Life, 1920-10-07 · page 6 of 56
Life — October 7, 1920 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **commercial advertising**, not political satire. It features: **Whitman's Chocolates Ad**: Shows various chocolate box packages arranged artfully with a classical illustration of two women. The ad emphasizes quality control and consistent standards maintained despite post-WWI reconstruction challenges. **Boston Garter Ad**: A circular advertisement claiming the product has been "a friend to men the world over" for forty years. **"A Wander Song" poem** by Berton Braley expressing wanderlust and escape. **Editorial piece** questioning American child-rearing, citing Mark Twain and discussing whether public schools adequately address moral and spiritual education, suggesting parents bear responsibility. The page reflects 1921 concerns about post-war recovery, consumer confidence, and social values rather than containing political cartoons or satire.
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All the packages shown here con- tain chocolates and confections of pre- cisely the same high quality as those that are put in the Sampler. The difference is in the kinds and assortments packed in each box, not in the quality. It is never easy to keep constantly faithful to high standards of quality. During the war, and this trying recon- struction period, it has been unusually hard. Our success is made possible only by the constant, daily, faithful at- tention to the countless details that go to make perfection, on the part of the workers associated with us. The quality originally put into the Whitman products is maintained also , by our plan of distribution direct to se- lected stores in every locality acting as agencies for the sale of Whitman’s. What Is the Matter With the American Child? ARK TWAIN remarked of the weather, that everybody talked about it, but nobody did M anything about it. That is the way with the American child. Now the MWestern Chris- tian Advocate, which is concerned about the religious education of American children, declares that “cach community should provide weekday schools wherein paid teachers of training should develop the moral and spiritual natures of the children.” Good Lord, brother, what are you talking about? At present our public school teachers are so underpaid that it is difficult to get them to do a good job. Why not begin on the moral and spiritual natures of the parents? IEUROPE 192; | Haw wincenatcen One as ‘TEMPLE TOURS. A Wander Song WANT to make a getawa From trouble and from fret Iv to go to For it’s glum where away; somewhere I am now. With landlords’ avariciousness And labor’s fool capricious: I'm getting much disgus: And I'm busted, Anyhow. Seems like I cannot bear it all, So take me anywhere at all Away from life that’s seamy To a dreamy Tropic spot, Where food that fills and nourishes Upon the bushes flourishes, Where a tree sufficient tent is And the rent is Quite forgot. I know that I should love it all Where strikes aren't hinted of at all. (I’m sure no man would ever Strike who never Worked a bit.) Amid the woes which weary us It seems a dream delirious, A place I'll never hike to, But I like to Think of it! Berton Braley. EES SS Quality First # Boston t| Garter \ Kew Sup Worn the World Over For more than forty years Boston Garter has been a friend to men the world over. It not only keeps the old friends but makes many new ones each year. Most menask}} for Boston Garter as a matter of course— § the two words go so well together. GEORGE FROST CO., Makers, BOSTON [Evaravavara wzasas comicbooks eu |