Life — March 8, 1928 — page 38: what you’re looking at

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Before Shaving Want to smile Back at yourself In the mirror Each morning As you shave? Then try This simple trick Before you lather. Cuts shaving Time in half And man! how Smooth and easy! The pictures here Tell the story. Try it tomorrow. Before you lather, rub seconds. You'll be sur- prised how it softens the beard! After shaving, rub in a little more Hinds Cream until your fin- gers cling, Your skin will feel soft and re- laxed all day. After Shaving HINDS CREAM Then lather right over the Hinds Cream while it is still wet. Boy! what a clean, smooth, easy shave! inc., 1920 LEHN & FINK, Inc, Sole Distributors BloomBeld,N. J. Please send me a sample bottle of Hinds Honey and Almond Cream, so I can enjoy asmooth shave for once. Address . (This coupon not good after March, 1929) Shave your face but save your skin Life Stream of Consciousness During a Visit to an Art Museum with an Erudite Friend OTHING is more remarkable than Rembrandt’s method of chiaroscuro hep hep keep in step his ability to make light a medium for the expression of emotional feeling by surrounding it with roast beef medium and waves of darkness, a darkness which is realistic yet id istic, transparent with every indi- cation that it can never die die deedle dee dum dee dee die die I sigh I cry it’s just a bit of Heaven when my baby smiles at Tintoretto is dra- matic where Veronese is pictorial for he can be vast, tempestuous, and tragic with a depth of feeling which it would hardly be fair to compare with that of lesser mortals although the temptation to do so is vast and tempestuous and Rubens knows how to stimulate the tactile imagination from a sandwich to a national insti- tution suggesting bulk and strength while Velasquez is unsurpassed in the rendering of values and can manipulate light with amazing skill because he understands that light is elastic stretching it on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on with the break of dawn you and the song had gone but the melody lingers on Corot Chiaros Corot ha ha not only observes form but tries to escape from it as if escape were pos- sible Manet is great in “Girl with a Parrot” she doesn’t seem to mind but women can stand so much more oh polly polly wants a cracker wants a cracka wants a crack at your jaw jaw jaw presenting marvelous mod- ulations of the chord of gray with a clear vibrant note of yellow and black spots before the eyes black spots black blackety-black blankety- blank while Whistler though he learned much from Manet and the Japanese did not need the help help help help help help HELP.... Tup. Mercenary Americans A Panis journalist writes that when- ever an American traveler sees a work of ancient art in that capital, he promptly asks the cost in dollars and cents. This is a severe indictment of the American character. It is well known that when Napoleon and other French “travelers” first saw these works in their original Italian home, all they asked was, “How many custodians will we have to kill before we load these on wagons and haul them away from here?” —E. C. A., in Detroit News. Some people drive as if they were anxious to have their accident quickly and get it over with. —Milwaukee Journal. te Teeth are not enough BECAUSE... Too many people, thinking they are safe when teeth are white, suddenly find themselves victims of Pyorrhea. This foe ignores the teeth and at- tacks the gums. It takes high toll in health from 4 persons out of 5 after forty and thousands younger. Don’t fear these odds, See your dentist at least once every six months and start using Forhan’s for the Gums today. This dentifricecleans teeth snowy white and protects them against acids which cause decay. Also, if used regularly and in time, it helps to firm gums and keep them healthy. Pyorrthea seldom attacks healthy gums. Make Forhan's the daily morning and night health habit. Get a tube from your druggist, today... 35¢ and 60c. Formula of R. J. Forhan, D.D.S. Forhan Company, New York Forhan's forthe “Don’t step on it e°¢ e IT MIGHT be Lon Chaney, as the old wheeze had it, or, worse yet, it might be a rake, ready to smack you simple. Look before you step at night . .. with a good flashlight. And keep that flashlight primed for darkness and danger with genuine Ever- eady Batteries. “‘Canned day- light,” somebody called them. Anyhow, they’re packed tight with potential light, ready to pour a path of daylight at your feet. Get the flashlight habit. That's better than buying arnica, for barked shins, and paying cleaners’ bills when you mudhole-in-one. Don't “ask your dealer”—tel/ him! a comicbooks.com