Life, 1921-01-06 · page 3 of 44
Life — January 6, 1921 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily an advertisement**, not satirical content. It promotes Hinds Honey and Almond Cream, a skincare product manufactured by A. S. Hinds of Portland, Maine. The ad targets women concerned with winter skin care, featuring a fashionably dressed woman in 1920s attire (cloche hat, fur collar). The marketing emphasizes that the cream prevents roughness and chapping while maintaining a "soft, velvety skin" despite harsh weather exposure. The small illustration at bottom shows people engaged in winter outdoor activities (skiing or sledding), suggesting active lifestyles requiring protective skincare. This reflects typical early-20th-century beauty advertising: positioning cosmetics as practical necessities for maintaining appearance through seasonal challenges rather than luxury items.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
To Have That Soft, Velvety Skin in Midwinter,— to retain that lovely, clear complexion, even tho daily exposure to bleak winds is unavoidable,— is easily and agreeably accomplished. In fact, it is being done by the very people you meet every day. You admire the splendid condition of their face, neck and hands. It is Hinds Honey and Almond Cream that prevents roughness and chapping; that makes the skin soft almost as soon as applied, and keeps it so, regardless of outdoor exposure; that over- comes dry, sallow or eruptive conditions; that adds a wholesome, refreshed charm to all complexions. Hinds Honey and Almond Cream forms a per- fect base for face powder, permitting an invisible blending of powder and skin-texture, exquis- itely smooth and gratifiying. May we send you “A Week End Box” including all these Toilet Requisites, 50c.—or, if you prefer, separate packages for yourtrial,—sce offer below. ey and Almond Cream 5c. Either Cold APP ‘J a . 4 Trial Cake Surctoencioss «=©ANe Se HINDS f amount requi t do not send 208 WEST STREET y reign stamps orfofelgnimoncy. PORTLAND, MAINE BOIS Ree a once tice or mailed postpaid in U.S. A. from laboratory — —s comicbooks.com