Life, 1920-02-05 · page 50 of 52
Life — February 5, 1920 — page 50: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon, "LIFE's Little Candidacies," satirizes a fictional coal miners' presidential candidate by listing absurdly paternalistic campaign promises. The satirist mocks both the candidate's naïveté and mining-industry labor relations of the era. The candidate proposes that mine owners provide garage service so miners' engines won't freeze, make sifting ashes a felony, and mandate advance coal purchases at inflated prices—proposals so ridiculous they highlight the real inadequacy of protections for miners. The piece critiques how politicians offer trivial gestures while avoiding genuine labor reforms. It appears to reference actual Progressive-era debates about mining safety and workers' rights, though no specific candidate is named. The page is primarily **advertising** (Piso's cough remedy, Vanity Fair magazine subscriptions, Cuticura products), with satirical content supporting the publication's leisured, intellectual readership.
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“LIFE: LIFE’S Little Candidacies can be relieved of the shortage of overtime; he will take up with the HE coal miners’ candidate for , ; 3 5 . operators the question of j President believes that the mine pe v fin . safes and burglar-alarm systems ¥ owners should provide garage service, all dwellings rented to miners for the so that the miners’ automobile engines : will not freeze in the winter; he will protection of jewels, securities, Seq. ask Congress to make it a felony for day shoes and silk shirts; he will, apo any householder to sift his ashes, and taking office, triple the pay of the will make advance purchase a miners and then appoint « commission winter clothing excessive prices and in excessive quan- to determine whether or not they are ss tities compulsory, so that the miners entitled to a raise. i Because, like winter cloth- ing, Piso’s protects young & — : and old from the effects — - of winter weather. It re- lieves coughs and soothes inflamed throats and hoarseness. Always keep § it in the house—its use often pre- . - vents little ills from developing into OU don't need to : real sickness, be hit over the made for yva 30 at your druggist's, Contains no ff | head hefore you'll see your kind, A opiate Good for young and old ff a new idea. veniy — ap aan) You don't need to be " that it is better | 9 assaulted and battered fay and gracens into a grin of ap- _ sad and sullen, | | proval. y 5 sa You like to smile at r E zal for Coughs & Cold’ |iaaieageiee You're keen for | sports and motors. | You're a good work- | ing model of a citizen | with leisure interests. | Aren't you? VANITY FAIR the magazine of leisure interests for men who know enough to have Vanity Fair makes a direct appeal to people of intellect and appreciation. To men and women with a flair for the arts and graces that brighten a workadav world, And—whether your Vanity Fair finds you at Piping Rock, Long Island, or Pinfeather, Arizona, it will interest and amuse and entertain you. ANITY FAIR collects and reflects the gleam ETTERS? Lord Dunsany—G. K. Chess and brilliance from every shining facet of —Hugh Walpole—Thomas Burk metropolitan life. geurs in a New World of letters, HE STAGE? P. G. Wodehouse—George ? Si iNli: tis id | A Jean “Nathan—Dorothy, Parker will write PE ainarlliam, Oren Jou iE: bout the stage, Dorothy being the inciter of younger artists. |The First Hundred Plays Are the Hardest.” ; sts. ee. | GATIRE? Stephen Leacock—Robert Bench- PORTRAITS? ‘Vanity Fair prides ley—George Chappell—humorists with a bite knowing every lovely, brilliant, of —witty with a dash of acid. woman in the world and printing her g | GPORTS? Grant Rice and other keen writ. Sfaph in its pages. | ing sportsmen do the golf, motors, airplanes, LOTHES? The only department of | and the other skiing, skating, and skidding ble, well-bred, correct fashions fo sports, published anywhere, —— SPECIAL OFFER : PAY MENTS 1 Two Years of Vanity Fair for $4 Vanity Fair’s reguiar subscription price from now on is $3.50 a year—two years] monthly buys outright any stock or | ry gu P F j es Ae b bend Prchoser secures all didn | But—if you mail that coupon now, you may have TWO YEARS OF V ARITY 1d lots ov cially Write for selec: ny ree 7 Vib ne ti pleted - FREE® || | FOR 84, A saving of $3 on the regular subscription price. CHARLES EVAN RIFER ' Life isn’t so full of cheerful things that you can afford to miss Vanity Fair. J SO BROAD ST,_NEW.VORR hesitate! Don’t delay! Don’t stand around on one leg like the Statue off portation on the State Capitol! Sign that coupon! This offer] not be held open long! WHY HE bib IT ® eo eR on Ee OE A ST ° és < VANITY FAIR, 19 WEST 44th STREET, NEW YORK CITY Itching ani T am going to sce for myself if you are as good as you think you are. Enter my subscription for beginning with the next possible issue. Here's my four dollars (OR) I'll remit four dollars Saves the Hair 7 | a ee see 3 Boap %, Ol c All drucsiete: Soa =, Otptment = 240 Falcom State... |Mample eac! Illustrations copyright Vanity Fair PETER J. CAREY, PRINTER comicbooks.com