Life, 1927-02-17 · page 3 of 34
Life — February 17, 1927 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **primarily advertisements** rather than political satire. The main content includes: 1. **"Ladies Prefer a Simonized Car"** — An ad featuring a woman in 1920s attire praising automotive wax coating, playing on the era's dating culture and consumerism. 2. **"Reflections in a Hospital"** — A poem (attributed to "Maximus Ben Mordecai") with romantic/melancholic themes about masculine beauty and attracting women, likely satirizing sentimental hospital poetry. 3. **"Fougère Royale Shaving Cream"** — An ad claiming men don't need beards to appear distinguished if they use quality shaving products. The humor appears gentle and lifestyle-focused rather than politically pointed. The page reflects 1920s consumer culture and gender dynamics rather than substantive political commentary.
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“This is the Way to Motor Car Beauty: “We just put a little of that won- derful Simoniz KLEENER on a cloth and rubbed itover the finish and you should see it remove all the spots and dullness.” “Then we used Simoniz to protect the luster and color and prolong the life of the finish, You see, Simonizand Simoniz KLEENER are pure vegetable compounds containing no acid. ‘That's why the most delicate finish cannot be injured.”* Insist on SimONIZ and SIMONIZ KLEENER for cleaning and protecting Duco and all Lacquer finishes, Simoniz Co. a Avenue, CHICAGO LONDON PARIS Reflections in a Hospital Myatte, as I lie here (wrapped in Blankets like a Seminole), Scarcely fit to be the captain Of my soul; Gazing as I do with dreamy Languor at the bare white wall, I am wishing you could see me— Wan and small. Other swains prefer to show their Manly strength, or play the fop, Or call out a proud “Hello, there!” To a cop: Well they know that if you're big, you're Sure to catch a heart in thrall; If you have a slender figure, Girls will fall, But my handsome form and face meant Less than nought to you, my darling. And, although this harsh abasement Gets me snarling With disgust, I yet rejoice that I am here, despite the ache: This is just about the choice that You would make! Men can never capture you, love, When they're healthy and eupeptic. Helpless would you have your true love— Epileptic. Now you'll want me, weak (and dumb, too), For I'm something to be healed... This is what a guy must come to Ere you yield! —Mathias Ben Mordecai, in New York World, Equal to the Occasion Oxe day a well-known physician was hurrying to an urgent case when a lady of his rather vague acquaintance stopped him. “I know your time is valuable, doctor,” she said, “but T won't keep you a mo- ment. Just a little consultation, please.” The man of medicine stopped. “Certainly, madam”—this with a grave “will you be so kind as to un- “Weekly Telegraph (London). Culture! “I wanteo my daughter to be cul- "the mother said. “I sent her to the best boarding school, the finest sum- mer camps, and an excellent college, and gave her a finishing course abroad. To- day she went off for a week-end and just before she left she bought a package of chewing gum, a package of cigarettes, the most lurid confessional magazine and a moving picture paper.” —New York Sun. Fastidious Tue Committee of a London club had a very peculiar complaint to consider the other day. On the back of his dinner- bill a member had penned this protest: “The soup was absolutely beastly. It N. Y, Subscription, $5.00. Vol. 89, ‘Class Matter at the Post Office Dept... ou dont need a wire beard onto like ougere Royale but if you have one you will HIS new way to a better shave was made for wiry beards and tender faces. Others naturally find comfort in its sooth- ing, beard-softening lather. Fougere Royale (Royal Fen) Shaving Cream contains no secret chemicals. It is thoroughly neutra- lized, beneficial to the skin and never leaves asoapy,after-shaving odor. Delightful touse. If you want a better shave get the generous fifty-cent tube of Fougere Royale Shaving Cream today from your druggist. Or send a dime and the coupon below fora trial tube that will tell you all you will ever need to know about shaving comfort. ugene oyale Shaving Cream Pronounced Foo-Zhaire Royal Eau Vegetale, $1.25; Facial Soap, SOc. | HOUBIGANT, Inc. Dept. L-7 539 West 45th Street, New York City I want to try Fougere Royale Shaving Cream, inixyia Name. Address. comicbooks.com