Life — June 8, 1922 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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28 Jim Henrys Colu A Digression Ihave a one-product mind. I shall always consider that the purpose for which I was produced was to show men how to enjoy shaving by doing it right—with Mennen Shaving Cream. So it is with reluctance that I occasionally capitalize on the confidence which millions of converts must feel regarding anything I tell them, by discussing other products. It is a peculiar fact that only recently has science concerned itself with bodily comfort. Our internal mechanism has always appealed to science as an attractive field for experi- mentation and research but things like itch- ing, raw skin, prickly heat and baby rashes have not ranked as laboratory head liners. Now my company has always specialized on comfort. It gave Talcum to the world. It freed men from old-fashioned shaving soap. But I am inclined to believe that history will record as Mennen’s greatest contribution to the comfort of living, our miraculous Kora-Konia. Kora-Konia is one of those things you have to find out about for yourself. I can tell you that it’s great for sunburn, but you will never appreciate what I mean until you see the angry redness change to healthy pink, and the pain subsides. I can assure you that it saves you from the torture of skin rubbed raw by damp clothing or chafing muscles, but you must shoot eighteen holes without a suggestion of irritation before you will understand. But Kora-Konia reaches its pinnacle of beneficence on babies. A baby with plenty of food inside and plenty of Kora-Konia outside is at peace. I feel some diffidence in discussing the matter, but through no fault of its own, a baby’s skin is exposed to conditions which can only be described as deplorable. Kora- Konia places on inflamed little legs and other areas, a velvety film of cooling, soothing powder which clings for hours, protecting while it heals. Kora-Konia is amazingly efficient for prickly heat and baby rashes. A big tin costs 35 cents at druggists. Send 10 cents for a generous sample. base Heng (Mennen Salesman) THe Mennen Company "Newark, N.J. S.A. Driven to Action When an East End man recently applied for settlement of a claim for fire insur- ance the agent asked: “Much damage?” “Not much,” the man said, “just a door.” “How much would a new door cost?” “About five dollars.” “When did the fire happen?” The man hesitated a moment and then replied : “About thirty years ago.” “Thirty years ago?” “Yes, sir.” “And you have waited all these years to report it?” “Yes, sir.” “How in the world does that come?” “Well, sir,” said the man, “the women folks at my house have been at me to do something about that door ever since it was burned, and I just couldn’t stand it any longer.”—Youngstown Telegram, Reassuring Six-year-old Dora returned unusually early from school the other day. She rang the door bell. There’was no answer. She rang again, a little longer. Still there was no response. A third time she pressed the button, long and hard. Nobody came to the door, and she pressed her nose against the window pane and in a shrill voice, which caught the ears of every neighbor, called: “It’s all right, mamma, I’m not the in- stalment man.” —Weekly Telegraph (London). The Ruse “Is that an interesting book you are reading?” asked the garrulous traveler. “Why, yes,” said the crafty old gentle- man, carefully concealing the title of the best seller he had in his hand. “This is a book on relativity. Now, if you have an hour or two to spare, I'll explain the theory to you, so—” But even as he spoke the garrulous trav- eler rose from his seat and fled to the | smoker.—Birmingham Age-Herald. To Horse! Younc Son: a pony? FATH What for, my child? Son: So I can go out for a ride when she is learning to play. —Der Brummer (Berlin). Breakers Ahead “IT consulted a clairvoyant before my marriage and asked if she saw any break- ers ahead.” “What did she say?” “Said she saw twelve cooks and twenty- | seven parlormaids.”—Boston Transcript. Incorrigible Mistress: Mary, have you cemented the handle on to the water-jug, which you dropped yesterday? Mary: I started to, mum, but I dropped the cement bottle—London Morning Post. “Niccan, I ain’t 'fraid of yuh. I’d jes as soon hit yuh as not.” “Yeh, an’ yuh’d jes as not to as soon.” —Nashville Tennessean. tenel smel their ) thirty supp! poor in th tions } edgm - The Family and Friends will keep it Growing CAsk Your cJeweler 3 _ Papa, now that you've | bought sister a piano, couldn’t you buy me Real Vermouth — as made by us dur- ing 64 years of wine - making at Bordeaux, France. Just 5 ounces of pure alcohol re- moved from each bottle for use in this country. French or Italian style. “Original Recipes” Tells you how! Send for your free copy. Restaurant& WineCo, ‘New York Office, 483 West Broadway Local Distributors comicbooks.com