Life, 1922-09-14 · page 37 of 40
Life — September 14, 1922 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** with one cartoon joke. The main content includes: **Travel Advertisement**: Thos. Cook & Son promotes an African safari expedition departing December 9, 1922—a five-month luxury tour from Cairo to Capetown, guided by explorer Sir Alfred Sharpe, with Cook & Son representatives managing logistics. **Cartoon Joke** (bottom left): A wealthy couple views a classical bust sculpture. The husband (Mr. Rich-Quick) compliments "Mrs. Inright" on her "beautiful bust," to which she responds sotto voce: "Burst, Henry!"—a pun suggesting the sculpture will burst/break, or mocking his double entendre about her physique. The joke plays on the ambiguity of "bust" (sculpture vs. female form). **Product Ads**: The Adjusto-lite lamp ($5, with clamp) and Life magazine subscription offers round out the page. The overall context reflects 1920s leisure culture for the wealthy—exotic travel and consumer goods as markers of status.
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expedition of ion—a unique and travelers. five months’ di opportunity for sports: n December 9, 1922, a party limited to eight will y leave New York by the White Star Liner HOM- ERIC for Cherbourg, thence by rail to Marseilles, and by P. & O. steamer for Egypt, making a tour through Africa from Cairo to Capetown. SEVEN WEEKS’ SAFARI in the Big Game Districts around Lake Kivu. Tt party will be guided through Equatorial Africa by the ee explorer, Sir Alfred Sharpe, K C M.G., ©. B., formerly Governor of Nyasaland, and will be accompanied dunne the entre tnp by a rep- resentative of THOS. COOK & SON, who has wide experience in African travel and knowledge of the principal native tongues. For Full Information Apply to THOS. COOK & SON 215 Broadway NEW YORK 561 Fifth Ave. or their Branches throughout U.S. A. and Canada AFRICAN OFFICES: Alexandria, Cairo, Luxor, Axsouan, ¢ Khartoum, Elisabethville, Johannesburg, Durban, Capetown : That there’s-a beautiful bust you've got, Mrs. Inright. Mrs. Rich-Quick (sotto voce): “Burst,” Henry! Bere ew Adjusto-[it where good | s IS. The name says it—it’s A turn of the reflector sends the ¢ light ou want it. No glare—no eyest: in 8-foot cord and 80 Get an Adjusto- toda: order direct. aA ith parallel plug. If your dealer doesn’t carry it ze oF nickel finish, Now That Vacation is Over In Resuming Business Subscribe to and instead of leading a colorless, mun- dane existence, experience the joy of liv- ing. Fun and laughter, good pictures and bright text, a laugh on every page! Try it yourself for a year, or, Obey That Im- pulse, and for a trial trip, avail yourself of our Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Can: ign $1.40). Send Lire for the , Open only to new subscribers; no subscriptions renewed at this rate LIFE, 598 Madison Avenue, New York One Year $5 Canadian $5.80 Foreign $6.60 4 8: comicbooks.com