Life, 1916-04-20 · page 44 of 52
Life — April 20, 1916 — page 44: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and filler content**, not political satire. The main items are: **Richmond Straight Cut Cigarettes ad**: A historical pitch claiming these were "the first high grade cigarettes made in the United States," appealing to gentlemen by invoking colonial-era tobacco tradition. The decorative vignette depicts early American scenes. **"Real Waste" dialogue**: A brief comic exchange between two coal operators, satirizing labor disputes. The first operator questions whether miners deserve wage increases; the second responds cynically that costs would simply be passed to consumers anyway—mocking both capitalist indifference to worker welfare and the inevitability of inflation. **"The Point of View"**: A humorous section presenting Shakespeare's *Romeo and Juliet* and Hamlet as if they were contemporary newspaper items from 1590 Verona and Denmark, treating fictional tragedies as local scandals. It's light literary humor for educated readers. The page also includes period advertisements for Ingram's Milkweed Cream and Faultless Pajamas. This is typical early 20th-century magazine filler blending commerce with gentle humor.
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”... Among other treasures, Captain Wells offered us paper rolls of tobacco grown in the Virginias called cigarett all neatly shaped and which proved an even neater smoke. PREFERRED BY GENTLEMEN NOW AS THEN The quaint, old-time delicacy of their “ bright” Virginia tobacco has always given Richmond Straight Cuts a charm all their own, The first high grade cigarettes made in the United States, they invite you to smoke Virginia tobacco at its best. a RICHMOND STRAIGHT CUT oS Cigarettes PLAIN OR CORK TIP Fifteen cents Also in attractive tins, 50 for 40 cents: 100 for 75 cents. Sent pre- paid if your dealer can- not supply you : micnnono. Mert Linrtory weanvrn een te eaccen PP PP ee ee eS wouldn't make any difference to us, because we would add the increase to the price of coal. Seconp Coat Operator: Well, we'd do that anyway. Real Waste IRST COAL OPERATOR: You don’t’ think, then, these miners ought to have an increase in wages? It Rr ie NighE TL glam Ss Milkweed Creain stamps to cover cost of Improves Bad packing and mailing, of dnd get tree our Cucst Qa Room Package containing Ps Ingram’s Face Powder and Rouge in novel purse packets. and Milkweed Cream, Zodenta T Powder, and Perfume in Gu Address INGRAM CO. 108s indsor, Ont. w 38 Tenth St. Detroit. U.S.A. rest The Point of View Some press cuttings taken from an old scrap-book dated about 1590. The name in front indicates that it was the property of one W. Shake- speare. Dovete Suicive aANo Murper! Special from the Verona Poniard LL. Verona was shocked to learn of the double suicide of Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague this morning, following the murder of Tybalt Capulet by young Montague. The last is a well-known young club- man-about-town whose engagement to Miss Rosaline ——— was announced in these columns a few months ago. Montague persuaded Miss Juliet Cap ulet, young daughter of the West End Capulets, to elope with him under promise of marriage. Her cousin Tybalt was killed while endeavoring to effect her rescue. Fearing the con- sequences of his crime, Montague and Miss Capulet committed suicide, their bodies being found in the cemetery this morning. This is the most shock- ing thing which has taken place in Verona since the feud between our two leading families started. Hem to Turone Goes Mav! From Danish Denouncer The sad facts in the case of the young heir apparent are at last made public. In spite of his brilliant pros- pects; heir to the Danish throne; trothed to a charming lady of the court, Miss Ophelia Polonius, Hamlet, A the Gen the deat to | Ban A has (ow Dur circ publ ing Int four chan pron whic up. comicbooks.com