Life — November 24, 1921 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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Instruction From a Movie T was long ago remarked that there were tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, and sermons in stones, and so there still are, for people who perceive them. For city-dwelling mod- erns who don’t find these sources of instruction handy, the news columns of the papers, and even the movies, will always provide something of an ad- monitional nature. There was running in one of the movie theatres last month a story from the abian Nights, with pictures of Bagdad and people in it working out the m the screen. It brought to mind ing of Dr. Osler, that the average man had only two giant passions—to get and to beget—to make a living and raise a family—and that these satisfied him. This simplicity of ordinary hu- man aspiration stood out very strong in the Arabian Night movie, in which, in accordance with habits of the Mo- hammedan civilization, the Sheik who had got control of power and riches beguiled the tiresomeness of his own icty by accumulating women in such var s offered. And how much good that pastime did not do him, and how despotic power does not make for hap- pincss in the despot nor collections of ladies solve his matrimonial problem, the movie faithfully disclosed. nebody said during the war that if ’s civilization went down, and Asia swept over into Europe, women would become chattels again—unpro- tectel by anything except money and m strength. There goes with the Christian civilization the idea that it is not right to buy women. The idea is imperfectly established and proceedings contrary to it go on all the time, and read about them every day, but the . is there and it is valuable. There is plenty of law behind it and a fair pres- sure of police force, and though just now in particular it seems, along with other good ideas, to be almost swamped by a reversal to primitive dispositions, it is not as decrepit as appears, and presently it will regain its vogue. Man inside his skin is a good deal as he has been for many thousand years, but some excellent ideas have been im- parted to him and the fact that they are accepted by some men and govern their conduct and are reflected in laws has its efiect upon the conduct of other men, so ‘hat when they run contrary to those ideas they prefer to do it out of sight. Sut between the newspapers and the movies it is hard to keep any line of conduct out of sight in these days, and, after all, publicity, nauseous as it is, is agreat corrective. The great germicide is sunshine, and the great social germi- cide is publicity. The reason we hold our noses over it is not that it is itself rotten, but that it hunts out rottenness. E.S.M. story asa soci Patent Leather, of Fawn Suede; Black Glace Kid, with Inlay of Black Suede; AN Patent Leather; All Black Satin; All Black Calfskin, with Perfor- ated Bands ip; All White Kid, with Perforated Bands and’ Tip. with Inlay U acterizes all Cammeyer offerings. CAMMEYER, New York's Most Beautiful Shoe Shop sizing the individuality of the w Branch tains new heights of originality, Dull w bizarre or extreme. Between S3rd and 54th Streets 'AMMEYER shoes enhance personal charm by empha- earer. De Luxe footwear at- ithout ever descending to the nusual economy likewise char- Branch De Luxe 617 ~Fifth Avenue AU Waterme n’s ntain Pen TTT ) > 6 BELLANS 5 Hot water FOR Sure Relief INDIGESTION An Easy Way to Remove Dandruff If you want plenty of thick, beautiful, glossy, silky hair, do by all means get rid of dandruff, for it will starve your hair and ruin it if you don’t. The best way to get rid of dandruff is to dissolve it. To do this, just apply a little Liquid Arvon at night before retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp, and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications should completely re- move every sign and trace of it. You will find, too, that all itching of the scalp will stop, and your hair will look and ‘eel a hundred times better. You can get Liquid Arvon at any drug store. A four- ounce bottle is usually all that is needed. The R. L. Watkins Co., Cleveland, Ohio. The Christmas LIFE Cover by Maxfield Parrish Double Number 25 Cents—At All Newsstands—November 29th comicbooks.com