Life, 1923-06-21 · page 31 of 36
Life — June 21, 1923 — page 31: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and charitable notices**, not satirical content. The main elements are: 1. **Life's Fresh Air Fund donation list** — acknowledging contributions to a real charitable program that sent poor city children to the countryside for two weeks. This was genuine philanthropic work, not satire. 2. **Three advertisements:** - **NUVO pipes** — humorously claiming their aluminum reinforcement makes them "practically accident-proof" - **General Cord Tire** — with a joke about the "tired business man" (a stock figure of the era), playing on the double meaning of "tired" (exhausted vs. equipped with tires) - **Liquid Arvon dandruff treatment** — a straightforward product ad The General Tire ad is the closest to humor here, using a pun rather than satire. There are no political cartoons or caricatures on this page. It's a typical early-20th-century magazine layout mixing charitable appeals with commercial advertising.
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Lire’s Fres Arr Fup has operation for the past thirty-six Lire's Fresh Air Fund been in years. In it time it has expended $221,827.60 and has given @ fortnight in ‘the ‘country to 44,325 poor city children. Contributions, which are ack Lire about three weeks after should be made payable to Li pledged in cir receipt, Fe’s Fresit Aix Funp, and sent to 598 Madison Ave., New York City. Anonymous, Tampa, Fla. In Memory of Maud & S. D. Preston, N. Y. City ... onymous, Tampa, Fla. n memory of Elizabeth F Strother” ..ceseeseess J. R. Watson, St. Louis, Arthur F. Shearman, England J. R. T., N.Y Cit Adah M- Dodsworth, Englew Mo.. Mrs, Lois Whitin Crane, Whitinsville, Mass. “In memory of Bean: Harry A. Greenball, } City cece eens Marion Montgomery, Malver: ustralia : Manila, oe Helen Broome, Memoriam—R. _V J, C. Speaks,’ Jr-g Columb “In-memory ‘of C. S.,” Washington, D.C. “In memory ‘of Charles Eastman Danforth” .......... M, Barker, Brookdyn, $ 1.00 2.00 3.00 1.00 10.00 10.00 6.78 5.00 100.00 50.00 5.00 50.00 1.80 5.00 15.00 10.00 15.00 50.00 A. Life-Long Pal may slip from your hand if repeatedly, yet will not bi It is strong where ordinary pipes are weak—at the stem connection. A patented aluminum re-en- forcement at this point makes practi- cally accident. proof. A large range of shapes. All in im- ported briars. Sanitary. No Metal Touches the Tongue. It won't break M.LINKMAN & CO. Pathfinders in Pipedom 1152 Fullerton Ave. CHICAGO < if its a NUVO I T isn’t so much the bas : ” tired business man that interests us—as it is having him well tired. THE wv. GENERAL CORD TIRE to make friends Buitt IN AKRON OHIO BY THE CENERAL TIRE & RUBBER ca Proceeds of a benefit. perform- ance by the Concord Players Grace J. Russel, Jamaic: Mrs. L) M. Remington Boston, Mass. .... tees In Memory of Gerald Clark Kling Arthur Nichols, Brooklyn, Mrs, Winnifred R. Middletown, Rymer, Conn. N.Y. B. L. Pratt, Mrs. F, P. Sayer. Samuel" City ae Anthony Ormond, , Bethlehem, P: amm, Harrisbur; R., Middletown, Conn. I lemory of F. E. N. Middletown, Conn. ......... Alfred M. Low, Detroit Lissa _M. Cutler, Lowell, Mass. H. Dunham, Red Bank, Cass Gilbert, Jr., N. ity .. Mr. & Mrs.’ H.”B. ‘Newhall, Plainfield, N. J. Gertrude B. Naugatu Whittemore, """""" Conn, $92.72 10.00 10.00 100.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 1.00 5.00 25.00 10.00 . 5.00 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 dissolve it. 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 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, Obie, comicbooks.com