Life, 1929-06-14 · page 38 of 44
Life — June 14, 1929 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct elements: **Left side:** A Hinds Cream shaving product advertisement featuring before-and-after imagery of a man's face, promoting the cream as a solution for coarse, unruly beards. This is straightforward 1920s-era grooming advertising with no satirical content. **Right side:** A serialized story titled "A Half-Dollar Story" (continued from page 11). The narrative presents a con artist's elaborate tale: a doctor claims his wife was mysteriously cured of illness, but the final twist reveals the storyteller is actually "Sam Tobin," a professional beggar/con man working the "Mendicancy Squad" racket. He fabricated the entire emotional narrative—complete with false identity "Torrington"—to extract money from the narrator. The story illustrates Depression-era urban hustling and the gullibility of charitable listeners. The page also contains travel advertisements for cruise lines and motor boats, typical of Life magazine's commercial content from this period.
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Does your beard grow every which way? I it’s stiff and wiry in the bar- gain, then here’s a simple operation you'll bless us for tell- ing you about. Soften that beard, and shaving it clean becomes a much simpler, quicker job. You can, with Hinds Cream. Simply rub it in hard before you lather. Then lather up right over it and shave. As a final touch, rub in a little more Hinds Cream after you shave. Try it—and you'll never leave it out of your shaving kit again. If your wife hasn't a bottle, use the coupon. HINDS CREAM REG. U8 PAT OFF Before and After Shaving OL &P,, 1929 LEHN & FINK, INC, Sole ne Dept. Blooniicld, nN. J. Vieete send me a sample bottle of Hinds Honey & Almond Cream, I want a smooth, quick shave, (Print name and address) This coupon vot Leba & Fink (Conede) Limited, 9 Davies Ave., Toronto 8 a Life A Half-Dollar Story (Continued from Page 11) but I think no man ever suffered as Dr. Sprague did. He tried every cure known to science, but the doctors said the case was beyond help. * ‘Give me some of your medicine,’ she would beg. ‘It’s the only thing that helps me.” “He knew that it simply deadened the pain for a little while; but he couldn't tell her. He gave her the medicine. “I feel better,’ she'd say. wanted to kill himself. “ ‘I know,’ she said, ‘if you say this is a cure, Harvey, it will cure me. “For months he watched beside her. One day a famous specialist examined her. He came out, wide-eyed, amazed. He **A miracle!” he said. ‘My God, man,’ Dr. Sprague | cried, ‘do you mean she’s better?’ “ ‘She's cured,’ said the specialist, ‘but don’t ask me how, or why.’ “Well, Dr. Sprague went all to pieces. Just lost his grip. He began to drink hard, and he went down, and stayed down.” The frowsy man glanced furtively along the path. “What happened to his wife?” I asked. “Oh, she learned all about it. He went broke, of course, so she found out. I guess she was pretty selfish, really. Loved luxury more than any- thing else. Anyhow, she left him and ran off with young Torrington. Well, do I get that half dollar?” I gave it to him. “I got to go,” he said, jumping sud- denly to his feet. “Good night, Dr. Sprague,” I said. “Sprague, hell!” he said, over his shoulder. “I'm Torrington.” As he skurried away, a large, shark- eyed man strolled up to my bench. “Touched you, did he?” he said. “Who are you?” I asked. “Detective Butler, | Mendicancy Squad.” “No,” I said. “He didn’t touch me. Mr. Torrington was telling me a story, that’s al “Mr. Torrington!” snorted the man. “Torrington. my eye. That's Sam Tobin. Been a bum all his life. A grand worker. Claims he used to write stories but this racket pays bet- ter, Got a house and kids in Flat- bush and a big Swede of a wife who beats him if he don’t bring home fifty berries every night. . . I took my tast half dollar, went over to First Avenue and bought four drinks of white mule. Drive around hist torie Mackinac Island, see the Indians at Canadian vit Se ‘ake the sight-ecein busat Detroit Cleveta: a full day at in wonder: at Niogera Falls, the The Big Oil-Barniag White Liners North American od South American offer you an experience similar to that of a age —comfortable berths or parlor rooms~~ail oulside rooms with windows or port holes. Excclicet meals daintily served. Rest in quiet on obecroatans deck or joinin the gaicty as you prefer. Music. Dane. ing, Entertainme. G Games and a Social Hostess to introduce you. A voyage of invigoration, recreat: andeducation combinedsa different kind of vacation Semi-Weekly Sailings between Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo ‘Ask for Blue Book on the Blue Lakes at any Railway Ticket Office or Tou: Agency or write Chi Duluth & Georgian Bay ransit Company W. H. BLACK, Traffic Mar. W. E. BROWN, G.P.A. 110W.. ‘Adams St.,Chicage,| Hl, 13S. Division St., Beffalo, N.Y, What the tourist needs, more than anything else, is an auto that will neigh or whinny when it is almost out of gas. —Kay Features. This motor-driven boat is ideal for your family’s summer camp Wuar's a summer camp without a boat? And you couldn't get a better boat for the whole family than this square-stem one Town, especially de signed for a portable motor. Light, ve ‘built to carry b loads. Swift, yet flurdy. depend ependable and safe. Graceful and easy to handle too. Com with of without sponsons. Write today for free catalog. It shows and prices many light, water-tight models elas. sala and square-stern canoes, extra-sa! models, dinghies and 4 eure family tos Also speedy Girone. OU Town Cance Ca. '007 Mie roplanes. ‘own Canoe Co, Street, Old Town, Maine. “Old Town Boats” <_< rr wr wo comicbooks.com