Life, 1920-06-10 · page 35 of 44
Life — June 10, 1920 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements rather than satirical cartoons**. The main content advertises: 1. **Brad Sport Gloves** — a manufacturer promoting quality workmanship in leather gloves 2. **A.B.A. Traveler's Cheques** — the dominant advertisement featuring a globe with ships, promoting American Bankers Association cheques as safe currency for international travelers. The text emphasizes their acceptance worldwide and security against theft or loss. 3. **Whiting-Adams Brushes** — showing a salesman, promoting sales benefits to retailers 4. **A brief editorial note** (by R.E. Sherwood) describing humorous film scenarios involving a "Poet" character and absurdist situations, apparently promoting upcoming screen adaptations of classic poetry. The page reflects early 20th-century advertising strategy: combining practical product promotion with entertainment content to engage readers. The traveler's cheques advertisement is particularly notable as it addresses an era when international travel required specialized financial instruments.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
ad Scort Gloves Examine the material—the workman- le features of a “Brad” dealer's. You will the d why so many people make their gloves, , @ one-button Cape ¢ colors~for street wear ng Glove Value”, and style e@ on request. ‘A:B:A’ CHEQUES GO ROUND THE WORLD i Nseocea are strange and out-of-the-way places in this world, but none of them is strange to “A. B. A.” Cheques—The Best Funds for Travelers. Wherever civilization has penetrated, these cheques have become a familiar medium of exchange and brought comfort and aid to thousands of tourists. R. E. BRADFORD 12 Bure They all sit down on a Bere w hich rises up, turning out to ge, heavily mustachioed man, who d bath, The | , who jumps off a |S gee stores and transportation companies everywhere know and accept them, and those who use them are independent t emerges from the of banking hours, free from the annoyance of money exchange and ned to his coat- ¢ bathing girls. Fade- Reel HI 1 chases the Poet into a The Poet who dives into into kitchen, rye Man, to flour bin, et, all their bullets Fade-out. Policemen and Trust Companies. ‘ABA ukng effect in the same place. Reel IV The Poet is racing across country, fol- ure Population in various ey all skid. He is lotty cliff, landing on his le-out. Fade-in, He dy, rubbing bump on his Policeman's baton. Was Only a Dream.”) the protected from loss or theft. presence of the acceptor, automatically identifies you. the cheques are valueless. 'N denominations of $10, $20, $50 and $100. carried in a small, compact wallet. Bankers Association, composed of 20,000 leading American Banks Your countersignature, written in the Without it Conveniently Issued by the American American Bankers Association Cheques “the BEST funds for travelers” For further particulars write BANKERS TRUST COMPANY New York City "THE WISE DEALER ALWAYS CLEANS UPA LOT OF MONEY SELLING WHITING-ADAMS BRUSHES h—\ They save the surface and make it beautiful. Bristles have soft ends and the true elastic spring. They pay good profits and bring more customers. Send for Ilustrated Literature JOHN L. WHITING-J. J. ADAMS CO., Boston, U.S.A. Brush Manufacturers for Over 109 Years and the Largest in the World He hears bird’s voice again. He takes large blunderbuss and carefully shoots the nightingale. Close-up of Poet, who winks at audience. Fade-out. Highly gratified with these results, we have started work on the screen versions of Gray’s “Elegy” and Wordsworth’s “Ode on the Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood.” Watch for them at your local theatre. R. E. Sherwood. comicbooks.com