Life, 1919-05-15 · page 45 of 50
Life — May 15, 1919 — page 45: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The left column contains a brief "Our Abbreviated World" section—a humorous anecdote about a Texas University alumnus named K.C. Jones who, after entering WWI service, returns home and borrows money from a buddy, illustrating casual post-war repatriation. The dominant content is a full-page **Warner-Lenz automobile headlight advertisement**. The ad promotes their superior "flood-light" technology as legally mandated (referencing state/local laws against "glare-lights"), safe, and already standard equipment on luxury cars like Marmon, Packard, and Locomobile. The advertisement targets car owners with appeals to courtesy, safety, and legal compliance—typical 1920s marketing. The two small illustrated panels on the left appear to be unrelated cartoons or vignettes, now largely illegible in this reproduction. **No political satire is present.** This is a commercial magazine page from the automotive era.
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