Life, 1919-04-10 · page 42 of 46
Life — April 10, 1919 — page 42: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire. The dominant content is a Gray & Davis automobile lighting systems advertisement emphasizing quality over price for high-class vehicles. Below the ad appears a **cartoon** with caption "Desperate Expedient of a Visitor to New York Who Finds All the Hotels Crowded." The sketch shows a disheveled man attempting to sleep in a storefront window display labeled "BEDS"—a visual joke about severe hotel shortage. This likely reflects post-WWI housing pressures in New York City. The right column contains unrelated editorial content: an article titled "That Disquieting League" (appears to discuss the League of Nations), a brief humor piece titled "Novelty" about a country visitor unfamiliar with gas lighting, and advertisements for Luden's cough drops. The page exemplifies early 20th-century Life magazine's mix of advertising, light humor, and serious political commentary.
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GRAY & DAVIS AUTOMOBILE STARTING LIGHTING & LAMPS HE HIGH-CLASS car in- variably carries high-class equipment. Gray & Davis start- ing-lighting system is found on Quality carswhere efficiency, rather than price, is of first importance. BOSTON, MASS. ——s DESPERATE EXPEDIENT OF A VISITOR TO NEW YORK WHO FINDS ALL THE HOTELS CROWDED PDN PLOT ESD DODO That Disquieting Leagy THE awful thought h of Nations, the o: send cold chills down that the idea which is it may go on and penctrate the rest human relations. If the nations say: “ train, intrench and fort another any more, but let the our claims be their appeal ar fense,” w from catching that s Men train, intre: against one another | wealth and power. They old age and fecbleness, ard that is right, but also against the s to hinder indivi failure merit to support their claims for sideration. If this old habit of sa get out of my way, or ¢ hest, because I am bigge stronger than you, falls tion and disuse among long will it continue to men? Solemn thoughts, these; ested T ery soke Novelty WHEN my wife’s uncle cam from Conway's Corners t { knew he would find things from what he was used to. showing him to his room, | mindful of numerous gedies, warn him not to blow the gas out He looked at me in wonder. “Gas!” he exclaimed. “Are 5 folks still using gas?” <a ; Give Quick Relief | The National Cough D Everywhere you'll find people using Ludco’s. Rel irritation, soreness, dryness, huskiness. Sweetes & Look for the familiar Lud yellow, sanitary packag | WM. H, LUDEN aE R LUDEN' i MENTHOL COUGH DROF