Life, 1920-12-02 · page 16 of 97
Life — December 2, 1920 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising content**, not political satire. It contains three travel advertisements: 1. **Cook's Travel Service** (top left): Promoting luxury Caribbean cruises to Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, and Costa Rica aboard "Great White Fleet" steamships. 2. **Wardman Park Hotel** (top right): A Washington D.C. hotel advertisement featuring an illustration of two men by a fireplace with the headline "Open Fires Again!"—promoting seasonal holiday comfort and amenities like golf, dancing, and cuisine. 3. **Tours and Cruises** (bottom): American Express Company advertising South American cruises, West Indies trips, Orient tours, and California/Florida excursions with specific sailing dates and prices. The small cartoon at bottom right appears unrelated—a humorous domestic scene about Christmas stockings.
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CHRISTMAS LIFE | CRUISES de LUXE to the TROPICS These cruises embrace CUBA, the gem of the Caribbean— resplendent JAMAICA—wonder- foul PANAMA and the CANAL ZONE—and picturesque COSTA RICA. Sailing from New York on palatial steamers of the GREAT WHITE FLEET. Jan. 29- by 8.s,"Calamares”; March 12—by 6-8. "Ulna” Fascinating Shore Excursions Age Included. Other Toure to. CALIFORNIA, JA\ aN CHINA, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH AMERIC. BERMUDA, EUROPE, | Farther Details on ¥ THOS. COOK | Open Fires Again! PRACT W5SSHIncTON is throbbing with activity Boston —_— Chicago and interest. This luxurious and homelike hotel offers a city-and-country holiday in the nation’s capital. Large open fires—ideal golfing— riding—motoring. Dancing. Distinguished accom- modations. Marvellous cuisine. Garage for five hundred cars. HARRY WARDMAN ELMER DYER President Manager Connecticut A\ and Woodley WASHINGTON. D.C One De Tours and Cruises SOUTH AMERICA Including the best there is to see in South A Cruise—Tour America and the celebrated trip over the Jenuary 20th Andes. Down the West coast on the lux- 70 deys—$2200 u3 urious Pacific Line Steamer, “Ebro” —up the East coast Via the Lamport & Holt Line. Seventy days of pleasure onlandand sea. Anextended program of sight-seeing inall the principal cities of South America. West INDIES Jonuary rth, S. S. Ulua; February roth, Crises S. S. Toloa, of the Great White Fleet. 23 days under These new steamers, built for cruising in Tropical skies * the tropics, offer the comforts of an ocean $450 up liner. Visiting Havana, Santiago, Port Antonio, Kingston, Cristobal, Panama Canal, Port Limon, San Jose and Havana. Tours Honolil, Jepan, Menchuria, Nerh sd South Chine and the Phili slands. Sailing from To the ORIENT ie a Tee ear Ses Ersenee foes 24, February 5 and 20, March 16, April 2 and 30, May 28 and June 25; from Seattle March 11. Smell parties under personal excort. Weite for details. CALIFORNIA and — Conducted tours leaving each week from the middle : of January throughout the winter to California end FLORIDA Tours Florida. Stopover privilege enabling individuals to tetum independently or with elater tour. Write for details. AMERICAN EXPRESS ComMPANy ff “WHEN SANDY CLAWS SEES THEM TEN STOCKIN’S 1 HUNG UF, IT 65 Broadway New York 4 MIGHT LOOK S’PICIOUS IF THEY WASN'T FIVE OF US IN BED Tat Ds .0: ZED5-0.0..£ 324 D: Co INTERNATIONAL BANKING, comicbooks.com