Life, 1924-10-09 · page 32 of 36
Life — October 9, 1924 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains advertisements and social commentary typical of 1920s Life magazine. The main cartoon (left) advertises Marmola weight-loss tablets, using sexist messaging directed at wives: it suggests they have a "duty" to ensure their husbands stay slim and attractive, shaming them about their appearance to friends. The "Mrs. Pep's Diary" column (center) is satirical domestic commentary about modern life—food, socializing, and philosophical reflections on aging. The Louvain Library Fund notice appeals for donations to rebuild Belgium's famous library, destroyed in World War I, framing it as American patriotic duty. The page is primarily **advertising-driven**, promoting weight-loss pills, dog remedies, shaving cream, and magazine subscriptions. The satire is gentle and social rather than political—poking fun at domestic anxieties and consumer culture of the era.
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- LIFE .- Is your husband too stout? Has he taken on uanecessary weight? Do your fricads make remarks about 1t— not intending to hurt your feelings, of course, but embarrassing you nevertheless? Thousands of men and women have found excess weight casy to remove. Why let your husband suffer from it? Marmola Tablets—without exercises or dicts—will bring back his natural healthy figure. Recommend these tablets to hm. Get a box for him. Once he uses them he will al- ways be thankful that you urged him toget slender. It is your duty to see that he keeps slender like other successful men, All drug stores have them—one dollar a box. Or they will be sent in plain wrap- per, postpaid, by the Marmola Co., 1843 General forors Bldg., Detroit, Mich. The Louvain Library Fund Arter centuries of usefulness the Louvain Library, with all its historic books and manuscripts, was destroyed during the Great War. And America has promised the people of Belgium that it shall be restored! This meant raising a million dol- lars, and while good progress has been made, haste is needed. The five hun- dreth anniversary of Louvain Uni- versity’s founding falls in August next, and the new Library simply must be ready then. The high schools in New Jersey are working hard for the cause, and we hope to hear from other states. There is room for all to take part, and Lire will acknowledge all amounts received for Louvain. And then, perhaps the elders will help. The children surely are not to do it all! National honor is involved, and we are all Americans! Previously acknowledged. . .$486.10 Closter, N. J., High Schoo!’ Tag Day.. Fa Lire is counting on his friends to make it $1,000 in the near future. Checks, payable to us, marked “For Louvain Library Fund,” will be duly forwarded. Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Continued from page 20) a dinner, a marvelous thing which could never happen in real life, but it inspired me to rise and go down for some pop- corn at the stand in the Grand Central, and I did eat three cartons before the pleas of my servant Florence had any weight soever. Marge Boothby to luncheon with me, whercof I partook sparingly because of my morning's gluttony, and we fell a-talking of deep matters. In especial of our age, which is one at which an individual gets his first realization that theré is a catch in the business of living, and of the mar- velous, silent conspiracy on the part of older people to keep youth from discov- ering the discrepancy until it is armored against it. Also of the blessed blind- ness of youth to the dicta of the phi- losophers, Lord! I would not relive my life again for anything in Cartier’s window, nor am I anxious to develop into a toothless crone. Which betokens a satisfaction in my present state which I hope will renew itself annually. Baird Leonard. A FAMOUS gourmet was being meas- ured for a dinner coat by a tailor whose bills he had not paid. “Which do you prefer, sir,” said the tailor smoothly, “a coat that fits you before dinner, or after?” Comfortable Shaving THE verdict is now in your hai direct to you. Ifyou are not entirely satisfied,returntheJarand your money will be re- funded. Or send 2c stamp. for sample. particularly for a tender skin, Free Dog Book by noted specialist. | Tells how to ‘AND TRAIN KEEP vim fikautHy CURE DOG DISEASES How to put dog in condition, kill fleas, cure scratching, mange, dis- temper. Gives twenty-five famous Q-W Doc REMEDIES and 150 illustrations of dogs, leads, training collars, harness, stripping combs, dog houses, ete. Mailed free Baa vox Brau, New eres Dept. 19 Bound 1k, New Jersey JAZZ +. FIRESIDE? At new influences transforming our 9 American home life A® we becoming a nation of apartment 9 house dwellers and delicatessen eaters © Az movies, autos and dancing destroying ? the popularity of the hearth Read what ° WILLIAM LYON PHELPS thinks about these questions in the ocTOBER WORLD’S WORK Next FIVE Issues for One Dollar! Also these articles— When is a Man Worth Something? by Edward Bok—The Truth About the Newspapers, by Carl C. Dickey— Broadway’s Taste in Plays, by Clayton Hamilton—Why La Follette Isn't Dangerous, by Mark Sullivan—Under Forty Too Young for Golf, by Walter Camp—Can We Wipe Out Crime by Science? by French Strother—“ Hale Colombia!” by William McFee—and many others. EVERY ISSUE IS PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED Save 15 Cents on Every Issue I Dovustepay, Pace & Co., Garden City, N. Y. : Enclosed please find $1.00 for which I kindly send me the next five issues of | THE WORLD'S WORK (Regular Price, 1 $1.75). ee | ’ comicbooks.com