Life, 1929-01-18 · page 36 of 44
Life — January 18, 1929 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The dominant content is a **Schick Repeating Razor advertisement** featuring a smiling man holding the product. The ad emphasizes the razor's innovation: blades load inside the handle in a clip system, requiring no stropping or honing (manual sharpening methods then standard). The copy highlights six advantages, including that blades stay sharp for "four to ten perfect shaves." Pricing ranges $5-$50 depending on model. Below the main ad is a serialized story excerpt about "Crakenhill," apparently a rural narrative about a farm's enduring hold on its inhabitants across generations. On the right side are brief book reviews and a **Marmola weight-loss tablet advertisement**, promoting these as a scientific solution for post-40 weight gain caused by glandular weakness. For modern readers: these ads reflect 1920s-30s consumer culture—the Schick represented cutting-edge razor technology, while Marmola tablets exemplify now-discredited patent medicine marketing.
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34 ‘No stroppi ikea) ng- Oh! What o shove!! : ® ‘ i] ‘There are six good reasons why you should have a Schick—1, Schick blades are superkeen, infinitely sharper—2. They load inside the razor handle, 20 ina clip—3. Not one blade edge is ever touched until it touches face—4, The razor itsel is per fectly balanced: 5. Blades are changed in 1 secon by a pull ush of the plunger— 6, Results: Marvelou: in half the time. $5 to $50 according to the model zen like. A trifle higher in Canada. A clip of 20 blades with each razor. Schick blades, hence same shaving qualities in all models, Ask for Schicks at any store where no honing-and Its the Schick Steel in those blades . .” THE STROPPING AND HON. ING ARE DONE RIGHT AT THE SCHICK FACTORY. After that— four to ten perfect shaves from each blade because Schick Steel holds its edge. It takes Schick Steel and the pre- cision of Schick machines to pro- duce the keenest shaving edge on Earth. Schick Steel—a new steel—and the Schick Razor are responsible for the amazing re- sults all men get with a Schick. “It doesn’t feel like it’s shaving, but the beard’s all gone.” men trade. Magazine Repeating Razor Company, 285 Madison Ave.,New York.Canadian Dis- tributors: T.S. Simms & Co.,Ltd. es Saint John, N. B. A smooth shave, quick with a Schick Rereeting-Razor was queen of Crakenhill Hall. Then it was discovered that she was with child. Harry was blamed, until Old Ben an- nounced that he, himself, was the father. He named the baby Joseph, and there was talk in the village. But the old man was a law unto himself, and not until he felt like it did he drive into town and marry Nancy. Crakenhill prospered. The boys grew to men, and little Joseph became their pupil. One day, in a fit of rage, Benjamin, grown old and blind, fell on his face in the fields, and died there. His sons carried on, Crakenhill knew them, and continued to give forth its bounty. Until Nancy, in- fatuated with a village idler, married him, and drove off the Geaiters. It was not long before Crakenhill had ruined Nancy and her husband too. The Geaiters were able men. And patient. Years passed, and they were at Crakenhill again, with young Joseph, now a farmer himself. Once more they mastered Crakenhill, and Crakenhill mastered them. At one time and another, each had tried to leave, and each had returned, content to remain. And now Joseph, in love with a town girl, makes his attempt. But Crakenhill hangs fast to Joseph, and Daisy, his town girl, too. The cycle is com- plete. The farm has won them aga: ret “Joseph and His Brethren” left m and thoughtful and satisfied, somehow better wncz for having read it. I’m going to put it og cept the same shelf with Hardy—and read i: [dow again. Se Tue Macic Istanp (Harcourt, Brace), ture by W. B. Seabrook, is the second book IM you! about Haiti to appear in recent month, jE Eve! Like John Vandercook’s “Black Majesty” of. \ it deals with the black republic, but there JB thin the resemblance ceases. gera Where Vandercook is chiefly concernej 7 with the romantic history of Haiti, Sq. JB atte brook is more interested in its soul. Van. JB that dercook recites the glories of the pas, J tcl Seabrook looks for the mysteries of todyy, fy £28 “The Magic Island” is not the ordinay JB ™YS travel book, because Seabrook is not the I ordinary tourist. He has a sincere curiosity, ie wit trave Ales at Comes fe som pres kno May ae =H by by A Is ix Fat Need Not Come Science has found the reason why grow fat. That reason lies largely in a de gland. To some that Soable canes in eal ears, but to most people after 40, 7A certain. gland, which largely contnh nutrition, becomes weak. Then food, whid should go into fuel and energy, deposits itself in fat. No starvation, no crenwotk rectly that condition. Both are ful. The rigt remedy is to activate an under-active glad Physicians the world over now employ it That is the method employed in Marmd prescription tablets. They are on scie> tific research on the causes of excess fatA famous medical laboratory perfected thes People have used them for more than 20 yess —millions of boxes of them. You can see tht results in every circle—in new youth ad beauty, new health and vitality. Do what your friends are doing. Comet the cause of excess fat. Don’t starve, dost over-work. Take four Marmola tablets daly and watch the delightful results, You mat correct the cause. . Do this, because this is the scientific way because multitudes of people, all about yos have proved its efficiency. it now. Ever i day of delay means that your life is not beg lived at its full. MARMOLA She Dleasint Way to Reduce comicbooks.com