Life, 1920-07-01 · page 44 of 56
Life — July 1, 1920 — page 44: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising and subscription page** from Life magazine, with limited satirical content. The main cartoon, "Love's Crucial Test" (bottom right), depicts two children on a seesaw beneath a large tree—a simple domestic scene illustrating childhood play and innocence. The page's notable satirical element appears in the **subscription pitch** (lower left), which references the WWI-era song "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag." This repurposes military morale language to encourage magazine subscriptions, suggesting Life offers comic relief and escapism—"a sure laugh in every issue." The other content comprises hotel and phonograph advertisements. The Motrola ad includes a naval toast reference ("Our Arms in Their Defense, Their Arms Our Recompense"), likely patriotic rhetoric from the WWI period. The page reflects Life's position as a humor magazine offering respite from contemporary anxieties through entertainment and satire.
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“Our Arms in Their Defense, Their Arms Our Recompense!” OUNTRY life and its attendant sports Never has the famous naval toast been is possible even within city bounds. q more joyously acclaimed than at a ship’s Washington boasts such a rare combi- p dance where the MOTROLA electrically nation in the Wardman Park Hotel. Its K winds the phonograph. No one has to big rooms stand for coolness; the long stop dancing to wind the machine, if you corridors, ate airy, the specsous dining- throw away the old crank and insert the tooms make summer meals attractive. # MOTROLA. Altogether, this is more like a huge K Country Club than a cosmopolitan hotel. #@ Just press the button and the machine cannot “run H down” in the midst of your favorite jazz record. The MOTROLA never overwinds: it fits any make of phonograph without marring the finest cabinet. H Ask your dealer to demonstrate the MOTROLA, or a post card will Hotel H bring you the name of the nearest MOTROLA dealer. Connecticut Avenue and Woodley Road. : JONES-MOTROLA, Inc. i WASHINGTON, D.C. f 29 West 35th Street 57 East Jackson Blvd. 315 South Brway | New York Chicago Los Angeles Cool and Spacious HARRY WARDMAN ELMER DYER President Manager Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile! and you will do this anyway. A sure laugh in every issue of Lire. Try it for six months, or, Obey That Impulse, and for a trial trip, avail yourself of our Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.13, Foreign $1.26), Send Lire for three months to Open only to new subscribers; no subscriptions renewed at this rate. LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York. One Year $s Canadian $5.52 Foreign $6.04 v7 Love's CRUCIAL TEST PRTER J, CAREY, PRINTER comicbooks Meal