Life, 1920-05-06 · page 41 of 56
Life — May 6, 1920 — page 41: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and book reviews**, not political satire. The main content includes: **Book Reviews** (right column): Grant M. Overton reviews contemporary novels including works by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding and John Galsworthy. One review mentions *The Inside Story of the Peace Conference* by Edward J. Dillon, discussing the Paris Peace Conference (post-WWI, 1919) with cynicism—suggesting the conference failed to produce lasting idealistic outcomes. **Advertisements** (left and center): - A **dandruff shampoo ad** (Pétrole-Hahn) with a small cartoon of a man scratching his head - A **Tiffany & Co.** luxury goods advertisement The dandruff cartoon is mild humor about an everyday annoyance, not political commentary. The page reflects 1920s consumer culture and literary criticism rather than satirical commentary on current events. The Peace Conference reference is the only topical element—expressing postwar disillusionment.
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The Latest Books (Continued from page 846) grate with him or try to curb him sam ometimes feels half sorry for on Bissing, The letters exchanged ah von der Lancken, with their ex- carsions into it ternational law and the Josophy of Kant, are especially at- frequently amusing, by Elisabeth (George H. Doran pany.) A first novel to which the shers properly call special atten- The critical verdict will probably teil down to something like this: The f that kind of wom- ANDRUFF is an unnecessary nuisance, first of all. Actually, substance, it is dead skin. If ture falls short in supplying the food so essential to the delicate rtoots, the scalp becomes dry dsaly. Tiny particles flake off are called “dandruff.” druff is easily eliminated or ted by the daily use of Pétrole It contains a scientific pro- tion of necessary oil-food (refined m)—merely enough to keep "4 talp soft and fertile, and to the hair-roots. invigorating hair-dressing Hahn is delightfully refresh- and its dainty perfume is favored Cm™n and women alike. Buy a fit today and be safe from dand- and under-fed hair-roots. etrole-Hahn ¥air-Health and Hair-Wealth PVIBERT, LYONS, FRANCE. kading druggists everywhere. Small size, ize, $2.25. Sample bottle on receipt Minit Be. Park & Tilford, 529 West 42nd St., swit BB'k. Sole Agents in’ the United States. TIFFANY & Co. JEWELRY SILVERWARE WATCHES CLOCKS STATIONERY QUALITY VALUE Superior Service BY MAIL Trt AVENUE &37@ STREET New YorRK less mother-animal, done with a crisp, firm, light touch, an unconquerable sense of humor, limitless but well- leashed power and a tremendous irony. Construction a little awkward, People sometimes spoiled by being cartooned. Incidents occasionally so handled as to remain incredible. . But what will the public say? Except for here and there a misogynist, it will hate the book with a hatred unspeakable. Tatterdemalion, by John Galsworthy. (Charles Scribner's Sons.) A collec- tion of tales and sketches, part of them having to do with the war. Unusually brief, nearly always exquisite; not “stories,” but pictures designed to kindle emotion. Miss Lulu Bett, by Zona Gale. (D. Appleton & Co.) Serious work of a very high order in succession to Miss Gale’s novel, Birth, The story of a household drudge whose marriage is followed swiftly by a shocking dis- covery; what comes after that is what counts, The Inside Story of the Peace Con- ference, by Edward J. Dillon. (Harper & Bros.) Long and rather gossipy, yet out of the tangle of fact, hearsay, in- ference and opinion there does emerge a convincing view of what went on at Paris, both before and behind the scenes. The view is one calculated to leave idealistic souls everywhere plunged in hopeless despair. It is im- possible to feel that Paris in 1919 was a whit more promising than Vienna a hundred years earlier. Grant M, Overton. comicbooks.com