Life, 1920-11-04 · page 48 of 60
Life — November 4, 1920 — page 48: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with two product promotions dominating the layout. The main advertisement features the **Washington Monument** and promotes **Eno's Fruit Salt**, a digestive laxative product marketed as a cure for constipation, indigestion, and general digestive complaints. The pitch emphasizes its affordable cost and pleasant taste. Below this, "**LIFE's Census Clarifier**" is a **humorous satirical piece** that parodies official census data with absurdist observations about American behavior. Examples include: 100+ million people ring elevator buttons twice; 827 million read movie captions aloud; 523 people went "crazy" fishing spoons from olive jars. The satire mocks both the census-taking process and predictable human quirks—ringing elevator bells repeatedly despite someone already waiting, or blindly trusting "Hours of Collection" notices on mailboxes. A secondary ad for "**Freezone**" (a corn/callus remover) appears on the right with a medical diagram. The page is mostly **commercial content** rather than editorial satire, though the Census Clarifier section offers light social commentary.
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3836 Washingtor Monument Washington, D.C. A Very Agreeable Aperient To quickly and surely overcome dizziness, headache, exhaustion, biliousness, indigestion and the many ills of constipation—nothing surpasses Eno’s “Fruit Salt.” Stimulates and regulates the diges- tive tract naturally. A small amount of Eno, sifted from the hand at any time, in a glass of water makes a drink that reaches the pinnacle of pleasant taste and agreeable after-effect. The pre-dominating sense of good health that pervades your system, after its use, is beyond comparison with the trifling cost of one dollar and twenty-five cents for a large bottle. At all druggists Prepared only by J. C. ENO, Ltd. London, S E. England Sales Agents Harold F. Ritchie & Co.,dne. New York, Toronto, Sydney ie 2? a “ WIEN YOU'VE ALL FINISIIED READIN LY LET ME KNOW, SO 1 CAN TURN Tat 999,827,827 say, “Guess who thi over the telephone. 726,032,888 are members of fa which have fruit pictures hanging is dining-rooms. 220,738 are head waiters who “How many?” when they see tw sons approaching. 523 went crazy during the past while trying to fish short spoons ¢ olive jars. Seventeen are able to exclude crumbs while eating toast in bed. Three are able to sharpen a lead into a wastebasket and get all enings into the basket. Doesn’t hurt a bit and ‘Freez costs only a few cents | (DERIVATIVE COM! ENO'S FRUIT SALT LIFE’S Census Clanfier 'HE population of these fairly United States is 105,683,108, including the Scandinavian. The census taker has done a good job as far as he went, but in the rush and turmoil he has necessarily had to leave a good deal undone At great expense, however, Lire’s trusted minions have followed him over the country, and are accordingly able to contribute these further statistics about the 105,683,108: 100,726,836 pcople, finding someone ahead of them who is waiting for the elevator, nevertheless ring the bell them- selves, 4.726.089 New Yorkers, in putting down a nickel for a subway or “L” ticket, say, “One.” 726,535,928 people believe absolutely in the “Hours of Collection” printed on mail boxes. 827,625,333 read the captions aloud at a movie show. You can lift off any hard corn, eft or corn between the toes, and ¢ skin calluses from bottom of feet Apply a few drops of “Freeze” the corn or callus. Instantly it hurting, then shortly you lift t! some corn or callus right off, root 42 without one bit of pain or soreness. T No humbug! Tiny bottle of **Freezon few cents at any drug so comicbooks.co