Life, 1921-08-11 · page 28 of 40
Life — August 11, 1921 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines a **Fisk tire advertisement** (left) with a humor section titled "Our Foolish Contemporaries" (right). The **Fisk ad** features the famous Fisk Tire mascot—a sleepy cherub or baby figure holding a tire. The slogan "Time to Re-tire? (Buy Fisk)" is a pun playing on "retire" (rest/sleep) and "re-tire" (replace your tires). The copy emphasizes Fisk's quality as a premium brand "among the few tires your judgment would allow you to purchase." The **humor section** collects brief anecdotes from various newspapers, satirizing human folly: a child's logic about getting sent from the table unwashed, a dog's legal ambiguities regarding train seats, a convict's paradoxical claim of moral corruption, and children's innocent materialism regarding charity. These are gentle social satires typical of 1920s family magazines. The **Cascades nightclub advertisement** at bottom right promotes dining and dancing at a Manhattan venue. Overall, this is a typical Life magazine page blending commercial advertising with light satirical humor aimed at middle-class readers.
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|| Let your ‘Trade Mark Reg U.S Pat on. Time to Re-tire? (Buy Fisk) | SK is conspicuous among the few tires your judgment would allow you to purchase. Sold only by dealers [Lo ALEK Ra UR. FOOLISH CONTEM MPO PRARIES ~r The Off Chance Junior was in the habit of coming to the table with a dirty face and, of course, had to be sent away. One time his mother, nearly losing patience, said: “Junior, why do you persist in coming to the table without washing? You know I always send you away.” “Well,” said Junior, meekly, “once you forgot.” —Chicago Tribune. A Catch in It “But surely,” said the haughty dame, “Sf I pay the fare for my dog he will be treated the same as other passengers and be allowed to occupy a seat?” “Of course, madam,” the guard replied politely, “provided he does not put his feet on it.”—Pearson’s Weekly. He Ought to Get It A convict in the Kansas penitentiary has asked the Governor for a pardon on the plea that he fears he will corrupt his fellow-inmates. He finds, he says, from what the others say, that he is the only guilty man behind the bars. —New York Morning Telegraph. a Danger Ahead TeacHER: Johnny, if you don’t be- have I'll have to send a note to your father. Jounny: You'd better not. Ma’s as jealous as a cat. —A merican Legion Weekly. Getting a Good Word in Early | Sunpay ScHoot TEAcHER: Nancy, why must we be kind to the poor? Nancy: Please, teacher, because in these days any of them might become rich. —Bulletin (Sydney). “What is this proposed reciprocity with Canada?” “I believe they agree not to arrest our bootleggers.” —Louisville Courier-Journal. Continuous music. Bub- bling gayety; sparkling life. Cool, refreshing — | on the 19th floor of The BILTMORE NEW YORK comicbooks.com