Life, 1914-08-20 · page 3 of 40
Life — August 20, 1914 — page 3: 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 **Schlitz beer advertisement** claiming "Health Is All Important" and promoting beer as "pure food." The ad argues that Schlitz's brown bottle protects beer from light damage better than competitors' light bottles—a genuine product differentiation claim. Below is a smaller **Biltmore Hotel ad** (New York) and a **cruise line advertisement**. On the left is a personal "Diversion Wanted" classified-style ad from someone seeking entertainment relief from their mundane life. At the bottom, a brief editorial note discusses the **Nobel Peace Prize** and Norman Angell's anti-war book. The page reflects early 20th-century magazine format: mixed advertising, classifieds, and editorial content. There is **no political cartoon** present.
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ONE OF THE PLEASANTEST SUMMER RESORTS Diversion ‘Wanted WYANTED- Diversion and some way to rest up. I am so tired when night comes that I don’t know what to do with myself. I simply must have some light recreative amusement that makes no demand upon my mental and physical resources. Am sick to death of those terrible musical come- dies which are supposed to be pro- duced for my special benefit. Thought I was going to find solace in the “movies”, but for the most part they are too primitively blood-and-thunder. Dancing is too strenuous for steady use. There is no fun in eating and drinking in those deadly hotels and cafés, which are all built on the same plan of high prices for poor food and small comforts. And as for cabarets, 1 am getting so I shriek with horror at the very thought of them. Anyone who can think of just the right thing will be conferring a great boon, Ad- dress Tired Business Man, General il sii) America’s Latestand Most Refined and New York’s Centermost Hotel Only hoteloccupyinganentirecity block, Vanderbiltand Madison Avs. (3dand 4th Sts., adjoining Grand Central Terminal 1000 rooms; 950 with bath — Room rates from FO es: Suites trom ae As fed email bull Sangeet and dining: salons and suites specially. arranged for padlic or private functions. Gustav Baumann, Pres, Bem CLARK'sQRIENT CRUIse 170 tong: 17 anmat ing shore excuntons, EC CLARK, Foo Is All Important Dare you endanger it by taking impure food into your stomach? Pure beer is pure food. Light starts decay even in pure beer, causing a disagreeable odor and a skunky taste. The light bottle is insufficient protection. Schlitz is made pure and the Brown Bottle keeps it pure from the brewery to your glass. See that Crown is branded “Schlitz” Order a Case Today That Made Milwaukeee That Nobel Peace Prize HE ways of the trustees of the Nobel prize fund must, we suppose, be more or less inscrutable, but it would be interesting to discover by what method of logic they have succeeded in overlooking Mr. Norman Angell in bestowing the peace prize. Of the different groups interested in peace, the Nobel trustees alone seem to be unaware of his existence and his work. While everyone else was uttering abstract, sentimental and moral pleas for peace, Mr. Angell published a book, “ The Great Ilu- sion”, explaining why war is unprofitable, not only to the losing nation, but to the winning nation as well. We had suspected this before, but this book made a clear exposition of the matter and has already been translated into more than twenty different languages. Maybe they are going to save up and give him several prizes at once.