Life, 1921-06-09 · page 30 of 38
Life — June 9, 1921 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with brief humorous filler content in the right column. The main advertisement promotes the **Valet AutoStrop Razor** ($5.00)—a safety razor with an integrated stropping device that sharpens blades without removal, solving the common problem of dull razor blades that required frequent replacement. Below that, an **Egyptian Deities cigarette ad** uses pretentious language ("people of culture and refinement") to market 30-cent cigarettes, featuring decorative classical imagery. The right column contains several short **joke items** typical of Life's satirical humor: anecdotes about servants, teachers, vicars, and newsboys facing everyday absurdities. These gentle jokes mock social pretension, misunderstandings, and the struggles of working-class people—standard fare for early 20th-century American humor magazines. The **Hotel Aspinwall advertisement** targets wealthy leisure travelers seeking Berkshires accommodations. The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture and modest comedic sensibilities.
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Just slip the strop through the razor head and pass the rawr back and forth along the strop Without removing the blade -it strops, shaves and cleans! A razor and stropping device combined in one OST safety razor blades grow dull after only a M few shaves — they “pull” and must be thrown away. The ordinary safety razor cannot be stropped. It causes needless discomfort and wastes your money for new blades. Why not use a razor that strops its own blades? With the Valet AutoStrop Razor you can easily bring back the first keen edge in ten seconds every morning. Stropping, shaving, cleaning—the blade always stays in the razor! A whole year of cool, smooth shaves from the package of blades that comes with each Valet AutoStrop Razor set. Complete with silver-plated razor, selected strop and a year’s supply of blades in a convenient leather, gun-metal or nickel case—$5.00. AutoStrop Razor —$522 Sharpens itself—saves constant blade expense EGYPTIAN DEITIES “The Utmost in Cigarettes” Plain End or Cxk Tip People of culture and refinement invariably PREFER Deities to any other cigarette UR_ FO fe) MP fe] OOLIS ¢c “e ORARIES nF A Midsummer Resort's Dream They advertise they rest the guest. The hostess’ cousin gets the best, The hostess’ paw—you've guessed the rest— Plays cards and warmly bets the guest. The latter loses, bets the rest Of all he owns; Paw wrests the best. The host—none other—gets the rest, And all combine to best the guest. —Quin A. Ryan, in Chicay Journal of Comm Oh! “Norah,” said Mrs, Dedbeat, from of the stairs, “tell that man who is the doorbell that Iam not receiving to The servant girl went to the door an something to the man; then she si into the hall and called upstairs “T told him you were not receivin’ to-« tham! - But he says he ain't de! he's collectin’!"—Cincinnati Enquirer. Chest-Heaving “How didia get yore kids to take them deep-breathin’ exercises their teacher was tellin’ me about?” inquired Mrs. Jeter of her better or worser. “Got ‘em to actin’ like they was Ieadin’ men in a pitcher show,” answered Cle —Barber County (Kan.) Inder. Like the Irish Problem Tne Vicar: 1 suppose you've a large family to support, Mrs. Dempsey? Mrs, Dempsey: I have, sir; and if they didn’t all carn their own living I couldn't manage it—Pearson’s Weekly (London) Preparing for Princeton “Who wrote ‘ Paradise Lost’? asked a teacher at the Horace Mann Schoo! “F. Scott Fitzgerald,” came the answer from the star scholar whose hand the peda- gogue had recognized. —New York Morning Telegraph. Ou Lavy: I hope you don't sell papers oa Sunday. Smatt Newssoy (sadly): No'm, | ain't big enuf to carry the Sunday ‘ditions yit. —Virginia Reel. HOTEL ASPINWALL LENOX, MASS. High and Cool in the Berkshires A HOTEL OF DISTINCTION Opens June 18 Golf Saddle Riding Desirable Cottages with Hotel Service, HOWE & TWOROGER, Managers Winter Resort, Princess Hotel, Bermuda ALL SIZES MOTORS AND GENERATORS UP TO 5H. P. ARO SERA ects Md Onde Sl St Sat a an we. Wi fr ery cing S Tm comicbooks.com