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Life — May 6, 1920 — page 50: Life, 1920-05-06

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This page is primarily **advertisements and light humor**, not political satire. The main cartoon joke appears in "From Sport to Finance": A baseball fan explains he's lost interest in the sport because managing statistics about players' batting averages now competes with tracking stock prices of those same players—suggesting the commercialization of baseball and how financial speculation has invaded even leisure interests. The page is otherwise dominated by **period advertisements** (circa 1910s-1920s based on styling): - "Mum" deodorant cream - Chateau Frontenac hotel in Quebec - Evans's Depilatory hair removal product - A humorous poem "Lines by a Boarding Mistress" celebrating California prunes as a digestive aid - "A Perfect Skin" skincare product The prune poem is gentle satire on landlady practicality—she appreciates prunes for their utility rather than romance, contrasting with others' sentimental California imagery. This is a typical Life magazine format mixing light social commentary with commercial content targeting primarily female readers.

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From Sport to Finance HY aren't you interested ii base- hall any more?” “Well, Pused to manage to heep up with batting, fielding and pitching averages, but when it comes to run- 1 account and a bought-and-so! watching the quotations on prime out- fielders and good to fancy shortstops. can't take the time from my busi- prevents odors of perspiration “Mum” has its rightful place on every woman's dressing-table Without checking natural functions or creating an odor of its own, Mum” prevents and cerrects all body odors—whether from perspira- tion or other causes. “Mum” is a snow-white cream easy tot to say,” and is harmless to skin and clothing. A small quantity 1S fter QUEBEC, CANADA On the cliffs of old French Quebec, on the site where the Comte de Frontenac built his Chateau St. Louis, is one of the most individual and beautiful hotels of the world—the CHATEAU FRON- TENAC. Like a king’s castle it stands dispensing a royal hospitality, a friendly ease and welcome. Below flows the St. Lawrence. The Laurentian Mountains stretch to the horizon. An old-world atmosphere sur- rounds it, as in Normandy, with a glamour of history and romance. Old battle-fields, shrines, and places of natural beauty are nearby. In Spring the fine motor roads leading to Quebec over mountains, through forests, -by lakes, are a glory of new greens and blossoms. There are always companionable, cosmopolitan people at The Frontenac—music, dancing, life. Cuisine of Paris, London, and New York, and the perfect appointments and indi- vidual service of a Canadian Pacific Hotel. May and Jane are most enc! the ideal months for golf ar fall particulars and reservation, address CANADIAN PACIFIC HOTELS 1231 Broadway, New York 140 S. Clark St., Chicago or Montreal, Canada the bath keeps the body and clothes sweet all day and eveni tha 3 . Evans’s Depilatory is used by particular women to remove hair from face. arms or arms. It works quickly and effectively without injuring the ski: Complete outfit 75 cents, at drug and department stores, or fr postpaid, on receipt of price Vhitadelph George DB. Evans THOS Chestnut Street Lines by a Boarding Mistress Y boarders don’t suspect that I'm Poetic in my ways, But even T can write a rhyme In California's praise And while, about its sunny skies, Great psalmists may commune, 1. all alone, will recognize The California—prunc! Esthetic souls will doubtless claim I take a sordid view: The sound of California's name Presents to them a cue For orange blossoms, bracing. air, Ah, yes! and honeymoons: But tell me, can these things compare With California prunes? NO WONDER SILE'S BEAUTIFLL SHE'S MAD ALL THE ADVANTA Old stand-by, prune, you are indeed My everlasting aide; s With you at hand, T never need ARMEDING Be puzzled or dismayed. Dear, wrinkled morsel, served as well In winter as in June, What table secrets you could tell, Old California prune! And tho: my boarders, with their aia save aie m-atTeRRE, isa Clear Toneskn And though they, in sarcastic tones, Go to your mirror_now eal Say, “ Pass the berries, please.” examine your skin closely. If you hat In spite of all, you still prevail Blackheads, Acne, Pimples, Enal Pores, Oily’ or Shiny Skin, writ 10) g ig) and oe, In morning, night and noon booklet, * MA Char-Tour Stix. =i And so [ rmur, Hail, all hail, You California prune! GIVENS CHEMICAL CO. Oliver iB, Capelle. 357 Chemical Bldg. Mase you how to perfect your complexo® Cary, Mo comicbooks.com