Life, 1922-09-14 · page 36 of 40
Life — September 14, 1922 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and filler content**, not political satire. The main elements are: 1. **Diamond advertisements** from Jason Weiler & Sons (Boston), dominating the left side with product images and pricing 2. **Cruise ship advertisements** (right margin) for luxury voyages on the Cunard Line's "Mauretania" and other vessels 3. **A brief humorous essay** titled "Justification" discussing cricket and homicide, which is light social commentary rather than political satire—it catalogs minor annoyances (a card partner who trumps your hand, noisy neighbors, neglectful friends) 4. **A dog remedies advertisement** at bottom right The cricket passage describes the tedium of the sport with gentle irony, while the "homicide" section uses exaggeration for comedic effect about everyday frustrations. There are **no political cartoons or caricatures** on this page—it's typical 1920s magazine content mixing commerce with light entertainment.
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Cool, refreshing— on the roth floor Eg The BILTMORE a Vat ole ry LIFE - side who have to do their watching from the stuffy pavilion. This is a three-day match, and a man may have to sit in that pavilion for half that period, or more. He goes in to bat, and perhaps he is bowled first ball. Then he goes back to the pavilion again and watches. Furiously. Towards the end of the second day he is let out of the pavilion, and be- comes one of the monuments in the field. And there, if he is not a bowler—and a very small proportion of cricketers are bowlers—there he may stand for an hour or more be- fore he is called upon to stop, catch, or pursue a single ball. But after all he is out in th sun and the fresh air, and it is jc ty good fun. For at any moment his moment may come, and that is so thrilling. That, perhaps, is the secret of this maddening sport. There is no game in the world in which the time con- sumed in playing is so wildly out of proportion to the energy expended by the average player, no game in which he gets through so much spec- tating. But always on the horizon there is that hint, that faint, far- away possibility that he may himself “have to do something before the game is over. it so. And then, very often, there are pretty ladies to talk to in the pavilion. And there are always pretty ladies in the audience. A. P. H. That is why we love Justification O you believe in homicide? * * * There is the partner who always trumps my high hand. There’s the girl in the flat above with a penchant for grand opera. I have exactly two hundred and eleven friends who don’t speak to me if I forget to send them post-cards on my vacation. My neighbor, the church-going Perkins, is always urging me in front of my wife to weed the garden on Sunday on the ground that “the bet- ter the day, the better the deed.” I can invariably depend on Banks (who once caught me in a weak mo- ment trying to strum my little sister’s ukulele) suggesting in a loud voice at every party that I jazz off a few tunes on the darned instrument. There are the Joneses, who are always giving me pieces of poetry to read that their little daughter Jane just dashed off and don’t I think my magazine editor would be awfully grateful to get them? The Binkses, who have found out I know a theatre manager, are firmly convinced my mission in life is to supply them with tickets without Ribbon Ship of the Atlantic “MAURETANIA” The Luxury Cruise Next Winter ble ent in Cruising His- Ape Hrom New York, Feb. 10, fo. $950up—write fordetails. American Express Travel Dept. 65 Broadway New York on the Palatial new Cunarder “LACONIA” the first Cruise Ship to go completely around the Wor 130 Days—from New York November 21, 1922 Inland excursions from all ports of call $1500 up— write for details: Travel Dept.,65 Broadway, New York Repeating the Successful Cruise ‘Tours of the past three winters TheS.S.“EBRO” to SOUTH AMERICA from New York, Jan. 24, 1923 A special E-weekly tours te th 0 8 io pe weekly toursto the ‘Amedicon Ex Express Zravel Dept 65 Broadway, N. Y. charge to all the sell-out shows in town, And then there's the model hus- band next door who never stays out beyond nine o’clock and always goes to church with his wife. * * * Do you believe in homicide? by ORS B"AND TRAIN’ © KEEP fim fleauray pee eS DL teagan Glee toeiyaneiees O-W DoG REMEDIES pel Menrvsea Ploy ea ay FO Q-W LABORATORIES Dept. 19 Bound Brook, New Jersey comicbooks.com