Life, 1920-03-04 · page 71 of 78
Life — March 4, 1920 — page 71: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical and commercial content typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. **"Highwaymanship by Mail"** is a mock advertisement satirizing correspondence courses. It humorously suggests readers with certain physical traits should become *actual highway robbers* rather than police officers, offering a fake "Professor Rufneck's" course promising to triple or quadruple income through robbery. The satire targets the proliferation of dubious mail-order educational schemes of the era, which promised unrealistic financial gains—here taken to absurd criminal extremes as commentary on their fraudulent nature. The remaining content is genuine advertising: Freezone corn remover and Resinol Soap. The Resinol ad addresses spring weather's effects on skin, positioning their product as preventative skincare. This reflects period advertising's emphasis on complexion care as a woman's concern. **The cartoon** (upper right) shows a woman's face experiencing wind effects—a visual supporting the Resinol advertisement's claims about March conditions.
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y shadow t he lies t learned void builded ton Braley think, top to Highwaymanship by Mail IF you have blue hair, red eyes and a cephalic index of .0936, don’t be a policem: You were cut out to be a highway- man. Why waste time at a paltry fifteen hundre’ to two thousand dollars a year when you might be trebling or quadrupling your income as a high- wayt Get busy. Leart highwaymanship at home. Don't Le a piker and rule a beat. Be a two-zum man and beat the rules. Ayoil mistakes. Read Prof. Ruf- neck’s . “The Higher Highway- manship,” then send for Lecture 1, i Trial copy sent free in plain, lettered wrapper. Complete course of twelve (12) lectures, postage prepaid, ten dollars. usual offer. No time to lose. on the ground floor while the game is young and the pickings good. Let our traveling representative call at your home and talk it over. There’s money in it—for you. Nationat Institu fe Hicnway- MANSHIP, INC, Catchpenny Bldg., Chicago, IIL, U.S. N\ Lift Corns out with Fingers Afew drops of Freezone loosen corns so they peel off a few drops of Freezone upon aching corn or a callus. The Soreness stops and shortly the entire corn or callus loosens and can be lifted off without a twinge of pain. Freesone removes hard corns, soft Corns, also corns between the toes and tardened calluses, Freezone does not imitate the surrounding skin. You feel %0 pain when applying it or afterward. A small bottle of Freezone costs but few cents at drug stores anywhere. a tend March Winds an d the Complexion HAT is more invigorating than a walk or drive ona crisp, clear day in early spring, when sharp winds bring a ruddy color to one’s face, and stimulate the joy of living. But these same keen winds produce other effects. They roughen and chap tender skin,—they catch up little par- ticles of dust and lodge them in the tiny pores of the face, and trouble results. The natural oil of the skin combines with the dust and the complexion becomes blotched, gray-looking, and rough. Prevent these conditions—help to keep your skin clear, healthy and soft, by cleansing it with RESINOL SOAP. Let the pure, refreshing lather sink into the pores and tid them of lurking impurities. Sold by all druggists and at toilet goods counters. RESINOL SHAVING. STICK @ gives a creamy, non-drying lather which isalone sufficient to warrant its adoption by the discrimi: ating man. comicbooks.com