Life, 1921-01-20 · page 35 of 36
Life — January 20, 1921 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page primarily contains **advertisements** rather than satirical content. The notable cartoon depicts a man in what appears to be **stereotypical African American dialect** ("'Scuse me, Miss Ample...") complaining to a woman that he's lifted her eleven times and has physical limits. The humor relies on crude racial caricature and exaggerated dialect common to early 20th-century American media. The advertisements include Cook's Travel Service promoting exotic destinations, Girard cigars, and Life magazine subscriptions. The cigar ad's tagline "It's above the ears that counts" suggests intellectual superiority while enjoying the product. The Life subscription pitch humorously references the Shah of Persia's frequent weddings as justification for the magazine as a gift. This page reflects the era's casual racism in entertainment and marketing conventions that would be considered offensive today.
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The Magic Carpet HAT can compare to the ‘thrill and spiritual splendor awakened by strange and beautiful sights? Through turquoise seas, past great cities and quaint villages, amid picturesque hills‘ and lovely valleys, the happy traveler journeys on—certain in the knowledge that nature is parading before him her most precious gifts, On the Magic Carpet of COOK'S TRAVEL SERVICE the world spreads out like a gigantic book. Read it often that you may increase your store of knowledge and happy memories. Let us help you to formulate plans for a trip worth while, Our programs this season include: Cruises to the West INDIES—Tours to CALIFORNIA—to JAPAN. CHINA. the PHILIPPINES — to SOUTH AMERICA — to TUNIS. etc. THOS. COOK &,SON New York - Boston - Philadelphia »- Chicago San Francisco - Los Angeles - Montreal\- Toronto “ES'CUSE ME, MISS AMPLE, BUT I AIN'T NO DERRICK. 1 HAB ELEVATED YOU-ALL ‘LEBEN TIMES DIS A, M., AN’ DAR IS A LIMIT TO MASCULINE ENDU'ANCE” BERMUDA—to EUROPE. EGYPT. ALGIERS, _ (DRI NR NN NNN ON NNN PIGS IPO GIRARD Never gets on your nerves It’s above the ears that counts Ss 4 2 ESET TST CT You can think better while enjoying a mild and mellow cigar like the Girard COED ON AT th a ato A SES v= Vigss a Ay s WEE , ew sapere, mae “Broker’’ size for business hours. Educator’’ size for after dinner, ANTONIO ROIG & LANGSDORF Philadelphia Established 49 years a RRL Have You a Wedding Coming On? The Shah of Persia has them frequently, other people not so often. makes a most satisfactory wedding gift, and one that gives pleasure every week. ‘Try a subscrip- tion yourself for a year—you can enjoy a laugh even if unmarried—or Obey that Impulse, and for a trial trip avail yourself of our Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.20, Foreign $1.40). Send Live for three months—twelve issues—to Open only to new subscribers; no subscriptions renewed at this rate LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York. One Year $5 Canadian $5.80 Foreign $6.60 35 PETER J, CAREY & SONS, INC., PRINTERS comicbooks.com