Life — November 27, 1919 — page 5: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Warner Shaving Brush Advertisement 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.