Life — July 21, 1921 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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# Commentary on Page Content The top cartoon, titled "Historic Moments," depicts a biblical scene: Delilah testing scissors before cutting Samson's hair. The image shows two figures in caricatured style (appearing to represent people from a non-Western culture) with a horse, playing on the Samson and Delilah narrative from the Book of Judges. The article below, "Advice to Hotel Guests" by Montague Glass, is satirical commentary on hotel management practices. It critiques how hotels impose various charges on guests—for bread, butter, rolls, and other items—arguing these fees are excessive and lack transparency. The piece mocks the bureaucratic rules hotels hide behind to justify nickel-and-diming customers, using specific examples like the "B. & B." (bed and breakfast) charge of 25 cents to illustrate the absurdity of hospitality industry pricing.