Life, 1921-01-06 · page 6 of 44
Life — January 6, 1921 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with editorial content**, not political satire. The advertisements include The Homestead resort in Hot Springs, Virginia (promoting year-round outdoor sports), and Milo Violets cigarettes (25¢ for 10, delicately scented and cold-dipped). The right column contains an editorial note titled "People We Can Get Along Without (No. 1)," announcing an upcoming satirical series by illustrator C.D. Gibson beginning in February. The editor humorously complains that the "Business Office" reduced their usual advertising space, forcing them into a smaller column. Gibson, apparently famous for an earlier "Pipp series," will draw figures representing types of people deemed undesirable or annoying—a common early 20th-century satirical format poking fun at social types and personality quirks.
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Outdoor sports all year round, in this mild,bracing atmosphere. And the famous Hot Springs thermal establishment. fhe HOMESTEAD Christian S. Andersen, Resident Mgr. Hot Springs Virginia NEW YORK BOOKING OFFICE THE RITZ-CARLTON DELICATELY SCENTED: GOLD TIPPED | 2559 7 (@ apiece People We Can Get Along Without (No. 1.) They are so numerous that not to mention all of them at once is sure to make some of them jealous. There are the people— But one moment, please. We'll tell about that a little later. The B. O. (meaning the Business Office) has cut us down to this miserable space this week, instead of the highly illuminating advertis- ing page we usually run; and just when. we had so much to say. But, as we were saying when you so politely inter- rupted us—the people we can get along without are important, and the most im- portant of them are going to be noticed in a way that will please you. They will be drawn by C. D. Gibson in a series of drawings to begin in Febru- ary. Remember the Pipp series by Mr. Gibson? Well, here’s another. Look for the Gibson series, **People We Can Get Along Without,’’ in February. This is the first notice. Others to follow. comicbooks.com