Life, 1921-11-10 · page 27 of 34
Life — November 10, 1921 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three satirical pieces and advertisements: **"The Green-Eyed One"** by Ethel D. Turner satirizes jealousy and inconsistency in romantic relationships. The narrator criticizes their partner's admiration of actress Nazimova and actor John Barrymore, yet the partner dismisses the narrator's own enthusiasms—illustrating how people often begrudge others' tastes while demanding acceptance of their own. **"A Step Toward—What?"** mocks disarmament hypocrisy. Two criminals agree to discard expensive .44 revolvers for cheaper weapons to save money, then "parted, to maintain...their usual condition of armed alertness." The satire suggests that weapons-reduction agreements are meaningless if parties retain lethal capability—likely referencing contemporary disarmament conferences of the 1920s. **"Where Is Mr. Kipling?"** questions why author Rudyard Kipling isn't attending an armament conference alongside H.G. Wells, suggesting writers should influence major policy matters. The page also features advertisements for Waterman fountain pens and Pears soap, typical of the era's magazine content.
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The Green-Eyed One O-DAY, when you said [hat Nazimova wore the crown Of her own genius like a laurel wreath; That she made one dream Exotic dreams Of grace and fire and color— Well, it’s true! But I— I curled my lip, and said I failed to see it. Then when I spoke About the “faun look” of John Barry- more; id his acting pped the heart; That just to watch him stand Unbeaten, silent, tense, Made the senses ache With ecstasy and pain— Then you— You gave a grunt, and said he'd have to show you. Ethel D. Turner. A Step Toward—What? Two antipathetic gunmen mutually agreed that carrying .44-calibre re- volvers in their hip pockets was old- fashioned. They admitted that these weapons were expensive, clumsy, in a general way obsolete and too great a tax on their pockets, both actually and figuratively. So they promised each other to throw their forty-fours into the junk-heap, and arm themselves with less costly weapons, of lighter weight, which should reduce the tax on their pockets and their pocket-books. Thus, having brought down the nigh cost of toting revolvers, they made mugs at cach other and parted, to maintain, un- til some crisis should arise, their usual condition of armed alertness Bi Se VoL Where Is Mr. Kipling? Tue World is getting Mr. Wells over to report the armament con- ference, but where is Mr. Kipling? Might not he be helpful, too? Surely! The only question is whether Mr. Kipling continues to be enough in- terested in this world to want to save it. Mr, Wells does want to. He likes it. But Mr. Kipling—? Who can say? But saving the world is a job for pocts as much as for politicians, and Mr. Kipling ought to come to the con- ference. Women—Always! Nort: What style of architecture do you like best? W Est: I’ve always favored the tali, thin ones. « r Dosps never has a superfluous idea, does he?” “If he did, it would be superfluous.” The world knows: ¥ no other so good ~ Fo We have been making Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pen exclusively for over thirty-six years. No other make of fountain pen shares this distinction. Each step in its production is begun and com- pleted in our own factories which enables us to guarantee its standard of perfection before offer- ing it for sale. There is a size of holder to fit your hand and a style of point to suit your individual handwriting preference exactly. Three Types: Regular—Safety—Self-filling $2.50 to $250 L. E. Waterman Company, 191 Broadway, New York 24 School Street, Boston 129 So. State Street, Chicago 17 Stockton St., San Francisco SELECTION AND SERVICE AT BEST DEALERS THE WORLD OVER comicbooks.com