Life, 1921-12-15 · page 3 of 34
Life — December 15, 1921 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **product advertisement** for Rubberset Brushes, not political satire. The ad showcases various grooming and household brushes—shaving, hair, nail, and tooth brushes—manufactured by the Rubberset Company (Newark, N.J. and Toronto, Canada). The illustration depicts a domestic scene with a mother and children, emphasizing the brushes as wholesome household products "as welcome as the day itself, as lasting as its memories." The tagline highlights the product's key feature: "Every bristle gripped everlastingly in hard vulcanized rubber!!" The ad emphasizes durability and quality across a price range ($1.00-$15.00), marketed as suitable gift items in "hand-some gift box[es]." This represents typical early-20th-century consumer advertising, not editorial commentary.
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Rubberset Brushes— y\ as welcome as the day itself, , as lasting as its memories. Here is the wide assortment at your disposal: World’s Standard Shaving Brushes A complete range in Badger Hair and French Bristle, from $1.00 to $15.00 each, to suit your fancy and your pocketbook. Each one in hand- some gift box. Sanitary Everlasting Safety Hair Brushes Nail Brushes Tooth Brushes Black Walnut and Myrtle Black Walnut Backs, Imported French Bristle, egular models, $1. A 1.51 White Alberite Handle: All sizes, stiffnesses and - each, i itary models, $2.50 t s, $1.75, , and styles. 35 cents to 60 $10.00 per pair. $2.50 each. cents each. at YOUR store or postpaid direct on receipt of remittance if your dealer lacks the ones you wish RUBBERSET | RUBBERSET COMPANY|COMPANY (R.& C. P. Co., Props.) LIMITED NEWARK, N. J. U.S.A. | TORONTO, CANADA ee Bren bristle sane ae Geri in iilicond vulcanized rubber!! comicbooks.com