Life, 1919-07-24 · page 36 of 40
Life — July 24, 1919 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page primarily contains **advertisements and satirical commentary on post-WWI political figures**, rather than a single cartoon. The main cartoon (bottom left) depicts two men examining a cigar box labeled "Rameses II," with one saying the face resembles the other—both having the same "kind of hair." This is a visual pun: the historical Egyptian pharaoh's image on the cigarette package humorously resembles an ordinary person. The substantial article "Mysterious Personalities" discusses **Béla Kun** (Hungarian communist revolutionary leader) and **Kolchak** (Russian anti-Bolshevik general), noting that Americans receive contradictory information about these figures. The author observes that character judgments of leaders depend less on facts than on the viewer's bias—comparing this to how Wilson is simultaneously praised and condemned depending on one's perspective. The page includes typical period advertisements (Cuticura, Major's Cement, Evans's Depilatory, Ross's Ginger Ale) alongside this political commentary, reflecting Life's format of mixing commerce with satire.
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LIFE RAMESES CIGARETTES “DON'T YOU THINK IE RESEMBLES MF, GEORGE “WELL, VES; HE HAS TH: SAME KIND OF MAUR Rely On Cuticura For Skin Troubles flldrmastste Soap %, Ointment s 0, Taloum zs Sample each free of The Best for Repairing Glassware Crockery, Vases, Meerschaum, Furniture, Books, Tipping Billiard Cues, &c. Use Major’s Cement At all dealers. Rubber and Leather are two separate kinds. Mysterious Personalities HERE is something in the paper almost every day about Bela Kun. The average citizen finds some trouble in keeping up with Bela. He sounds like a girl, and his name would be all right for a champion stenographer or a queen of telephone exchanges, but it seems he is a man, a man-on-horse- hack, and apparently he is prevalent in activities in Hungary. Inquiries made at Budapest would probably reach him, if long enough continued. Perhaps moviegoers and students of Sunday supplements have seen his picture. Let us guess, until corrected, that he is the leader of revo- lutionary forces in Hungary and acting chieftain of that country. The New Republic probably thinks it knows about him and what he is doing. Then there is Kolchak. The N. R. is on to Kolchak with great vehemence, and publishes him on its cover in large type as “Avrocrat AND “TYRANT,” averring that he broke up democratic government in Siberia with the ruth- lessness of a Tartar conqueror. Which may be true, or partly true, because Mr, Embry, lately United States con- sul at Omsk, testifies in the Sun, to extent of a column and a half, that Kolchak is giving Siberia the best gov- ernment it ever had. Kolchak fights the Bolshevists, and at last accounts the Allies, represented hy the Big Four, had determined to hack him. That does not amount to assurance that he is a worthy person and out to make Democracy safe, but it implies that he is against anarchy, and, for the moment, scems the handi- est instrument to fight it. That characters of leaders in West- ern Europe are in dispute need not surprise anyone who notices the im- mense disparities of estimates of the disposition, purpose and services of our Mr, Wilson. Information about Mr, Wilson is copious and fairly re- liable. Information about Bela Kun and Kolchak is haphazard and dis- putable, and you have to take it as you find it and guess how much of is true. But estimates of the characters of these leaders are, as yet, very slightly affected by information. Char- acter, like beauty, lies nowadays very much in the eyes of the beholder. Mr. Wilson is a tyrant, a monster, a self- seeker, an impostor, or the world’s greatest living leader. It depends, not on facts, but on who is looking at him. Possibly it is the same way with Kol- chak. P. RICK HENRY was misquoted. What he really said ri me Lire or give me death.” / @nnnnnANnnnAnnnnnnngannnnnannnnnnannn Remove hair with Evans’s Depilatory The easy and natural way to remove hair from under- arm, face or arms, is to get ‘vans's Depilatory Outfit (complete outfit. for your dressing table). Mix a little, apply it, then wash it off— hair and all. You see, it is very easy. 75¢_at Drug and Depart: ment Stores, or by mail from us, postpaid, on receipt of price, George B Evans 1108 Chestast St. Philadelphia Makers of “Mam” Love’s Labor Lost [5 the Fourth Hon of the Si Pleiad Jupiter stopped. the mas facture, sale and consumption of 1 tar on Olympus. Minerva quit epigramming, Apollow fl no longer lit up, Niobe stopped eryix Diana languished in the chase longer brought home the hacon, got a chill and cuddled up in a sbé hole, and Cupid stopped. pulling 4 long bow. But Prometheus stole the fire-waef) Lidden in Jupiter's vaults, flew to ath end created Man with it Lj Now—ye gods! Belfast Ginger Ale costs more because of its wonderful quality. ROSSS theimported BELFAST Ginger Ale pa —— —— JUUUUUUU JUUUUUUUU UU comicbooks.cofn