Life, 1923-01-04 · page 36 of 44
Life — January 4, 1923 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **Life magazine page** from the 1920s, primarily featuring advertisements and a "Who's Who in LIFE" directory—a list of the magazine's regular contributors (cartoonists, humorists, writers like Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, and Robert Sherwood). The content is **mostly commercial**: Warner's corsets ("produces flat, smooth backs"), Liquid Arvon dandruff treatment, Twitchell tire gauges, and real estate/art school ads. These reflect period concerns—women's shapewear fashion, hair care standards, and automobile maintenance. **No political satire or caricature appears on this page.** It's essentially an early 20th-century house organ page: contributor credits mixed with paying advertisements. The "Who's Who" list suggests Life was a prestigious outlet for American humorists and writers of that era, combining literary content with consumer goods marketing.
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New York Front View Back View WRAP-AROUND Invisible Corseting, Obtained Only by the Wrap-around IT produces flat, smooth backs, close- fitting thighs, and assures success for the new type of closely draped gowns. No lacing annoyances and no in- correct fittings. The Wrap-around Invisible Corset is produced by closing the back of the corset and inserting firm sections of surgical rubber, which will ex- pand to the requirements of fitting and will contract closely to the figure when adjusted. The Wrap-around Invisible Corset is made in all sizes and in all types, from the slender figure to the heavy, full figures, Price of style shown is $4.00. Other models $1.50 up. ‘THE WARNER BROTHERS COMPANY Chicago dissolve it. An Easy Way to Remove Dandruff If you want plenty of thick, beautiful, glossy, silky hair, do by all means get rid of dandruff, for it will starve your hair and ruin it if you don't. The best way to get rid of dandruff is to To do this, just apply a little Liquid Arvon at night before retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp, and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most, if not all, of your San Francisco * LIFE Who’s Who in LIFE iy Franklin P. Adams . A., Anastasius C. M. Azoy Charlotte Becker Robert C. Benchley Morris Bishop Berton Braley George S. Chappell Mabel HaughtonCollyer Marc Connelly George K. Denny Weed Dickinson Caroline Duer Arthur H. Folwell Corey H. Ford James L. Ford Montague Glass Arthur Guiterman LaTouche Hancock Henry W. Hanemann Jennie Betts Hartswick Hildegarde Hawthorne A. P. Herbert Beatrice Herford Oliver Herford Don Herold McCready Huston Wallace Irwin C. Perry Ivins Ruth L. Jones George S. Kaufman Stoddard King Edmund J. Kiefer Rollin Kirby Richard LeGallienne Baird Leonard Tracy Hammond Lewis Newman Levy Mabel Cleland Ludlum Lawton Mackall James K. McGuinness Leo A. Marsh Edward S. Martin Thomas L. Masson Neal O'Hara Dorothy Parker Barrie Payne Gardner O. Rea Agnes Repplier Ted Robinson Nate Salisbury (Baron Ireland) Clinton Scollard Charles G. Shaw Robert E. Sherwood Mark Swan C. K. Van Riper Edward S. Van Zile ; Foster Ware W Carolyn Wells ea SPOAM Bq an S Py Soa P Re Syrnkeree = = BA RSRORESAANSASEOND REE PR> zo MAOE Ds ADS Pe ASP > ail is 2) SBRAMAARAS x! & HASAN BH ABSSnmhs “ (ESS SOFT TIRES are hard on the pocketbook. Running on under- inflated tires not only wears out the tires long before their time, uses up a lot of gasoline needlessly. You can save fifty per cent on your tire bill and 25 per cent on your gasoline bill by testing your tire | inila- tion regularly with a TWITCHELL AIR GAUGE Price$1.25 The Twitchell Gauge Co, | 1516 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago ff inehurs NORTH CAROLINA / inter Homes For Sale and for Rent A. S. NEWCOMB & COMPANY Many art school advertisements tell about the great and ever increasing demand for [commercial artists—big pay—equal opportun- ity for both men and women, etc. Very good! ‘This is all quite true, but you must first be properly taught. Understand? Properly j taught! Few top notch artists are good in- ji structors. Very few. By searching through jj many studios we have found them. A Master Course Is Offered i Endorsed as the official training schoo! for leading Commercial Art houses, employing hundreds ofartists. Correct edu: ynal meth- ods applied. A practical educator and a corps oftop notch commercial artists, offe the benefit of 20 to Bors SOs dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications should completely re- move every sign and trace of it. You will find, too, that all itching of the scalp will stop, and your hair will look and feel a hundred times better. You can get Liquid Arvon at any drug store. A four- ounce bottle is usually all that is needed. The R. L. Watkins Co.. Cleveland, Ohio. the @hear to pay for it- .W.W., William W. Whitelock : Either clos aa Saree steig Pacer ener If you like to draw, let's talk it over, bole’ ‘Commercial Art © op ce Rorescets AS WE TEACH ‘stamps for postage. He Missed a Lot! West: Jenkins has had a disap- pointing life. NortH: Why so? “He prayed not to be led into =| temptation and his prayer was | granted.” NATIONAL ACADEMY N OF COMMERCIAL ART j 230 EAST OHIO ST. mae CHICAGO R HLL comicbooks.com