Life, 1919-07-10 · page 48 of 50
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This page is primarily **advertising**, typical of Life's satirical approach to commercialism. The ads use humor and social commentary to sell products. The main cartoon, "He Can't Get Them!," shows a caricatured thief unable to steal a car protected by Powersteel Autowlock—a visual pun on the security device's effectiveness. The fictional anecdote "A Man To Be Proud Of" satirizes Irish-American stereotypes and Prohibition (which went into effect in 1920). Mrs. O'Leary shares newspaper coverage that "America gone dry," and Mrs. Finnegan proudly boasts that her absent husband Pat claimed he could "drink dry" any country—a joke playing on Irish drinking stereotypes and American anxiety about Prohibition's enforcement. The brief note about "Movies of the Future" sarcastically suggests adapting serious philosophical works (Darwin, Kant) to cinema, mocking both academic pretension and Hollywood's appetite for literary adaptation. The page reflects post-WWI American concerns: theft, foot comfort for soldiers, and Prohibition's implementation.
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94 He Can’t Get Them! Powerstert. AvtowLock protects your car and spare tire against thieves. The combination of strong Yellow Strand Wire Rope and non-pickable spring lock saves you 10% on theft insurance in some companies. of Rockies. At dealers, $2.35 east 3astine AUTOWLINE, also made of Yellow Strand Rope, is H tow-home insuran as patented Snaffle dealers, $5.80 cast of Rockies. Vowrnstent Trucatine, is needed by east of Rockies, at $11.30 with plain ho Broverick & Bascom Rorr. Company Manufacturers of Celebrated 3 Leading L St. Louts, g Camps ery truck-owner $12.75 with Snaftle Hooks. Hooks. At Retails, New York Strand Wire Rope—U: C3 5 A -POWERSTEEL ‘AuTowock\ No Matter Where You Work Whether ut a desk, or on a truck, or twenty stories high as a riveter—your legs deserve the best you can give them. They help you~be fair to them—get them the E.Z. GARTER “The One That Won't Bind’? Itholds the sock perfectly yet geatty—atves the wwoscles tree play and aever restricts circalation. ‘The FZ. ts the original wide-webbing garter U your dealer cannct supply you, do not ac” cept a substitute Sead us his mae Ol course ithas been imitated, bat “forewarned is forean E. Z.—356. Fip—45e. 60e., and $1.23 THE THOS. P. TAYLOR CO., Dept. L., Bridgeport, Conn, ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED | THOUSAND POUNDS OF | POWDER FOR THE FEET. | That is what the government Sent last year to | make the soldiers’ and sailors’ feet comfortable and fit for the kind of war they fought and finished. IN PEACE AND WAR for over 25 years Allen’s Foot=Ease, the Anti- septic, Healing Powder for the Feet, to be shaken into the shoes and sprinkled in the foot-bath, has been the standard remedy for all aching, swollen, hot, tired feet, blisters and sore spots and for the instant relief of corns, bunions and callouses. Thousands of people sent packages of Allen's se to their sons, brothers or sweethearts in the army and navy, because they knew from experience, that it would freshen and rest their feet, make their shoes comfortable and walking easy. Those who use Allen's Foot=Ease have solved their foot troubles. A Man To Be Proud Of AT FINN N had left his wife in Ireland and gone to America to try his fortune and establish a home for his family in the new world. It was some two or three weeks after Pat's departure that his wife stood in the meager garden in front of her home, looking down the road her man had gone, and moodily speculating on his success. She was rudely startled by the harsh voice of Mrs. O'Leary calling her over the fence. “Have you heard the news from America, Mrs. Finnegan?” aith, an’ Oi have not.” in the paper this marnin’. Read it fer yersilf. ‘America gone dry. Last alcoholic drink sold at mid- night, June 30." Mrs. Finnegan looked doubtful for a minute, then, swelling with pride and casting a triumphant glance at Mrs. O'Leary, she shouted back, “ Faith, an’ Pat always said, give him two weeks an’ there was not a country in the wourld he couldn't drink dry.” THE TORTOISE AND THE HAIR 1) PRINTER The Movies of the Future A theatrical journal announees that shortly there will be produced s “dramatized version of Darwin “The Origin of Species.’ We may now expect an arrangement for the stage of Kant's “Critique of Pare Reason.” Or perhaps that could be better adapted to the cinewa —Manchester Guardian S “ENE Entrance to mo ic ture theatre, Sign-boards and posters announcing To-day, Charlie Chaplin in “ The Coe gressional Record.” Five reels. Wet nesday, Mary Pickford in “ The Phone Book.” y. Theda Bara in “Ry Thesaurus.” Next week, Pea White and Francis X “The Dictionary.” Bushman @ Seven reels, UR canny old friend Skinflint by figured it out that he not om actually saves money by being ane! nual subscriber to Lave, but that k saves shoe-leather by letting Uke Sam's postman bring the weekly coh to him instead of going out to buy? himself. It has all the goodness the name typifies in beverages. WVSTOI "WA date Grocers, sts & Dealer's If You Are Leaving®To please advise us of any intended chan your address. The post office forwards letters to changed addresses, not papers. us prompt notice or your copies will be Notice must reach us ten days in ad —by the Monday of the week preced date of changing the address, LIFE 17 West 31st Street, Subscription Department The Best for Repairing Crockery, Vases, Meerschaum, Furniture, Books, Tipping Billiard Cues, &c. Use Major’s Cement At all dealers. Rubber and Leather are two separate kinds. comicbooks.