Life, 1919-09-18 · page 34 of 48
Life — September 18, 1919 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content consists of commercial advertisements interspersed with brief humorous anecdotes. The main humor pieces are mild workplace and domestic jokes: a stage carpenter complains the moon "won't rise" without payment; a debtor stalls a creditor; neighbors hide a baseball so backyard play won't disturb them; and a mother guilt-trips her naughty child by describing her own death and burial. The advertisements include **Egyptian Deities cigarettes** (featuring stylized Egyptian imagery), **Hinds Honey and Almond Cream** (a skin care product), **Ross's Imported Belfast Ginger Ale**, and **The Biltmore hotel** in New York. The small cartoon at bottom-right shows a child saying "Darn ye! I told ye I got a lickin' this mornin'!"—likely commenting on corporal punishment attitudes of the era. No significant political content or identifiable caricatures appear on this page.
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