Life, 1921-08-04 · page 32 of 34
Life — August 4, 1921 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines **advertising and charity listings** rather than political cartoons. The main editorial content is Life's "Fresh Air Fund"—a charity drive listing donors' contributions for sending poor urban children to the countryside for health benefits. This reflects early 20th-century Progressive Era concerns about child welfare and urban poverty. The advertisements reveal period anxieties about **feminine hygiene and acceptability**: - **"Mum" deodorant** and **Evans's Depilatory Outfit** ads emphasize that women's body odors and underarm hair jeopardize their social and professional success—a marketing strategy exploiting shame about natural bodily functions. - A **Resinol skin cream ad** promises transformation from social embarrassment. - **Ingram's Shaving Cream** targets men with similar anxiety about appearance. These ads reflect strict early-1900s beauty standards and gender expectations: women especially faced pressure to eliminate any trace of their bodies' "natural" processes to remain "dainty" and marriageable. The juxtaposition with charitable giving shows the era's mixed progressive and conservative impulses.
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Flow every Girl can be at her best “My dear, I want to talk to you about something that every girl ought to know. “You know how much a girl’s daintiness and charm have to do with her success and happiness in business and social life. She can’t afford to let the least thing mar that sweet daintiness. “She may be beautifully gowned; she may take infinite pains with her lingerie, her hair, her hands and the other little touches that mean so much. “But—this is what I want to ta!k to you particularly about— “All this daintiness is completely ruined by the odor of perspiration and the other body odors to which people are subject. “Perspiration is nature’s way of carrying off the poisons generated by the system. And, of course, no one wants to check this wholesome process. “But that is no reason why people shouid be bothered by the odor of perspiration. “Mum” is the word “Every morning I apply a little ‘Mum’ and enjoy the comfortable assurance that I shall be free from all body odors for the rest of the day and evening. “No, ‘Mum’ does not check perspiration or other body functions. And there is noth- ing that can irritate the skin or harm the daintiest gown. So that’s why I say to you most earnestly ‘Mum’ is the word. “And then there’s another thing—the hair under the arms and on the limbs. I have found an exceptional hair-remover called Evans's Depilatory Outfit. I like it because it removes the hair with so little trouble and leaves the skin so smooth and comfortable, and because the Outfit comes complete.” “Mum” 25c— Evans’s Depilatory Outfit, 75c. At drug- and department-stores or from us postpaid on receipt of price. George B. Evans 1108 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia | STAMMERING ~"Tfs Guise and Gire * Quise and Gire * You can be quickly cured... Send 10 cents for 288 fear th, bound on Stammering and Stutter- Gt tells how Teed myself afte Stastny Stuttering for 20 Years. BENJAMIN N,BOGU 3257 5oque Bulid 147 N. Ill, St. LiFe’s Fresh Air Fund (Continued from page 6) fs, Lewis McKisick, New, York “The Little Workers’ Club,” Pittsfield, Mass. Eugenia B. Herring, New Bedford, ass. Elizabeth Schwarberg, sigkory In_ memory of Seymour, Conn, G, K.. Fuliogar, New York Mrs. M. J. Beaty, Warren, Pa: C. E. Eveieth, Schenectady, N. Y: Keng W, Barrus, Passaic, N. J. Price Hill, W. Va $10.00 2.54 Biwia Hore Rochester, N.Y In memory ‘of N. L. Tiln Mrs. Ni T! Porter, Nit, Montel “A. F, H.,” Langhorne, Pa. inne M. Roby, Detroit “In name of Oliver Vincent Aivares, 2 months old,” New York. Mrs. James O. Cole, Peru. Ind Paulina Pope, Lakewood, N. J. Dorothy L. Mili, Augusta, M Minnie A. Beckwith, Bryn Mawr, Pa. H. C. Buchert, S Springfield, te) : L,, Pittsburgh. . ‘San Francisco Doctors ‘Tom, Dick & Harry, Rome, F, Henline, Lincoln, Neb. Fairie Long, Denver, Colo. Buckeye"Sunday School, Bucke Thomas R. Gaine Bruce Bossom, Clive Bossom, G. F. Corliss, In memory of M.'L. H., Eaith E, Toomer, Mor Master “C San Luis, C A ‘friend, Owego, _N. Mrs. Robt. C. ’Sw Conn. Kate Wyle Cc. R. ice, France. ; New York. KI. * 15.00 10.00 10.00 Fornpicins “Squares Mrs. James Hartness, “Springie E,W. McMillan, New York. W. H. Dunham, Red Bank, N. Mrs. Katherine’ DuBois, New : Mrs, Mary Ford Bacon, Wyandotte, c¥, Cohasset, = C. ‘Gordon J. 10.00 5.00 50.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 40.00 2.00 i. ‘ord, Englewo Hisitie M. ‘Strong, Rochester, N, Miss Myra Wallen, Rochester, L, Gorin Strong, Rochester, N. J. O._Y., Germantown, Pa PY Grigs’ Club, Orange, N. Mary Elizabeth Divine, Spring Lake, Mrs. “C."'A Brewster 25. 00 e Buell W. Hudson, er Ha “Shut-in friend.” hi Mis le N.Y k Compton, New ss Ethel DuBois, Me. . Anonymous, N Margaret Spadone, White Plains, _N. Plainfield, N. J Danbury, Conn, yons, } nic §. Bright, Washington, Berry, ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS Packages of clothing on Will a ae os r, Northampton, Mas Wy kof, ca Ee Bi Meadville, P: N. Y., Mrs. Meee Bucl ham, atertor Conn., and J. Minot, Red Bank, BJ. Fifty quarts of ice cream from Mrs. Mary H. Greims, Ridgefield, Conn. Several hundred sopies of “The Boys’ Maga- ze from the Scott Redfield Co., Smethport, Three full page advertisements for the Farm, appearing in the summer issues of “The Qsteopath ” this space having been given by Mr. H. ms, editor of the magazine. 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Tn Does shaving leave your skin inflamed? D°ES your face smart and burn after the shave is over? Then try Ingram’s Therapeutic Shaving Cream, and see for yourself how it ends shaving irritation. {ngram’s Therapeutic Shaving Cream has an exclusive medicinal property that soothes the sensitive skin, heals little cuts. Leaves your face smoot and cool. No need to use a lotion. Get your first jar from your druggist today—S0c. If your druggist is not sup plied, order direct—we will make it worth your while. Send us $0c today, togethe- with your druggist’s name and address, and we will mail you a S0c jar of In- gram’s Therapeutic Shaving Cream, wit) 3 tourist's shaving brush in nickel casc ree. FREDERICK F, INGRAM COMPANY Windsor, Ont. 38 Tenth St., Detroit, Mich. Llageams Therapeutic Shaving Géan rece aes ing but changed all labo! other. the mov finer di: fication snobs, s one-hal! snobs, 1 nobs, snobbis! Wha old sno are thir work. comicbooks.com