Life, 1928-07-19 · page 35 of 40
Life — July 19, 1928 — page 35: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a book review in verse and period advertisements. **"Ambition" Review:** Arthur Train's novel follows Simon Kent, a Harvard lawyer who marries the socially ambitious Clarice. She pushes him to accumulate wealth through morally questionable means—he gains clients through her sexual appeal and wins "doubtful cases." Eventually discovering his firm fabricates evidence, the honest Simon leaves and divorces the manipulative Clarice. The satire critiques how ambition and social climbing corrupt professional ethics. The ending—Clarice remarrying a wealthy man while Simon finds happiness with another woman—rewards virtue while punishing shallow materialism. **Advertisements:** The page features period product ads (Pocket Ben watches, Westclox clocks) and a "To the Wise Smoker" ad for Squibb's Dental Cream toothpaste—ironic given it promotes oral health benefits of smoking. **Political Humor:** A brief Senator Hefflin joke mocks politicians' claims of being "too busy" to address serious issues like the Nicaragua intervention, suggesting self-serving priorities.
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LIFE RHYMED REVIEWS Ambition 500 By Arthur Train. _ Charles Scribner's Sons = Wuen Simon Kent had served his term 00 In Harvard's sacred halls of learning 5-00 He joined a mammoth lawyer firm = And soon was ably up and earning. 5.09 He rashly married fair Clarice, ead A social climber smooth as honey +5 Who could not let him work in peace, : Demanding quick and easy money. to @ 0.09 5.00 She gained him clients left and right = Through sex appeal and artful graces; : NewModel “1 PocketGen The Westclox watch! OR sturdiness, for reliability, day in and day out, you can’t beat 500 the new model Pocket Ben—and it’s mighty good looking, too! He forged ahead with all his might And won a lot of doubtful cases. In several years—from which it looks As though his legal mind moved slowly— He found his firm were subtle crooks Involved in practices unholy. In spite of all their fine pretense Their vaunted ethics did not stop them From fabricating evidence; So honest Simon had to drop them. And when he found his wife had lied Like Ananias and Sapphira He asked her please to step aside And clear the way for lovely Vira. At first Clarice refused to quit; But social life as Simon planned it Was such a dreary counterfeit That no ambitious wife could stand it. And so she'll get a French divorce To marry something rich and sappy; The other two will wed, of course, And make the gentle reader happy. Arthur Guiterman. TAKING NO CHANCES “Let me see. I have the shirt on with the WISE smoker Here's a little gem of wisdom for the man who wants the best that smoking can give him—a healthy, protected mouth means a cool, joyous smoke. There's a lot in that thought. There won't be much opportunity for the first smoke to bite or growl, or for the last one to be sour or bitter—every puff will hit the spot, if you will just give your mouth the care that it deserves. y Cream an intimate rite in your 10.00 So can you. ... Sold fe and the bill in my pmo I have six smoking routine. 20.00 3 10.00 everywhere for $1.50. 5 ‘book. gg ome : For Squibb’s not only puts “T Built by the makers of Magoon, who is going to bring his] your mouth in a healthy cone ae Big ra ia Biaie brother, who is going to bring his brother- dition but, by depositing tiny 10.00 WESTERN CLOCK COMPANY 11.47 La Salle, Illinois ratios in-law, who is going to bring his uncle, who knows the superintendent of mails, is to meet me at the post office at one o'clock. So I don’t suppose I will have any trouble cashing that dollar-and-a-half money order.” particles of Milk of Magnesia in the mouth crevices, it keeps it so, At night it relieves any possible irritation or distaste. 40c at any druggist’s. Copyright 1928 by E. R. Squibb & Sons John Heintz. GUARD THE it has az Ny New Westclox ee =) Auto Clock | Attractive, convenient, Senator Herwin modestly ah waed, \ Z reliable. Fitsany car. | that if he hadn’t been so busy he would : > 4 Quickly attachedon dash | have kept the Marines from being sent to in K F050 ce Sheree wind ed Nicaragua. If the estimable Senator a minded his own business a little bit more D, DANGER LINE he wouldn’t be so busy. comicbooks.com