Life, 1926-03-25 · page 37 of 40
Life — March 25, 1926 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page from Life magazine contains primarily **advertisements and light satirical content** rather than political commentary. The main elements include: **Advertisements:** Glo-Co Hair Dressing (featuring a merchant endorsement), The T. Garter Co. (for bow-legged men), and Kemp's Balsam cough remedy dominate the page. **Satirical theater piece:** "Whirlwinds of Passion" is a comedic play-script parody mocking melodramatic theatrical conventions—absurd plot devices (hurricanes destroying huts), overwrought character names (Tommy Tommy, Wa Wa), and ham-fisted dialogue typical of early 20th-century stage melodrama. **Humorous poems:** "The Philosophic Turk" and "Turn the Crank Larry" are light joke verses with no serious political intent. **Forecast section:** A brief note about anticipated government "shakeups" in 1936—likely referring to New Deal administration changes, though minimal detail is given. The page reflects Life's role as a general-interest humor and lifestyle magazine mixing consumer advertising with theatrical satire and light verse.
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“As essentialas the razor and tooth- | brush,” says BARTON, the merchant he means GLO-CO LIQUID HAIR DRESSING Ir’s included in the toilet kits of most successful men — that bottle of Glo-Co Hair Dressing, because they know it keeps the hair neat all day No grease. either. Glo-Co Hai is a liquid, not a cream or paste. Acts as a tonic on thessealp, stimulating the roots of the hair to new growth and doing away with dandruff. Your doctor would recommend it. stickiness Dressing If you're much troubled with dandruff, have a Glo-C ment each week. Apply C Hair Dressing to the scalp to soften the scurf, then wash with Glo-Co Shampoo. The cleans- ing, antiseptic lather of the shampoo removes every. trace of dandruff and bacter' After the shampoo, comb your hair with GloCo Hair Dressing to Keep It in place. Sold at drug and stores and barber our dealer ca supply GioCo Hair hampoo, a full-sized er will be sent for 30¢. Inc.. 6511 McKinley . California. department Lire's Own Forecast IE featured headli 1936 will be: BIG SHAKEUP IN DRY FORCE e in the year Apparent Soon, Director Resutts New Sweerinc Dectanes BOW LEGS? i Garter (pat Makes: "Trousers Hang ‘Straight If Legs Rena out eit Adjusts Te Holds mo postive Dows = oa “Fann Br stlaraent™ Free Rookiet Pisin, Beale Envelove THE T. GARTER CO. Det. 38 NEW LONDON, NEW RAMP ~ INS'ST UPON, KEMP'S BALSAM FOR THAT COUGH! « LIFE Whirlwinds of Passion (Continued from n) ical hurricane blows a gust of sm parrots, and several type- of paper, wildly followed picks them up urriedly and climbs b ain.) Rey. Jamieson (advancing to the door): You must go! You woman! Macoie perately) : that door (Rev. branches, itten shee (playing her For Go: victré s sake, don't open JAMIESON swings the door defiantly. The current of air sweeps Maccie out of t the roof lifts with a crash and dis- appears, dropping Tom Tom at the feet of poor Wa Wa. The air is filled with coanuts, monkeys Mas Jamieson, who passes th " exits out the open and om (breathlessly): Wa love faithful Tommy Wa Wa Wa Wa wait for sailor-man (A of the crash, carr Wa storm. The opposite sits Vers Hutcninsox, a N girl, before Raueu a Tommy (strummis Sout with Wa into the Ml blows in and section ying Ralph! In the arms of Ow Mac Well that’s life for Raven (casti de swept out bac Vera! (fanning himself) you in the South Seas Ta Ta, who i door) I can explain. every- thing! Vexa (po to see you again! (With a crash the hut ble The air is a confusion of leles, Hawaiian girls and the = I never want $ awa stage-hands in the Raurn (pouring himself a what of it? (The ¢ is deafening darkness as o proscenium ng characters and glances off again through the Amid the kle of a ukulele, phant ton and once a strid ictrola are heard in th tance. Somewhere there is the clink of a glass as Raven pours himself another drink of whisky.) Ma Ma: Look like everybody go "way, mebbe hurricane stop. Oto Mac (farining himself): Oh, they'll all blow around this way again to-morrow. That's life for you in the South Seas. The Philosophic Turk THe , He downs as many And puts the re Turk, a philo ats countless figs a day; And then next morning He's risen, yawned and | dressed | Eats figs when washed and Ed: OOK at that hul, I wonder what “Maybe there's a Torn the Crank Larry: g out the wris r oric squ ethods? still spending vening in th trying to coax out of the Be your age! Next ti amber juice to th recalcit a get a rush of na four dollar Your thanks ared covered that grape! Ja splendid actor is the jons about how to gct it And remember, there's Florida Seald Sweet f The Seald Sweet I The Florida Citrus Exchange ‘ Tampa, Florida ty check here ix [~] My check ere Eo ergrrety mle ; Sweet Juice Extractor roo gs Name. Address comicbooks.com