Life, 1915-03-04 · page 37 of 48
Life — March 4, 1915 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a political cartoon. The main content consists of commercial advertisements for consumer goods. The small editorial humor piece titled "Uppers and Lowers" is a gentle joke about railroad sleeping-car preferences. An "Experienced Traveler" explains his contradictory preference for both upper and lower berths by revealing his logic: after suffering in a lower berth one night (poor ventilation, noise from trucks), he swears never to take anything but an upper. But after tossing sleeplessly in an upper, he vows never to take anything but a lower. The joke is that his experience makes him equally miserable in either position, trapping him in perpetual dissatisfaction—a mild commentary on human inconsistency. The page also advertises **Nabisco Sugar Wafers**, **Burpee's Sweet Peas** seeds, and **Galloway Pottery** garden goods. These represent typical early 20th-century consumer advertising targeting middle-class households.
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ALOWAY POTTERY TH) DOUBLES THE GARDEN’S CHARM 6 h your Gardenbe Small,a Sundial Bird Font or Gazing Globe adds the Essential touch while your Plants. will have New Beauty in Artistic GALOWAY Pots Boxes and Vases. 1.9 AWealth of Suggestions for 1§, Making your Garden Attractive will be foundii inour Cat ‘GALOWAY. TERRA COTTA CO. Uppers and Lowers O you prefer the upper berths of sleeping-cars or the lower berths?” asked the Young Man in the smoking compartment. “T prefer both,” replied the Experi- army “ ring enced Traveler, But, of course, not ago at the same time Let me explain. amily Aiter I have suffocated for a night in a lower berth, I vow never from that d. time forward to take anything but an ‘ é ® ques- upper, because in an spe one can at FAIRY sandwich—a rich, creamy filling of delicate least get some ventilation, and because sweetness between two layers ef fragile crispness— it has better facilities for stowing away flavored as exquisitely as a rose petal. 5 one’s clothes, and because, being not so near the trucks, it rides easier, and be- n in ev e ii a nore. “But, then,” continued the Experi- ites enced Praveen “after tossing and Sugar Wafers Tong are the perfect dessert sweets. Their popularity is sii nation-wide—their appropriateness universal. Serve with 1 all desserts—with ices, creams, parfaits, frozen puddings, stop : fruits or beverages. about and plate In ten-cent tins and twenty-five-cent tins. FESTINO—Dessert sweets in the guise of an almond, with almond-flavored cream filling. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Six Superb Spencers = = we will mail one regular 10¢ of Boares's Besttace eon neaee tumbling for a night in an upper, I pink-edged Spenc: King vow never from that time forward Ewan, deep carmine B : Bete r MRS. to take anything but a lower, because, Bicetons seh a exquisite pink; MRs. Hi being nearer the floor, the lateral mo- tion is not so great, because it is easier izture of Spen- ns yered Sweet Peas + oflered, The to get into and not so dangerous to net SS Seat Fes Celtute with each collection: fall out of, because it seems to be a Bui all out [Rg pee ay elec little wider, and because people will bright book of 182 for 1915 than eve ink I’ ingy i ide ii e Fiat reyes for igs ta borer than ov think I'm stingy if I ride in uppers. aay In short, to ride in one always endears Ww. ATLEE BURPEE & & CO. me to the other. How unhappy with Burpee Buildings, Phila: either I'd be were t'other discomfort away.” E. 0. J.