Life, 1920-10-14 · page 40 of 44
Life — October 14, 1920 — page 40: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content or political cartoon. The dominant advertisement is **Eno's Fruit Salt**, a British digestive remedy sold as a cure-all for indigestion, headache, and constipation. The accompanying poem "An Appeal" is tongue-in-cheek copy positioning the product as the one indulgence a person should keep amid various restrictions—likely referencing **Prohibition** (the ban on alcohol, mentioned explicitly) and other social reforms of the early 1920s. The poem's speaker surrenders wine, expensive art, and personal freedom but pleads to keep cigarettes and morning coffee, framing Eno's as the digestive solution for such temptations. Secondary advertisements include **Purity Cross Welsh Rarebit** (a packaged food) and **Bayer Aspirin**, noting the trademark was "introduced to physicians in 1900." The small editorial item about a presidential veto is incidental filler, not satire. **This is a commercial page with no significant political cartoon content.**
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