Life, 1922-06-29 · page 33 of 35
Life — June 29, 1922 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and a charity fund listing**, not political satire. The dominant content is a **Melachrino cigarette advertisement** claiming the brand uses "the purest and most delicate cigarette tobacco in the world"—specifically natural Turkish tobacco with "no rival for forty-three years." The ad features a decorative illustration of a smoking pipe and cigarettes. The left column contains the continuation of **LIFE's Fresh Air Fund**—a charitable donation list of individuals contributing to send underprivileged children to the countryside. At bottom right is a **small cartoon joke** (attributed to *Le Rire*, a French publication): A woman at a buffet tells a man he's visited twelve times; he responds he's "getting something for you," implying he's taking food home—a mild satire on cheapness or buffet excess. The Cascades nightclub advertisement promotes dining and dancing at the Biltmore in New York. This is representative mid-1920s *Life* content: charity appeals, luxury product advertising, and light humor.
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LIFE’S Fresh Air Fund (Continued from page 29) X.W., Buffalo” .. F.C. W2 Brooklyn, N.Y. Mrs. J. W. Hobbins, "Madiso , \. Bragg, Bangor, Me. Humel, Cleveland, Sbert Bridges, H. G. Streat, N.Y. City.. Mrs, John Sheafe Douglas, Morr Dean, Monroe, N. Yi.) 1221 rgaret P. Duggan, Knox: y M. Holmes, Philadelph: Mae F, Aldrich, Chicago Augusta, F, Johnson, Wash- H." S. Niemitz, Newark, } mory of Lt. Kenneth P. . Budi ass, \gnes W. Bragg, Bangor, Me. S. Heath, Los Angeles, Cal... FE. F. Hancock, N. Y. City.... \lfred Hoffman, N.Y. City.. 3. Grace Fraser, Hastings-on- son, N. Y. . Ross Hall Ski rause, Chic: iah Milbank, N. Y. & Mrs. Archibald D. kewood, N. J. «ssseeses H. T. Shriver, West Orange, son, Quincy, IIl. F. Tracey, San Francisco, C.; Evansville, Ind. Underwood, Jersey Continuous music. Bub- ling gayety; sparkli life Cool, cre i ng A on the roth floor o » 10 may eat plenty of fish and Le en 00 Py method, Lessons graded in logical receive *g steps. Send your $1.00 today and &G.'dowd, Sulte L, 105 Palmetio St Brookiim, N.Y. Eflavor of a Melachrino Cigarette is the flavor of the natural Turkish to- bacco, and nothing else. A smoker of Melachrino Ciga- rettes, therefore, smokes the purest and most delicate ciga- rette tobacco in the world. MELACHRINO cigarettes are made from the choicest and most carefully selected Turkish tobaccos grown, and because of their superb and unchanging quality, they have had no rival for forty- three ‘years. MELACHRINO “The One Cigarette Sold the World Over” Mrs. Wm. H. Chapin, Springfield, ass... as Anonymous, N. ¥! City’: ; Clifton “B." Pierce, New’ ‘Bedtord, ass. Mary S. Melhado, Bet! Pa. Mrs. Edwin P. Buchanan, Pitts- ampton, Mass. + Mrs. W.'S. Charnley, Shields, “Pa. Marion Stearns, Atlanta, Ga....... Louis E. Shriver, Union’ Milis, Md. Mrs. W. C. Scheide, Hartford, Conn, Martin N.Y. H. W. Sibley, Roch ee Caroline & Holt Wilson ‘ebster, Portland, Ore. ....... W. H. Dunham, Red_ Bank, N. J. Mr, & Mrs. Wm. C. Longeveth, Haverford, Pa. ... . H. A. Cincinnati, Fred L. Gross, Brooklyn, N.Y. Miss E. C. Watkins, New Bedf bone eth WY. . H. Postlethwaite, N. Y. City. x “ ., r, Wat. I do think you are going it a bit Tq L. DesPortes, Columbus, strong. ' This is the twelfth time you have been to the buffet.” “It doesn't matter at all—I tell every- T'm getting something for you.” —Le Rire (Paris). (Continued comicbooks.com