Life, 1921-03-24 · page 3 of 34
Life — March 24, 1921 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising** rather than political satire. The dominant content consists of commercial advertisements for W.L. Douglas shoes, White Mountain Refrigerators, Motors, and Allen's Foot-Ease powder. The only editorial content is a poem, "The Waters of Oblivion," by William Wallace Whitlock on the left side. The poem appears to be social commentary—using water/flood metaphors to critique wealth inequality and Wall Street speculation ("they made haste / And bought too many shares"). It references "the poor" and those who've "lost / Their wealth and dignity." The remaining page space is filled with period advertisements typical of early 20th-century magazines, with no apparent satirical intent or political cartoons present.
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The Waters of Oblivion HE Waters of Oblivion Are bitter as can be, ‘And when they close above your head You're done for, don't you see; To dinner no one asks you then, To luncheon or to tea. The Waters of Oblivion Soon swallow up the poor, For nu one cares for those who've lost Their social grip, I'm sure; For him who has no motor car There is no water cure, The Waters of Oblivion ‘Are sailed by many a boat, Some fuunder ere they're under way, me stagger like a goat; While money, tho’ Keeps all the rest afloat. it weighs so much, Oblivion with millionaires Waters of Are filled Whose wives declared they’d not enough For really swell affairs; So down to Wall Street they made haste And bought too many shares. The The Waters of Oblivion. As nouveaux riches aver, Are poorly charted, so that one May very easily err; To sail those seas you've got to have A Social Register. William Wallace Whitelock. PEAY on a woman's sympathies and you are pretty sure to get an encore. E irre Mountaw Refrigerators OS “The Chest with the Chill in it”* Built on setentific principles and test: Send for handsome catalogue? amd booklets Maine Manufactering Co., Nasbes, N. H. Established 1874 Look tor the name White Moantain. W. L.DOUGLAS | Retail Price $ $8.00 SHO Quality of Material Reduced ) ial Shoes $ | Special Shoes pecial Shoes $1 (),()\() || Special Shoe: $6.00 FOR MEN AND WOMEN THE STAMPED PRICE IS W. L. DOUGLAS PERSONAL GUARANTEE THAT THESHOES ARE ALWAYS WORTH THE PRICE PAID FOR THEM They Ses the best known shoes in the Sold in 107 W.L.Douglasstores, Girect from the factory to you at only one profit, which guarantees to you the best shoes that can be produced, at the lowest possible cost. W.L.Douglas name and the retail price are stamped on the bottom of all shoes before they leave the factory, which is your protection against unreasonable profits. W. L. Douglas shoes are absolutely the st shoe values for the money in this country. They are made of the best and finest leathers that money can buy. They combine quality, style, work- manship and wearing qualities equal toother makes selling higher prices. They are the leaders inthe fashion centers of America, The prices are the same 5 everywhere) they cost no more in San Francisco than they do inNewY ork. W. L. Douglas shoes are made by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and supervision of experienced men, all working with an honest deter- mination to make the best shoes for the price that money can buy. CAUTION biithiasatioee, Ths name and price is plainly stamped on the sole. Be careful to see that Raigh mot been changed or mutilated, tate ne icther noake. “Order ‘dived President y, ait Bend for booklet telling how W. L. Dougias Shoe Ca., to order slices by tall, postage 147 Spark St., Brockton, Mass Bids Rousing shove are for sale by over LIFE’S Ready Sidetracker To Be Used Discrectly by the Genius of Any Outside Office R. X is in conference just now. Do you wish to wait? In reference to what did you wish to see Mr. X? Have you an appointment? What is the nature of your business? Mr. X is dictating. Will anyone else do? The best time to see Mr. X? Why, Food Calories Yo the highest scientific authority it can be stated that by the year 2,100 the United States will have a population can see him almost any time when he’s disengaged. Would you like to leave your card? If you will tell me what it is, perhaps can attend to it. , New Shoes— Old Shoes—Tight Shoes all feel the same if you shake into them some ;, ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE The Antiseptic, Healing Powder for the feet Takes the friction from the shoe, freshens the ) feet and gives new vigor. At night when your feet are tired, sore and swollen from walking or dancing, Sprinkle ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE in the §} foot-bath and enjoy the bliss ot feet with- out an ache. Over 1,500,000 pounds of powder for the feet were used by our Army and Navy during the war, Rests the Foot of 197,000,000, engaged for the most part in hustling for food calories. It will re- quire 260 trillion calories a year to keep our descendants at that time fit for their activities, whatever these may be. In the last analysis, everything mankind does, or fails to do, seems to be connected They set the cave-man to killing his neighbor, and they are at the basis of all contempo- rary diplomacy, or lack of diplomacy, whichsoever it is. It is a pretty safe bet that if Man ever reaches an almost perfect with those infernal food calories. state it will not be until he has thrown food calories into the discard and found some substitute that will enable him to de- vote his time to a higher task than that of stoking his stomachic furnace with fuel for which individuals and nations are con- stantly bartering their immortal souls. comicbooks.com