Life, 1920-08-26 · page 32 of 36
Life — August 26, 1920 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains four product advertisements: 1. **Pantasote** (car tops) — emphasizes durability against weather 2. **Cuticura Soap** — skin care product 3. **Dunhill Pipes** — tobacco pipes from London 4. **Laurel-in-the-Pines** — New Jersey resort destination The page also includes a **book review section** ("The Latest Books"), discussing works by Edwin Arnold and John Erskine on American character and democracy. The reviewer mildly critiques Arnold's writing as platitudinous but praises Erskine's thinking, particularly his book *The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent*. There is **no political cartoon or satire** visible here. The page represents typical 1920s magazine content: advertisements mixed with literary criticism, targeting educated, middle-class readers interested in consumer goods and intellectual discussion.
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Secret, nubberless, camposition exclusively used in * making Sxplains ion sua, Ln cold, xain ar grease da aot injure Pantasote covered tops. St alsa explains why they aewe Best and look Gest the fongest. Look for this Pantasote Label The Pantasate Company re Wict'wenmes Roviting Green Building New York Cty Cuticura Soap Talcum, 2e. everywhere, ratorien Dept 7, Maldon, ace The Latest Books (Continued from page 369) Edwin Arnold, as any reader may know by a glance at this book’s jacket, his platitudinous essays, or reminiscences (mostly mere anecdotes), here gathered together continually refer to his father in png this absurd style: “I was conversing ALL DUNHILL PIPES BEAR THE ROUND WHITE DOT AND ARE STAMPED (George H. Doran Company.) Six ad- dresses dealing with American character American and French ideals, society as 2 university, university leadership, ete They present some conventional ideas, but also some unusual insights; are the work of a powerful mind, but are not its bes work. Even as you read (very much ine terested), you feel a certain disappoint- ment; you ask: “ Why does a man with so capable and original a mind gather up half a dozen addresses, necessarily mere glimpses, and publish them? Why doesn't he give us a real book on his general sub- ject, going deep, rounded out?” Perhaps he will; at any rate Professor Erskine evidently sees through a lot of fallacies. He sees that machinery hasn't helped the worker, that only Americans habitually think in terms of the future, that educa- tion begins at home. -He once wrote a book called The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent. Well, intelligence carries with it a moral obligation to speak out. Many, Many Moons, by Lew Sarett (Henry Holt & Co.) Free verse aiming to express Indian medicine chants, love songs and dances; lyrics evoking wood sounds and scenes; and several Chippewa council talks—monologues. For the elect. Grant M. Overton. LAUREL- in-the-PINES LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY OPEN THE YEAR ‘ROUND OUR vacation dreams _ will come true at Lakewood. Two beautiful lakes, miles of pine for- ests, a perfect golf course, tennis courts, pine-clad walks and bridle paths await you. The Atlantic Ocean, but ten miles away, adds all the delights of the seashore. Excellent roads stretching forth in all directions make Lakewood a motorist’s paradise. LONDO| M.M. Importing Co. 6 East 45th St. N.Y. SOLE AGENTS IN THE U. S. with the author of The Light of Asia, when our hostess naively asked him,” etc. Plainly, Julian Arnold is a kindly fellow with nothing to say. Democracy and Ideals, by John Erskine. A half dozen trains leave New York and Philadelphia cach day for the resort. Summer reservations now booking —————— comicbooks.comus