Life, 1921-03-17 · page 35 of 40
Life — March 17, 1921 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page primarily contains **newspaper humor snippets** (left column) and **advertisements** rather than political cartoons. The **Thomas Jefferson portrait** is a patriotic reference encouraging civic preparedness and vision care—not satire. The main feature is a **Colt firearms advertisement** disguised as customer testimonial. Mr. Palmer, a merchant, describes being robbed and humiliated. Rather than rely on police, he purchased Colt pistols for self-defense, positioning the gun as necessary protection and civic duty. **The satire**: The advertisement uses crime anxiety to sell weapons while framing gun ownership as patriotic responsibility—a marketing strategy that conflates personal protection with national strength (referencing Jefferson and preparedness). The scattered **newspaper quips** mock various social observations: politeness inflation, childhood hunger, advertising excess, and taxation. **Modern relevance**: This reveals early 20th-century attitudes toward armed self-defense and how commercial interests leverage security fears in advertising.
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Our Newspaper Paragraphists (Some of the Things They Are Saying.) How much politer is the salesman try- ing to sell a shirt for $1.85 than he used to be when you were begging him to take $7.85 for one! New York Tribune. Eternity is the interval between the hour a small boy gets home from school and the supper is served. —Cincinnati Enquirer. The advertisements are getting to be so attractive that a fellow hardly dares to read the paper—Indianapolis News. What has become of the old-fashioned re- porier who said a scene beggared descrip- tion and then went ahead and described it? —Hutchinson (Kan.) Gazette, The man who doesn’t think enough of his dog to pay a tax on him “is fit for treason, stratagems and spoils.” —Birmingham Age-Herald. There is always this consolation: If a bandit holds you up and takes your all, you Thomas Jefferson thought not alone of 1776 when he signed the declaration of America’s Instead, he looked pating the needs of the nation for the decades to follow. Are you looking ahead, out into the future, preparing for the stresses that must be met and vanquished by physi- cal efficiency ? One of your first acts of preparedness should be the care of your eyesight. The safest and surest way is to have your vision tested by your Optome- trist periodically, Ifyou do not know an Op” tometrist, write to this office and we will tell you the names of several in your vicinity, Also ask for the little"Con- servation of Sight” book- let. It's gratis. Associated Optometrists of America, lac., Heme Office, 2095 E. Broad ‘St., Richmond, Virginia The Emblem of Saperiog Optical Service. ‘Look for Why Mr. Palmer Bought a “Colt” “I had not oni robbed, but been umili- R. PALMER is a successful foliage in one tee when astern city. t is not his real elie but * story he tells is typical f merchant's ex; O Aken T baclly abe oat of my store and located a trafic officer that ight”, said Mr. Palmer, ‘‘a question he md added to my atte at the aa m; not onl; peea robbed bya “bold-op" man who titel boldly into my place after the oe te gone, but I was humiliated. upon utilizing cys pene ee ert fire insurance tay i insurance, but when the deer aed re what I’ bad done to stop pangs fellow from robbing me I -had to admit I had done nothing at all. “| had at that time nothing to protect ny life of pro “The inference was obvious. 1 had can deduct it on your income-tax return and the result is that you don’t lose anything. —Columbia Record. If the politicians catch on to Chesterton they will hold him here and send him to Congress. He could almost prove that econ- omy consists in spending money foolishly. —New York Herald. It is said that Cuba’s supply of wet goods is running low, and tourists should remem- ber that rum wasn’t built in a day! —Brooklyn Eagle. Anyway, it is a sweetly solemn thought that all the members of the present and next congresses will not serve as long as Uncle Joe Cannon has—Houston Post, PETER J. CAREY & SONS, INC. PRINTERS been just as negligent as th: whe sits by and lets « fre bor into a con- Meese because he had no fire ex- dy. “4 have now the means to discourage further attempts to rob my store. I can assist the law to stop law-breakers. Thieves do not molest those who have the protection of a Colt. I could have tumed that fellow over to the police iesead of the officer the meagre eh | which was not enough to ro teead him. I now have a Colt in the drawer of my desk and another at my house. I consider it my duty to have this essential |,Protection as an aid to law and order. The honored history of Colt Fire Arms has linked them inseparably with the maintenance of right, and th he protec. tion of the nation’s honor, homes and property. COLTS PATENT FIRE ARMS MFG. CO. HARTFORD, CONN, Manufacturers of Cok’s (Browning) A Machine Coh’s (Browning) "Automatic Machine Riles An Easy Way to Remove Dandruff If you want plenty of thick, beautiful, glossy, silky hair, do by all means get rid of dandruff, for it will starve your hair and ruin it if you don't. The best way to get rid of dandruff is to dissolve it. To do this, just apply a little Liquid Arvon at night before retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp, and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications should completely re- move every sign and trace of it. You will find, too, that all itching of the scalp will stop, and your hair will look and feel a hundred times better. You can get Liquid Arvon at any drug store. A four- ounce bottle is usually all that is needed. The R, L, Wetter Ca, Cleveland, Obie, comicbooks.com