Life, 1921-01-13 · page 34 of 36
Life — January 13, 1921 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **product advertisements and satirical commentary**, not political cartoons. **Key Content:** 1. **Musterole Ad**: Promotes a topical pain-relief product as superior to old-fashioned mustard plasters—a common home remedy grandmothers used. The humor targets outdated medical practices. 2. **"Youth" Essay**: Satirizes society's obsession with youth culture. The piece wryly notes that while everyone claims "youth runs the world," the reality is that older people have simply *adopted* youthful behavior and fashion—so the definition of "youth" has expanded to include people "from fifty onwards." It's social satire about aging Baby Boomers-style phenomenon, though from a 1920s perspective. 3. **"Safety First" Joke**: A woman parks illegally in a "Safety Zone" (a no-parking area), misinterpreting the sign. Light humor about traffic regulations. 4. **"Advice to Young Authors"**: Satirical writing tips that tell aspiring authors to essentially do everything wrong—reject rejection, avoid studying technique, write bad free verse. It's humorous anti-advice. The page is primarily **advertising with humorous editorial content**, not political satire.
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7 -LIFE- Better than a mustard plaster Once when grandma’s joints commenced to ache and twinge, she used to FF, to the mustard pot and makea mustard plaster. Now she goes to Musterole and gets relief, but does without the blister and the plaster, too! My, how good that Musterole feels when you rub it in over that those sore muscles, First you feel the feats tingl en the de- tful, soo! coolness that reaches in the twing- ing joints or stiff, sore muscles, it penetrates to the heart of the congestion. This is because it is made of oil of Mustard and other home simples, And the heat gen- erated by Musterole will not blister. On the cont the of Mustcrole fiesta tho fact thse shortly it gives you such a cool, telieved feeling all about the twingey part. And Musterole usually brings the relief while you are rubbing iton. Always keep a jar handy. Many doctors and nurses recommend Musterole. 35c and 65c jars—$3.00 hospital size. The Musterole Co., Cleveland, Ohio BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER Tt 8 With Noo ST ep Advice to Young Authors D° not forget to write far apart; in the case of film scenarios, say, ten or twelve years apart. Write on one side of the paper. The other side will come in handy some day. If your first stories are rejected, do not be discouraged. There are other profes- sions still open—and more remunerative Avoid books on technique as you would the plague. To write fashionable free verse, take a commonplace prose line and cut it up into parts—say, two words to a line, Study the workmanship of — up-to- date writers diligently. You will find much to avoid. Youth lidar say this is the age of the young. They declare that the world demands youth and will take no other. Well— One cannot be sure about the men. But—of course the ballrooms and the foothall, games and the theatre audi- ences are full of débutantes. Even din- ner parties, which were once the resort of the mature, have been stormed and carried by assault and annexed by the youthful. Committees are made up from them, or from the “younger mar- ried.” Still doubtedly, just as grow oid, un- they used to do, not hear about it. IT have failed in some time to dis- an “old lady.” I that there are any grandmothers. At least, I did not until 1 was informed the other day by a sprightly young thing that she Anyhow, the people do Nevertheless, one does cover do not believe was one. fashion in grandmothers has changed One is inclined to believe that the fact : not so much that the world has been given up to the young, as that the old have become youthful, and added them- selves to the ranks of the strictly young. \nyhow, neither in dress nor occupation are the age limits and speed limits the same. Any golf links on a No, the world the old are pleasant afternoon will prove it. is really younger. I am therefore led to conclude as a matter of fact that youth nowadays is to be defined as a period of human life extending from fifty onwards for men and particularly for women. young because Safety First “VY/HAT are you doing there?” asked a policeman of a woman who had stopped her automobile near a street corner and was preparing to alight. “Parking my car,” she replied. “I thought this would be a good place. The sign there reads, ‘Safety Zone.'” or repairing China, Glassware, Furniture, Meerschaum, Vases Tipping Billiard Cues USE, 320 Pages Cloth By Winfield Scott Hall, M.D., Ph.D. SEX FACTS MADE PLAIN $1.00 | Postpaid Mailed te plala wrapper Every young wife What every parent should know Tadic contents & commendations on request 188 Winston Bids. PETER J. CAREY @ SONS, INC,, PRINTERS “Tell your mother KEMPS BALSAM will stop that cough, Bill. My mother gives it to me when | geta' cough, and you don't hear me coughing al] the time.’’ And Johnnie is Get a bottle now from your druggist. Le Roy, N. Y. ‘or more my personal individual lessons by mail Lande ure, Tako original drowing easy to learn. Send sketch with 6e in stamps for sample Pictore Chart, long list of successful stadents, and evidence of what YOU can accomplish. Pteuse state your age. dh The Landon School Zouictes Sits The Landen See eet ee | HicHer Epvucarioi Courses in English, Spanish, Cher is i ‘correspondence. Begin The Ruiversity of Chicago ‘2th Year Division 30 Chicago, R HE optimist lets Opportunity knock, while the pessimist does the knocking himself. Tommy (after the call): Let's MAKE A SN FORT, PA, WHILE MOTHER SAYS COODBY comicbooks.com