Life, 1925-11-19 · page 36 of 40
Life — November 19, 1925 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and entertainment content**, not political satire. The main elements are: **Advertisements:** Three product ads dominate—Liquid Arvon (dandruff treatment), Ingram's Therapeutic Shaving Cream, and Forhan's For The Gums (dental product). These reflect 1920s consumer anxieties about grooming and hygiene. **"The Silent Drama" section:** Brief, sardonic reviews of recent silent films. The commentary is caustic—dismissing "The Circle" as mockery-worthy, calling "Flower of Night" "unbelievably bad," and noting "The Freshman" lacks story. This represents *Life* magazine's characteristic irreverent film criticism. **"Mrs. Pep's Diary":** A society humor column describing domestic life—the diarist mentions weakness from illness, organizing linens, and serving spare ribs to her hungry husband. It's gentle satire of upper-middle-class domesticity. The page reflects 1920s preoccupations: consumer products, motion pictures as major entertainment, and genteel social comedy rather than hard-hitting political commentary.
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to End Dandruff There is one suro 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 rub it in gently with the finger tips. ing, most, if not all, of your ill be gone, and two or threo more applications will completely dissolve and entirely destroy every single sign and traco of it, no matter how much dandruff | you may have, You will find, too, that all itching of the scalp will stop instanily and your hair will be lustrous, glossy, silky and soft, and look and feel a hundred ti better, You can get Liquid Arvonat oor, drug store, and a four ounce bottle is all_you will need. This simple remedy has never been known to fail. P guid shaving, leaves your skin inflamed NGRAM'S Therapeutic Shaving Cream is made particularly for you. It is more than a rapid beard softener—it prevents all after-shaving irritation and heals troublesome little cuts. It leaves your skin smooth, cool, invigor- ated and refreshed. Thousands of men have told us that it makes shaving a pleasure— no longer a job to be dreaded. If your druggist cannot supply you, send $0c. for the blue jar that contains six months of shaving comfort. Or send two cent stamp for sample. Frederick F. Ingram Co. Established 1885 2038 Tenth St., Detroit, Mich. Also Windsor, Canada Made particularly for tender skins <) re 5, Recent Developments (@ (The regular Silent Drama department will be found on page 26) The Best People. Another exposé of society shams, hot off the rubber- stamp. Fine Clothes. A Molnar play, treated with intelligence and respect. The Dark Angel. Post-war drama of England, beautifully photographed and_ well played. Flower of Night. Pola Negri in an unbelievably bad story. Little Annie Rooney. Antics in the underworld by Mary Pickford and sev- eral million fresh kids, A Regular Fellow. Raymond Grif- fith is exceedingly comical as a rebel- lious prince. Exchange of Wives. Domestic dif- ficulties involving Lew Cody and sev- eral old jokes. The Man on the Box. Syd Chap- lin in a gag comedy if there ever was one. The Tower of Lies. not quite real. The Circle. No wonder they kid the movies. The Freshman, Harold Lloyd runs wild on_a football field. The Pony Express. Fine charac- terizations, a few stirring scenes, but no story. The Coming of Amos. Rod La Rocque in an absurd melodrama that tries, rather pitifully, to be funny. The Merry Widow. A thoroughly fine piece of work by the much ma- ligned Erich von Stroheim. The Phantom of the Opera. Lon Chaney’ll git you ef you don’t—watch —out. The Wanderer. The parable of the Prodigal Son treated with all due rever- ence and with a fine eye for beauty. Don Q. and The Gold Rush. If you haven't scen these yet, don’t blame me. RE. S. Beautiful but Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Continued from page 24) cover trimmed with gold lace....Whilst enfeebled, I do mean to set about some of the tasks which I have been putting off for years, so all the afternoon gone in looking over my table linen, laying aside various sets to be dyed in pastel shades. Sam home carly, announcing his great hunger and inquiring what we were having for dinner. When I told him spare ribs and kale, he did not at first credit me, but it was the truth, I having dined and lunched so much abroad of late on duck, squab, chicken and other party viands that a little plain living for a few days will be exactly to my taste. Lord! it is so tiresome to decide from day to day what a house- hold shall eat, that frequently I do wish that human beings were limited, like the * animals, to oats or grass or hay, albeit it would drive so good a stomach spe- cialjst as my uncle into the flour and fced business. Baird Leonard. WHAT YOUR MIRROR WILL SHOW r Awonderfully pure soft skin, of velvety texture, free from blemishes-a beauty unsurpassed, White, flesh, rachel, lew York 1 Gourauo's ORIENTAL CREAM tee e « in the workshops ofauthors .. 1... 2 eee, THE WRITER sone’, MONTHLY FORUM Short-stories analyzed in detail; articles on writing for publication in various popular forms; reports from lea. ing magazine editors ir manuscript needs and otber to literary workers. Send 2Sc for latest issue Circulation Department, THE WRITER Harvard Square : : : : Cambridge, Mass, A irts’ college in Missouri has opened a campaign against the use of slang. The slogan selected for the fight is, “Can the slang!” al of trouble — A sign = i tender and b eeding gums) S the soil nour’ ishes the tree- roots the gums nourish the teeth And as the the tree-roots, 10 do fms ye dowatica a rom the tooth base. This condition iscom- mon. It is_known as Pyorrhes. Four out of people who are over Forty sulfer from it Ordinary tooth- pastes will not prevent «. Fochan'sPreparacica does prevent it if used in time and used con- sistently, So Forhan's protects the tooth at the tooth base which unprotected by enamel. (On top of this For han’s preserves gums in thew pnk, normal, vital condition. Use daily and their firmed tissue-structure will vegsrouly suppor the teeth. will not ooren. Nether FORHAN CO. New York Forkan's, Ltd "Montrest comicbooks.com