Life, 1926-04-22 · page 34 of 40
Life — April 22, 1926 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **product advertisement disguised as a comic dialogue**, not political satire. Two men—Sherwood and Mason—debate razor blade maintenance. Mason complains that new blades dull quickly; Sherwood argues the problem lies with the user, not the blade. He promotes the **Twinplex Stropper**, a device that allegedly restores blade sharpness through stropping. The "satire" is mild consumer humor: Mason's frustration with razor performance is redirected toward his own negligence. The advertisement suggests that proper stropping maintenance—not inferior products—solves shaving problems. The rest of the page lists new book releases and other advertisements (Liquid Arvon dandruff treatment, Pig Iron novel, Horlicks milk). This appears to be a typical Life magazine page mixing editorial content with advertising revenue.
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LIFE “Don’t blame your razor blades — blame yourself,” said Sherwood. “It’s up to you, old man.” “What do vou mean, snapped Mason “Why! you can have keen blades if vou want them. A few turns in a Twinplex Stropper and those same blades you swear at will shave like a dream.” “But it’s new blades I'm kicking about,” said Mason. “Why should I strop a new blade? it’s up to me?” n't you?” asked Sherwood “Razor blades have delicate, sensitive edges, easily affected bv temperature changes ar leave the fac a good strc other conditior just before you shave.” ever thought of that,” replied Mason. ‘Will Twinplex smooth them out to their original keenness?” You bet it will —just a few turns will do “Just shave once with a new blade stropped on Twinplex and you'll never again shave with an unstropped blade.” F REE iXecexen nd we will send you free a new Twinplex We toute ke yaa what Te For 15 years Twinplex Stroppers have been sold at leading stores all over the world. They're 1 for 10 years. You can buy one on approval if you like. Ask your dealer for one. Single Edge $3.00. Double Edge $3.50 and $5.00. TWINPLEX SALES CO. 1747 Locust Street, Saint Louis New York Ele ca winple troppers FOR SMOOTHER SHAVES Chicago Montreal Among the New Books The Love Nest. (Seribuer). Excellent and characte short stories collected for the those who do not read the magazines When We Were Rather Older. fy Fairfax Downey, with alluste Jefferson Machamer (Ait ‘An attempt to carry on what A Milne started The Woman Tempted. By. the g Catheart (Macaulay) nan stoops to folly, she at of it with material , Or to think she does. So They Played Bridge—and How! By Tuite (Simon ¢ Schuster). effort to. sugarcoat the tules by putting them: into. narrative form It's Not Done. By William (¢ att (Harcourt, Brace). A novel forth the difficulties whic essential aristocrat encounters in the modern scene They Had to See Paris. Croy (Harper). An Americ V his reti make. the grand, mock-I Demigods. By | (Seritmer), The tragedy of By Ring Lardner henefit ms by ess of lovely we By Homer neil king trip in. the crazed mar Men and Horses. By Ros wry). Twenty sand ome d sketches by a cowboy artist- author who knows his West Plays. By John Galsworthy (Serih ner). Sixth “series, cv The Forest.” “Old sh.” ar “The Show.” The Dean and Jecinora. by Victor L. Whitech ‘) The un expected di f on vacation. Fix Bayonets! J Thomason, Jr. (Scribner). AN contribution — to American mil history January Garden, Ry Melville Cane (Harcourt, Brace) sabout this and that, some of which have been printed in these columns, Challenge. (Harper). Lev s Santee Sutherland against al back- Social Side of Diplomatic By Maude Parker Child (Bohhs An ex-Amb lively account of what a was about Child of the Wild. fy mopolitan), OF lor’s. wife's “l deal of it Eilison t in the a air HLBIly, By Rese Wilder Lane (Harper). Much the same thing in the Ozarks. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi. By George Devol (/folt) One who has lived to remember it te the tale. The Origin of the Next War. John Bakeless (The Viking Pre Cro a bridge which nobody wants to come to. Pattering Feet. By Arthu Bourinot (Graphic Co.). A book o childhood verses. When the Fight Begins. Ry Hol- an Day (Small, Maynard), The tale Western politician who mislaid his_ soul. The High Adventure. By J y Farnot (1 Brown). Or what, fer three hundred and fifty pages, happened to Jeremy. The Pride of the Town. By Doro- thy Walworth Carman (/larper). Two young artists up against the Main Street menace. } Sure Way to Get i Rid of Dandruff one sure way that hae will andlook 4 ‘LIQUID ARVON Fairy See OO NCE upot who was sure adn a lot m a time th was a t have yre money tf he hac other business = PIG IRON=; by CHARLES G.NORRIS has been reviewed in 51 different cities from Maine to California. Its readers agree that seldom has a novel com- bined a story so vigorous with so sincere a study of American life. A NOVEL OF SUCCESS AND DISILLUSION $2.00 at all bookshops asx tor Horlick’s Tre ORIGINAL ,* Malted Milk ! For INFANTS, Children, Invalids, Nursing Mothers,etc. comicbooks.com