Life, 1920-08-19 · page 38 of 40
Life — August 19, 1920 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** with complementary humor content. The left side features hotel advertisements (The Hollenden in Cleveland, Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.) promoting business conference facilities and pleasant breakfasts. The central content is a **Life magazine subscription pitch** using their characteristic satirical voice. The magazine playfully claims that while "love makes the world go round," *Life* notices that "progress forward more often results from a few well directed kicks"—a self-deprecating joke about their satirical mission of social criticism through figurative "kicks." The bottom illustrates a **rural humor cartoon**: a woman asks a man if his horse is dangerous; he replies the horse might spook if "something strange" appears before it. The humor derives from the implied "strangeness" of the woman herself—gentle, class-based comedy typical of the era. The page targets educated, urban professionals as both hotel customers and magazine subscribers.
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The Business Conference Conveniences for holding an all- day conference and for getting particular service at all times are especially provided by The Hollenden in Cleveland. Conse- quently representatives of many national business organizations meet over the coffee cups and around the conference tablé at THE HOLLENDEN CLEVELAND Where Breakfast Delights RATES with Bath magic ginsesins N these early summer days, breakfast Double + $3.00 t0 $700 at the Wardman Park Hotel isa pleas- Twin Beds $6.09 9 $800 : . ure,and notthe usual nine-o’clock tragedy. One may enjoy an old-fashioned southern breakfast beside a huge window over- looking Rock Creek Park, with the dome of the Capitol and the glistening Washing- ton Monument rising above it. HARRY WARDMAN ELMER DYER President Manager Park Hotel Connecticut A\ and Woodley Road ‘WASHINGTON; D.C. Oh, ’Tis Love, ’Tis Love that Makes the World go Round, but ° ife notices that progress forwara more often results from a few well directed kicks. He has planted many of them in the past and believes the door of opportunity is not yet closed to him. Subscribe for a year, or, Obey That Impulse, and for a trial trip, avail yourself of our Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.20, Foreign $1.40). Send Lire for three months—twelve issues—to Open only to new subscribers; no subscriptions renewed at this rate. LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York. One Year $5 Canadian $5.80 Foreign $6.60 “Is THIS HORSE DANGEROUS, JOHN?” PA “WELL, ME MIGHT GIT FRIGHTENED IF SOMETHING STRANGE GOT IN FRONT OF HIM, MISS.” PETER J. CAREY, PRINTER comicbooks.