Life, 1922-12-14 · page 2 of 36
Life — December 14, 1922 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily **advertising content**, not political satire. The page features a full-page ad for the Mimeograph, a duplicating machine made by A. B. Dick Company of Chicago and New York. The advertisement uses poetic language ("Pals of the sunlight!") to promote the mimeograph's capabilities: producing clean copies on dark blue paper quickly and inexpensively. The illustration shows a mimeograph machine with sun imagery, metaphorically suggesting the machine works like sunlight to "illuminate" business efficiency. The ad claims the mimeograph enables organizations to save money and produce duplicates without skilled labor, positioning it as a revolutionary business tool. This reflects early-20th-century enthusiasm for labor-saving office technology. There is no political cartoon or satire present on this page.
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A GIBSON, President UHARLES DAN, ARDSON, Vice-President Entered as Second Class Matter June 8, 1883, at the Post Office at New York, Lire: Published Weekly by Life Publishing N. Y. under the act of March 3d, 1879. Printed in Bethlehem, Pa., U. S Company at 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 1 as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Bethlehei Grorce B. Rice Annual Subscription, Five Dollars. Second Class Matter at the Post Office Department, Ci or MILLER, Treasurer Vol. 80. No, 2093. December, 14, 1922. LIFE, in the United States, England and the British 8. F. Provanpre, Westem Manager Pals of the sunlight! From an interesting booklet of ours you will learn that old Sol’s resplendent rays play an important part in the making of that remarkable sheet of dark blue paper which has revolutionized the fine art of dupli- cating. And it will tell you how hundreds of thou- sands of clean-cut impressions, exact duplicates of letters, forms, bulletins, designs, plans, etc., may be quickly produced from a single stencil, at almost negli- gible cost, and by unskilled workpeople. Also you will learn that, like England’s domain, the sun never sets on the realm of the Mimeograph; there are Edison-Dick sales and service organizations everywhere. The booklet shows how unnum- bered thousands of business and educational institutions throughout the world are saving much money, and making many short cuts, with the help of the Mimeograph and its clever twin, the Mimeoscope—a Perhaps new SEER me x SEK REE masterful combination that costs but little to install. light will be shed upon the efficiency of your own work by this booklet “W-12”—ask for it now. A.B. Dick Company, Chicago—and New York. ES RR ER, SX RES: comicbooks.com Ws CG: NY