Life — February 5, 1920 — page 44: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three advertisements and one cartoon. The top left advertises Applin Apple Juice as a champagne substitute. Below that, Milo Violets candy is promoted as "delicately scented gold tips" at 25¢ for a box of 100. The cartoon (bottom right) depicts a formal dinner scene where a man appears to be jumping or lunging across a table toward other diners. The caption asks: "Have you ever felt the urge when your turn to speak came next?" This satirizes social anxiety about public speaking—the joke being that the man's nervousness about giving a speech manifests as an uncontrollable urge to physically flee or act out, rather than calmly address the group. It's a humorous commentary on the discomfort many feel when required to speak publicly at formal gatherings.