Life, 1921-12-29 · page 33 of 35
Life — December 29, 1921 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily advertising and editorial content from Life magazine, circa 1922, with minimal political cartoons or satire. **Key content:** The main editorial piece, "Too Many New Yorkers for Comfort," argues that New York City's population has outpaced construction capacity. The author criticizes overcrowded subways and elevated trains, inadequate housing, and poor schools. Notably, this piece references the "birth controllers"—a reference to the early 20th-century birth control movement, which the author appears to blame for helping address population pressure rather than infrastructure expansion. The post-WWI setting is significant; population boomed during wartime but construction lagged behind. **Advertising dominates:** The Biltmore hotel, cruise tours to South America, and Thomas Cook travel services occupy substantial space. The "Silent Drama" section reviews contemporary films with stars like Rudolph Valentino and Mabel Normand. This reflects cinema's major cultural role in the 1920s. **No significant political cartoons appear.** The page is primarily commercial material reflecting 1920s leisure and travel aspirations.
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MADISON AVE., 43rd TO 44th STREETS NEW YORK Dancing in the Supper Room Tea in the Palm Room \ Friday Morning Musicales JOHN McE. BOWMAN, President \e SOUTH AMERICA Our exceptionally well-planned Cruise- Tour to this intensely interesting field for pleasure travel will leave New York Feb. 4, 1922. The itinerary includes callsat HAVANA — PANAMA CANAL —the historic cities of PERU & CHILE—ARGEN> TINE, U ‘UGUAY & BRAZIL, arriv- ing back in New York —via the East Coast Route—on April 3d. All Information and Literature on Request THOS. COOK & SON 245 Broadway, New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston San Francisco _ Los Angeles Montreal. Toronto Vancouver 150 Offices Throughout the World Too Many New Yorkers for Comfort <W YORK is overcrowded, and seems to be distending toward the condition of being uninhabitable. | The people who have to use its sub- s and elevated lines in the rush hours are really great sufferers. To haul them comfortably in numbers con- stantly and rapidly increasing, is at present beyond the city’s power. Also to house them properly; also to school their children. During the war, in most cities, but especially in New York, population got the start of construction, and construc- tion is finding it mighty hard work to catch up. In the country there is more room, but no-great surplus of habitable houses. This is the condition that puts punch into the activities of the birth controllers. | audiences, notable among whom is Cath- (@THE SILENT DRAMA“) Recent Developments 3 (The regular Silent Drama department will be found on page 24) The Call of the North. . Paramount.— A good melodrama with a French-Cana- dian accent, and some fine scenes. Jack Holt is the star. Molly O. First National—Mabel Nor- mand in a picture that includes all the fifty- seven varieties of hokum. The Bonnie Brier Bush. Paramount. —A charming little story, with pleasant Scotch backgrounds, and some excellent acting by Donald Crisp, Mary Glynne and others. This is the first British production we have seen that deserves to be ranked above the average. The Lotus Eater. First National— John Barrymore is the star of a fantastic comedy about a youth who finds romance and peace in a mystic isle of, the South Seas. It contains some good ‘satire, and it also contains some very old jokes, The Sheik. Paramount—Fun in_the great Arabian desert—with Rudolph Val- entino providing most of the action. Our Mutual Friend. Wid Gunning.— A. singularly intelligent reproduction of Dickens’s novel, which, however, is too long-winded and disjointed to be con- sistently interesting. It serves to introduce some fine Swedish actors to American erine Reese—who can be cute with the best of them. A Prince There Was. Paramount.— Thomas Meighan as a benevolent bounder, who is reformed by coming into contact with the inmates of a humble boarding house. A thoroughly nice picture. 2 The Silent Call. First National—A badly constructed melodrama, with a mag- nificent police dog_ in the leading rdle. For Review Next Week. “ool’s Paradise,” ‘“Don’t Tell Everything,” “RSVP.” and “Boomerang Bill.” Hymn of Hate LTHO gregariously inclined And well-disposed toward human- | ., QMANNUA, TOUR of the AMERICAN EXPRESS CD yam Visiting Cuba—Panama—Peru—Chili Across the Andes — Argentine — Uruguay—Brazil Sailing from New York February 11th—64 days Via. S. S. EBRO (Pacific Line) Returning, S. S. AMERICAN LEGION (Munson Line) Both boats of the latest and most ap- proved type for cruising in Southern waters. Every luxury for personal com- fort and convenience. Excellent orches- tra, concerts, dances. Frequent stops afford ample time for delightful shore excursions. Experienced tour managers, speaking the several languages, familiar with every detail. Unstinted praise of all who sailed on our two previous cruises assures the success, delights and , Pleasures of the present tour Reservations rapidly filling WRITE FOR BOOKLET AT ONCE AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL DEPT. 65 Broadway, New Yor kind; it ¢ Altho I’m glad, at Christmas time, To get the season’s comps in rhyme Or prose from unforgetful friends, There is a point where pleasure ends, | 07 And cards like this drive me to drink— Greetings The Jazbo Soap Corp., Inc. * * * Oh, what so keenly disenchants As Merry Christmas! Tronclad Pants? cme aed I get no Happy New Year glow from cards signed “Leakproof Ashcan Co.” Because I know that all they hope Is that next year I’ll buy some soap Or pants or cans. Oh, can’t some guys Forget “It Pays to Advertise”? Baron Ireland. law comicbooks.com