Life — March 18, 1920 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page 488 of Life Magazine - Advertising Content This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains four advertisements: 1. **Old Hampshire Stationery** - promotes fine letterhead as a means of social expression and personal distinction 2. **The Hollenden Hotel** (Cleveland) - a hotel advertisement with rates listed 3. **Milo Violets** - delicately scented cigarettes with gold tips, priced at 25¢ or 10 box for $2.25 4. **A sketch** (bottom right) captioned "IS THIS FORM OF INTOXICATION TABOO ALSO?" - appears to reference social attitudes toward smoking/intoxication, likely satirizing prohibition-era concerns The only potentially satirical element is the final sketch, which seems to gently mock anxieties about tobacco use in the context of alcohol prohibition, but the page is overwhelmingly commercial rather than politically editorial.