Life, 1921-04-07 · page 5 of 38
Life — April 7, 1921 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. The left side features a Rubberset Brushes ad with a testimonial letter from Thomas P. Reid (Box 702, Williams, Arizona, March 30, 1920) praising the durability of Neptune brushes used during Irish Coast logging work. The letter humorously suggests Neptune "could still use the brush, Tom!"—a pun playing on the Roman god's trident. The right side advertises Burlington-Northern Pacific railroad vacations to Yellowstone National Park, featuring wildlife photography (bears, elk) and a free park guidebook. The ad emphasizes seeing "big game living its natural life" and lists scenic attractions like the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls accessible via the railroad. Both sections are straightforward commercial promotions targeting early 1920s consumers and travelers—no political satire is present.
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| could still use the brush. Tom! A little salt water bath wouldn’t loosen a single bristle, though the razor may have been a bit rusty. But, on the level now, to make them worth while, shouldn’t some of you have “staked” the old chap to a good pair of scissors, 28 well? Box 702, Williams, Arizona | March 30, 1920 Rubberset Company, Newark, N. J. Gentlemen: “May I not” add my testimonial to your others on Rubberset serv- ice? Am sorry I can't send the brush on to you, but that is im. possible, since it went down with the Tuscania when she tor- pedoed off the Irish Coast in February, 1918. 1 had my Rubberset for ten years. Thru college, in the south. HULL Uti ern logging camps, the mountains of the west, and the Canadian lake country. We were inseparable. In | warm water or cold, soft or hard— yes, even in coffee—my brush | lived up to its reputation. Never loosened; always ready. With its companion razor, it was one of the most prized possessions lost on our ship. Mayhap Old Neptune, if he has taken to shaving, is using it today || in the Irish Sea.’ If so, | know he’s getting satisfaction and need fear no “brush baldness.” | wish him well. Very truly yours, (Signed) THOMAS P. REID This is No. 27 of a series of ads) ( NOT written by our ad man ‘dors BRUSHES ¢ every brit ped EVERLASTINGLY in. See big game living its natural life in Yellowstone National Park —take a Burlington-Northern Pacific Planned Vacation to the Land of Eternal Wonder. Vast shambling elk herds, hundreds of and other magnificent features connected ponderous bison, crinkled bighorn sheep, with this famous—northern—entrance. graceful antelope, and—the pranky bears! With perfect safety, you may see them Leave via Cody Road—motor 90 miles, living their old, wild life! through awe-inspiring Sylvan Pass, tower- ing Shoshone Canyon, past the Govern- This year enjoy a real vacation in this ment dam—twice the height of Niagara. most spectacular of all national parks, fy ; Hand Then ‘ky Me ain National— amid its unthinkable phenomena. Besides pales ath whece voumain National the animals, see the geysers, the Grand exquisite beauty and peaceful tranquility Canyon, painted terraces, fossil trees, and And Denver—the gateway to Coloradors the thousand other marvels of Nature's jand among the clouds Wonderland, . . Yellowstone Park plusall this—on through Enter at Gardiner Gateway—see Devil's ; pubes ar trains—in one trip! Take a Burlington- Slide, Paradise Valley, Gate of Mountains, Northern Pacific Planned Vaeat Free Book of Yellowstone Park All useful information about Gey ser ichly illustrated with maps m of the park. Send for your copy now! P.S,BUSTIS Passeager Trathe Manager C. B. & Q, Railroad, Chicago ilway St. Paol, Mina. teary Burlington -Northern Pacific Planned Vacations comicbooks.com