Life, 1920-06-03 · page 42 of 52
Life — June 3, 1920 — page 42: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct elements: a humorous poem about golf and Life Savers candies (left), and advertisements (right). **The Golf Poem/Ad:** A Scottish-accented verse jokes that golf's "best hole" is the hole in Life Savers mints. The satire suggests Life Savers are essential for golfers—offering refreshment and "first aid" for the "stale, flat taste" of fatigue during play. The poem lists the candy's flavors (licorice, clove, cinnamon, wintergreen) while maintaining the golf metaphor throughout. **The Cartoon (bottom right):** A domestic scene showing a woman serving tea to a man, with caption implying his wife has left him. The punchline: "Yes, my dear, but what can you expect? She was a cook before we married her"—suggesting her departure is unsurprising given her profession, likely a mild joke about women's roles or the difficulty of marriage with a working spouse. **The Advertisements:** A cruise vacation ad (Niagara to Saguenay) and American Express travel services occupy the upper right. The overall page blends product advertising with light social humor typical of 1920s-era Life magazine.
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“Le FeE Golf Is a game of holes And hills And humps and bits And hoots Ay, mon, Ye ken it weel! But the best hole of all Is the hole In Life Savers. It used to be the nineteenth? Before last Janus But Life Savers Don’t stop At nineteen For when you drive, Or approach, Or putt, \ NIAGARA i " ASUMMER CRUISE Is | SAGUENAY No other vacation just like this one, ik a4 | ‘ 14 days of sightseeing and pleasure i —chartered steamer from Montreal ‘ to Saguenay and return. AAS S Tours July and August Toke: di’ : f Niagara Falls, Toronto, Thousand Ist Just to have your tongue ' At | The Seteneraten Mose edd oe ‘ : The Saguenay River, ‘The candy mint with the Hole. ar Geane, Sa yrmvint with ye. 5 t Lake George, Saratog F Hudson River to New York. lands, Vhat's the hole for? ‘To coax your tongue : } 14 DAYS $265 UP ‘To explore > And get more flavor ki AMERICAN EXPRESS Becnuse th ‘S$ more 05 Broadway ravel Departmen Melting- : And they're Pressed so hard ‘They last Much longer When YOU are in a hole Like eating onions Or smoking too much And you need First aid For that stale, flat taste, You think of Life Savers With Spicy, Aromatic, Delicious flavor ‘That cools and corrects And comforts And protects. THE QUALITY MINT WITH THE HOLE —THEY'RE ew York with the hole —und there’s LIC-O-RICE —and there’s CL-O-VE ZZ —and there’s CINN- j Z g Z J —and there’s WIN'T-O-GREEN Z Zyt:é Z Z Zz —which do you like best ¢ . - “Gest Gairk “As 17 TRUE SMITH’S WirR HAS Leer nim?” “Ves, MY DEAR, BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT? SHE WAS * COOK BEFORE WE MARRIED ITER, comicbooks:com