Life, 1919-07-10 · page 5 of 50
Life — July 10, 1919 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **a cigarette and pipe tobacco advertisement**, not satire or political content. It promotes Tuxedo brand tobacco in two formats: 1. **Top section**: Advertises the new "Tea Foil" package (10 cents), claiming the soft, pliable wrapper keeps tobacco fresher than tin containers. 2. **Bottom section**: Features a caricatured man's face with the slogan "Your Nose Knows," promoting Tuxedo as "Finest Burley Tobacco Mellow-aged till perfect Plus a dash of Chocolate." The appeal is straightforward marketing: convenience of the foil package and the distinctive chocolate-flavored blend. The exaggerated facial caricature and tagline were typical advertising techniques of this era (likely 1920s-1930s), designed to make the product memorable rather than to satirize or critique anything social or political.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
“CITE Have You Tried Tuxedo in the New “TEA FOIL” Package? It’s soft and pliable—decreases in size as the tobacco is used—tobacco does not cake in the package —no digging it out with the finger. Keeps the ¢ tobacco in even better condition 44 than tin. Now, don’t you owe @# it to yourself to buy a pack. 3 age, ead Bd give Tuxedo a sf ot quite as a ert tobacco as in # the tin, but— Cz) H SPEcimiey prem wie WE onPiPe a Cit ; q eS S “7 ™ DWE — the lightest, thinnest, finest, strongest cigarette papers in all the world. | Roll a Tuxedo cigarette with RIZ LA CROIX. | Burley Tobacco ellow-aged till perfect f ; ' Plus a dash of Chocolate f Nose Knows Cfuxedo The Perfect Tobacco for Pipe and Cigarette AL ee incomwo marer comicbooks.com