Life, 1920-10-21 · page 42 of 44
Life — October 21, 1920 — page 42: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **commercial advertising**, not satirical content. It features diamond ring advertisements from Jason Weiler & Sons and Boston Garter (men's garters), along with a book review section. The only illustration with potential satirical intent is a small cartoon accompanying the "Students Art Magazine" advertisement at bottom right, showing what appears to be **figure-drawing instruction** — likely a humorous reference to life-drawing classes common in art education. The cartoon's exact meaning is unclear without clearer visibility. The "Patriotic Georges" text fragment mentions S. Lorraine Guitry arriving in New York with French bullion, referencing **post-WWI financial recovery** — a topical reference for the 1920s. Otherwise, this is a standard magazine page mixing literary reviews and consumer product advertising typical of Life's era. No clear political satire is evident.
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742 CTF E* a DI AMONDS DIRECT- The Latest Books From JASON WEILER & SONS, Boston, Mass. (Continued from page 729) One of America’s leading diamond importers the story of a marriage that leads to an and save 20 to 40 per cent. on regular retail prices English divorce court where, however— For over 44 years the house of Jason Weiler & Sens No, no! We'd be giving it all away! of Boston has been one of the leading diamond import. In Arthur J. Rees’s The Hand in the Dark ing concerns in America (Lane) some of the characters are left at walling to. jewelers. loose ends, but that’s only because there are However, a large busi- | so many clues to be gathered up. They all ness is done direct by mail with customers at importing prices! Here is a list of diamond direct to you by mail aa’ caras ‘dacnsod ws oll toe which clearly proves lan), has given ui an ide Perhaps free Y and pertr ctly cut. Mounted OUf position to name | verse is only an effort to import into poetry ay stylel4K. solid gold setting. prices on diamonds that the rhythmical richness of music. We fiked Order this diamond, take i to any should surely interest the first two poems of this book unstintedly hcated for less than $200.00 send it 89Y present or prospec: far more than any of several dozen ind your money will be returned tive diamond purchaser: fonce wihout a quibble —— if others | ( Soars Tee SUM seemerermee 7] ||" There ie nothing iu-the Voiuend act pro Worn the World Over DIAMOND KINGS hibiting the sale of Theodore Maynard's For more than forty years Boston Garter A Tankard of Ale: An Antholos Drink- has been a friend to men the world ore ing Songs (McBride), but spending an even It not only keeps the old friends but makes 3 +a ying for Boston Garter as a matter of course— ms dt he thie. cence thithecke raise the two words go so well together. is one for information, William Ashley An GEORGE FROST CO., Makers, BOSTON and they lead plumb to an unguessable dénouement The introduction to Marguerit son's Bluestone and Ot Poems ( me somewhere south of Suez,” derson’s South of (McBride) will be jen's Green Gold Diamond Ring $395.00 Fine blue whits perfectly cut dia- no good, except for three chapters describ : seas trond, embedded ied fied latina c ing a civil war in Abyssinia. 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Chiefly it consists of essays, partly on Wltater-Grser Ps ty to any bank or newspaper in sbjects related to natural history — for was a zoo) of the British If desired. rings will be sen' to your bank or any Express Co. with privilege of examin: tion, Our diamond guaran ) rs ¢ for full vah e £0 > a nance-adventure yarn of with every purchase. . | | the New York of the 1830's, when landlords WRITE TODAY | | und tena ed and feathered in the Anti-Rent War. Ah, the goc Vv CATALOG ON | old days! But what we enjoyed best in th CATALOG 0 | } i But what we enjoyed best in DIAMONDS hook was the exclamation fered book is beautifully il. i (p jastrated, Tells how. ti ; ‘ ‘ fanern Stiet ao by | | Mac of F $), by T. Morriv inonda. Tellshow they mine, i ongstreth, is the F : cut and market diamonds: i Longstreth, is the an Adirondacke This book gives. weights, : us told by himsel ving novel that sizes and pr ofa Million I Dollars Worth of Dias ve x monds Sen} | < Louis Stevenson, who spent a winte Ds »- Th ‘A.copy will be mailed to yoo : | North you'll remember, is one of the char on ee Oa ied. FREE oa receipt of your aame and address. | sis remember, is one of the cha . Dats. Jason Weiler & Sons | Grant ah; Overton t Nimrod: att micitr, o1p citar, HES 371 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. Diamond Importers since 1876 Foreign Agencies: London, Amsterdam and Paris Hellitihoot has son f the mountains in i a The Patriotic Georges = =i and Cha ? } alking, and subjects ES. S. Lorraine recently arrived i . 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