Life, 1919-11-27 · page 5 of 36
Life — November 27, 1919 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **straightforward product advertisement**, not satire or political commentary. The page promotes the Warner self-lathering shaving brush, manufactured by Warner-Patterson-Perry Company in Chicago. The advertisement emphasizes practical benefits: the brush automatically dispenses soap from its handle, reduces shaving time and inconvenience, and costs about five dollars—slightly more than a traditional brush. The circular photograph demonstrates the brush in use. The ad markets it as a "snappy Christmas gift" and highlights sanitation as a selling point, reflecting early 20th-century concerns about hygiene. There is no cartoon, caricature, or political reference here—simply period advertising copy promoting a grooming product to male readers of *Life* magazine.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
just brush and blade— —your favorite razor and a Warner self-lathering shav- ing brush make the outfit complete. —cut the kit—and reduce the time and inconvenience of shaving. —perhaps it ought to be called the Warner saving brush. —the soap you like best is automatically fed from the handle into the fine Rubberset brush—recharges cost little. —and you'll find it the most sanitary of brushes. —a man’s snappy Christmas gift—sent on receipt of price—five dollars—little more than the cost of a good old-style brush—from your dealer’s or Warner- Patterson-Perry Company, 1024 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago. WARNER comicbooks.com