Life, 1920-01-15 · page 34 of 36
Life — January 15, 1920 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** rather than political satire. It contains three distinct ads: 1. **Appljia Apple Juice** (top center): A champagne bottle-shaped advertisement claiming the product should be "served like champagne wherever good drinks are appreciated"—a humorous pitch equating apple juice with fine wine. 2. **Hifield Shirts** (top right): Advertises exclusive imported fabrics for men's formal wear, offering mail-order service. 3. **The Homestead resort** (bottom left): Promotes Hot Springs, Virginia as a vacation destination with outdoor sports and mild climate. 4. **Bureau of Information cartoon** (bottom right): A small comic strip showing a man at a "Bureau of Information" window. The joke involves wordplay: someone asked about curing warts on a puppy, but the bureau official misunderstands "what to feed a pup." The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and light humor typical of LIFE's satirical-advertising format.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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