Life, 1917-11-15 · page 38 of 40
Life — November 15, 1917 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements** rather than editorial content or political satire. The ads include: 1. **Maillard Chocolates** (top left): A decorative Art Deco-style illustration of two women, promoting French bonbons from a Fifth Avenue New York shop. 2. **The Hollenden Hotel** (top right): An advertisement for Cleveland's "most exclusive hotel," emphasizing its thirty-year reputation and consistent service. 3. **"Drowsy" novel advertisement** (bottom left): Promotes a new novel by John James Mitchell (identified as Life's editor), about a man who kidnaps his sweetheart in a high-speed car. The accompanying illustration labeled "Retribution" shows Cupid with a piper, suggesting consequences for romantic rule-breaking—a common moralizing theme in early 20th-century fiction. 4. **Illustration** (bottom right): An unclear street scene, possibly related to the novel promotion. The page reflects 1920s consumer culture and literary marketing rather than satire or political commentary.
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An Institution The Hollenden is more than merely a hotel. In its thirty odd years of existence it has come to be looked upon as an insti- tution—“Cleveland’s most exclusive hotel” —it is termed. The years have brought maturity of service which has made this hotel famous the country over, and which has been re- sponsible for the steadily increasing “come- back-again” patronage. But in spite the year, physical newness is constantly main- tained. You can find large hotels, but you can’t find better, anywhere. n with Bath: $5 CHOCOLATES * BONBONS FRENCH BONBONNIERES When Cupid ignores the rules of the game someone must pay the piper Drowsy kidnapped his sweetheart and bore her away in a machine traveling 600 miles an hour. But his rashness almost lost her to him, and he paid heavily before the closing chapters of his romantic story could be written. DROWSY is the new novel by JOHN AMES MITCHELL, Editor of “LIFE” and author of “Amos Judd” and “The Pines of Lory.” On sale at all Bookshops Net, $1.50 STOKES, Publisher PETER J, CAMLY, PRINTER