Life, 1925-11-05 · page 40 of 50
Life — November 5, 1925 — page 40: what you’re looking at
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This page combines satirical humor with period advertising, typical of Life magazine's format. The left side features **Fougère Royale shaving cream advertising** alongside humor pieces drawn from international publications (London's *Sketch*, Paris's *Le Journal Amusant*, etc.). The cartoons mock everyday absurdities: a tenant arguing his lease permits kicking his landlord downstairs; a burglar requesting delayed sentencing because "it's our busy season"; a couple revisiting their courtship spot to find another man with flowers in the same position—"Life is an eternal cycle." The right side contains patent medicines and remedies (Forhan's gum treatment, Liquid Arvon dandruff cure)—standard advertising for the era when such products made unregulated health claims. A joke references **Irish reaction to the Russian Revolution**: the melody "Wrap the Green Flag Round Me" played by Cossacks in Dublin is sardonically called "the tune that Moscow died of"—mocking both Russian communism and Irish politics. The humor reflects 1920s concerns: marriage, class tensions, and contemporary geopolitical upheaval.
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ISTINGUISHING Fougere Royale from all other shaving preparations is the fact that it combines perfec- tion of quality with the clean outdoor fragrance of the Royal Fern. It gives men the refreshing shave. Feugere Royale Stick, 73¢; Cream, see; Takam, $1.06; Eau Ves- dale, $1.25;' Pacial Seap, 50. OUGCTE Royale HOUBIGANT, INC. 16 W. 49th Street New Yerk + LIFE - OUR] FOOLISH CONTEMP Cs) a_i Grub Street Limerick There was once an old author called Gissing, Who had a mild horror of kissing; His books were immense— In a negative sense, Yet you wonder if something is missing. —G. K.’s Weekly (London). A Fair Advantage The magistrate looked severely at the small, red-faced man who had been sum- moned before him. The man returned his gaze without flinching. “So you kicked your landlord down- stairs?” said the magistrate. “Did you imagine that was within the rights of a tenant?” “I'll bring me lease in and show it to you,” said the red-faced little man, grow- ing still redder, “and you'll agree with me that anything they’ve forgotten to prohibit in that lease I had a right to do the very first chance I got!” —Weekly Telegraph (London). Ina Pinch, use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE Enterprising It is a good tale one of the London magistrates tells—that story of the bur- glar who, when sentenced, asked: “Your Worship, couldn't I start serving my sentence in three months’ time?” “Why?” asked the magistrate. “You see, your Worship,” replied the burglar, “it would mean such a heavy loss to me just now. It is the height of our season.”—Sketch (London). Twenty Years After Mapame (languorously): Here is the street corner where you used to wait for me every night before we were married. Monsieur (observing on the famous corner a young man holding a bouquet) : Life is an eternal cycle....Another idiot has taken my place. —Le Journal Amusant (Paris). Spe Slt ris sateen ety Be, 8 meer hay ae in stamps. C. W. Abbott & Co. Baltimore, Md. The French Lesson Teacner: Translate this, Flsa: “Na- poleon said, ‘You are a brave soldier’ "— but try to speak a little louder. Etsa: “Napoléon dit—Vous dtes un brave soldat, mais vous deves parler un Nisse-Strix (Stockholm). “How is it you are allowed to keep a puppy in your flat?” “We named him for the janitor.” —Louisville Courier-Journal. Tue Ford air flivvers are coming. All aboard for the Elizziean Fielde! —Boston Transcript. Unhealthy guns denoted by tenderness and bleeding of wheat. Un- healthy gumskill the best of teeth To keep theteeth sound keep the gums weil. ‘Warch for tender and ol The ia a symptom of Shea which afters Pyorthea m a menaces the body as well asthe feed: Not cnlydo he andcause FORHAN Co. New York Forkan’s, Ltd. Montreal With the Cossacks in Dublin ‘The procession moved on to, the strains of “Wrap the Green Flag Round Me,’ played in Russian."—Irish Peper. The tune that Moscow died of. —Punch. A Sure Way a to End Dandruff There is ono sure way that never fails to remove dandruff completely, and that is to dissolve it. Then you destroy it entirely. To do this, just apply a little Liquid Arvon at night before retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rul it in gently with tho finger ti By morning, most if not all, of your dandruff will bo gone, and two or threo more applications will completely dis- solve and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of spe matter how much ruff vou may have. You will find, too, that all itching of the scalp, wil stop Sete and your ed wil lustrous, glossy, and so! and look and feel a hundred ‘times better. ‘You can get Ligeld Arvon at any drag store and 8 four ounce bors ie all you will need. This bas never been known to fail. LIQUID ARVO comicbooks.com