ire. land is not a ward of th it would help the peac the world to get an expert Ireland's self-governin know the Trish can ge ple who have in them s power and know how t« can the Irish govern the | Nobody knows. It since the thing has heer League expert should say can do it; give them. the encourage Englani ¢ great experiment And there are the Russian mans, the Mexicans and tl not to speak of the Itali Japs. The Japs can go lut can they govern That is a question abou about Germans. Noho want Japanese or German except anand German Italian government seems + factory to Italians than to ot hears that Trieste sighs at being ceded back to Ttaly Our city has been clean f years; now it will be di Heretofore the only accc capacity for self-govern the ability of a pe ever was riding guide itself. If that ol test is to be incomy peace, it is clear that we experts on governmental ¢ ANOTHER LABOR DISPUT : YOU CLeAR OUT oF HERE! 1° MOUSE-CATCHING JOD AROUND comicbooks.com