Life, 1919-06-26 · page 42 of 43
Life — June 26, 1919 — page 42: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political satire. Key elements: **"The Old Family Doctor"** (poem by Edmund J. Kiefer): A nostalgic tribute to the traditional small-town physician—humble, affordable, beloved by patients—contrasting implicitly with the modern medical establishment's higher costs and pretensions. **"A Just Rebuke"** (letter to editor): Defends domestic servants and housemaids against social ridicule, arguing their work is essential and their demand for better wages is justified, not shameful. **"The Burleson Government"** (editorial note): References Postmaster General Albert Burleson's discrimination against Western/Southwestern mail subscribers (likely higher postage rates). *Life* magazine emphasizes it doesn't similarly discriminate, maintaining stable prices despite wartime inflation and increased labor costs. **Evans's Depilatory** (advertisement): Period hair-removal product ad. The page reflects post-WWI economic concerns: inflation, labor disputes, and regional inequities in government services.
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Where to Stop OULDN’T it add im- mensely to the pleasure of your motor trips to know all about every desirable hotel en route- where you can enjoy excellent service, good food and a good bed? You will find most of them recommended and described in THE AUTOMOBILE é. BLUE BOOK & The Standard Road Guide of America Drop in at the next book-store, supply store, garage, or newsstand and examine acopy. Price $3.00, or sent postpaid on receipt of $3.15, The Automobile Blue Book Publishing Company New York Chicago Books Received The Wicked Marquis, by E. Phillips Oppenheim. (Little, Brown & Co.) My Husband, by Mrs. Vernon Castle. ribner’s Sons.) (Charles. Blue-Gra by Maria son Davies. (The Century Com- s and ton Pezet (The Century Cox N t Bombing the Bedou: Robt. Reece. (Houghton Miffin pany, Boston, Mass.) and Other Poems, by Stratford Company, ¢ Eastern Question, by 1 s F. Millard. (The Century Company.) Night Magic and Other Poems, by Ruth Elliott. (The Stratford Company, B ton, Mass.) Christ as a Teacher, by John W. Way- land. (The Stratford Company, Boston, Mass.) The Old Family Doctor H didn't wear a bristling beard Or terrifying glasses ; By babies wee he wasn’t feared, He loved the lads and lasses. He didn't have a mammoth six To tote him round the city, Rut he would help you in a fix— Rig heart that knew real pity! He didn't ten With knives of little b He asked no thousand F doing just his duty. He didn't write a brace of tomes, He wasn’t very wealthy ; Rut he brought cheer to many homes, And he kept people healthy Edmund J. Kiefer. A Just Rebuke To tie Eottow or Lire —Sé © paper ridi- T have read several articles In one in the so-calle cv stance she was supposed to wear bor rowed, if not stolen, clothing. Pe in times past some one of these was obliged to wear cast-off articles for the very reason she was too poorly paid. Not so in these times. Now they de- mand better pay, and consequently are ridiculed for that. Pray tell, why is this occupation so shamefully belittled?- When there are so many orphans needing es, how much better is home in a than a factory with its tempta- tions for young girls, and what is more essential than clean rooms and well pre- for a housewife? Yet what is will fill such places pared meals elf-respecting | About a Minute That’s what it takes to re- move r from the arms, or underarm, with p ; Evans’s Depilatory Easy and quick. You just mix a little, put it on, and then wash it off—hair and all. Doesn't injure the skin, The outfit is complete for immediate use at your dressing t Drug and Department Store by mail from us, postage and War Tax paid, on receipt of 78e. George B Evans Makers of *M: 1168 Chestost Street Philadelphia The Burleson Government finds it necessary to discrimina against citizens who live in the Western and — South-Western States, Lire does not — discrimi: against its readers in those Sta In Spite of the cost of mail to the Western Western States; In Spite of the largely increased cost coated and super-calendered pa per; In Spite of the great advance in the wages o! union labor affecti . pressmen, feeders 3 In Spite of increased sala of all materials, did not increase its pric the war and has not increased them since the war. Unless some- thing unforeseen occurs the price of Lire will remain the same as before, and unifornt, regardless of cones. PER COPY TEN CiNTS PER YEAR United States and A Possessions Five Dollar Canada Five & 52/tov Dollars All Countries in Pi D Six & Doll in the face of such ridicule is the pres constantly casts upon them Ax [spies ix Cook [Lire accepts this rebuke with a chastened spirit. Certainly there is « hat of calling more important thon sk. We hereby to all good cooks. take off our hi their shadow the , } never grow less!—Tue Evivoxs.] Surceon (before the of rying? Tut! Tut! Why, it to anything Tue Ticutwao (sith a s Thank you, doctor. I kne reasonable —Buffalo Express comicbooks.com