Life — May 17, 1929 — page 48: what you’re looking at

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didn’t some one ‘think of this before? —SAYS many a man with a tough beard and a tender skin after trying Hinds Cream before he lathers. We learned it by accident our- selves. It’s an accident no longer. For millions of men now include it in their shaving ritual. Marvelous forsoftening thebeard! Try it and see for yourself! Just rub it in. Then lather right over it. After you shave, rub in some more to keep your skin relaxed all day. Borrow your wife’s bottle—or use the coupon. HINDS CREAM REG. U. 8. PAT. OFF. Before and After Shaving OL &F..199 LEHN & FINK, INC. Sole Distributors Dept. 1139 Bloomfield, N. J. Please send me « sample bottle of Hinds Honey & Almond ream. Iwant a amooth, quick ve. (Prin name and address) ‘This coupon not after 1. 1930 Lehn & Fink (Canada) Tisned.9 Doric Aves Toroate 8 Life that... who do you think you are, Dorothy Parker? Then, too, if you like a particular book, you'll want to read it anyway. If you don’t, you’d be a fool not to finish it on the chance of finding something to take a crack at in the later chapters. Some people can work up pretty fancy reviews with opinions and psy- chological criticisms from a swift esti- mate of the jacket blurbs, the press sheets, and the books section of the New York Herald-Tribune. But I never was smart enough to get away with that sort of thing—very often. There are, to be sure, a lot of books that don’t get read at all. Most of the fun comes from guessing what will be a Big Thing, and what might just as well have been privately printed. There are some publishers that seem to specialize in bad books, poor little pre-mature brain children that are not quite right. Once in a while, of course, they fool you, and a first novel with all the ap- pearances of a dud explodes into a best seller. But not often. Again (still for the benefit of my successor) look out for so-called pub- lisher’s teas. A lot of authors and authoresses turn out to be rather charm- ing and fascinating under the influence of stimulants, and it is very easy to let a charm hang-over improve on what is really a dull variation on an antiquated theme. Well, it’s all over. From now on, I can read what I like—not what looks as though it might turn out to be im- portant. And if anybody asks me what I think of a book, I'll say, “How are you?” and change the subject. Perhaps it’s just as well. This thing couldn’t have gone on much longer without somebody calling me a “lit- erary critic” and forcing me to end it all. Only the other day, my litle innocent girl came up to my knee and said, “Daddy—dear old daaadee-ce! Is it true? Oh, say it ain't so... what the other girls are whispering . about your taking money for read- ing b-books?” “Yes, dear,” I confessed, hanging my head with shamey-shame, “it's— it’s true... . But please try to un- der—... please be broad—... don’t be hard on your old father . . . it wasn’t very much money.” So we are going away... away from it all . .. perhaps, in a distant city, under an assumed name, we can take up life anew... perhaps our little gal may forget, in time, that her old man reviewed books. But, I—I can never forget ... I'll have to buy them, now ... Ah! the pity of it... A Pipe Gives More Than Mere Pleasure Here are four tips why Pipe-smoking does more than just afford a man genuine enjoyment; it seems to help a man’s bean work better. Pipe-smokers are calm, unruffied fellows, They think straight in_ meetings, skip ahead of other minds. They pack their briars, light a match, take a few deliberate puffs; .. and clear-cut decisions are there! Just smoke a pipe yourself for a while and see if it’s not so. You'll agree with what science has a/ways held: that the sweetest, purest, most enjoyable form in which tobacco can be smoked is in a pipe. 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