Life, 1923-08-02 · page 36 of 40
Life — August 2, 1923 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertisements** rather than political cartoons. The main content includes: **"Cerebral Poem"** (top left): A modernist poem by C.D. describing street vendors selling produce in New York, with Oriental imagery ("Wah-wang-yah!"). It's whimsical rather than satirical—celebrating colorful street commerce and the exotic appeal of immigrant vendors selling exotic fruits like bananas and pineapples. **"A Regular Teller"** (right side): A brief joke with racist dialect humor, depicting a Black man attempting to withdraw money from his own bank. The humor relies on stereotyped speech patterns and the teller's condescending disbelief—reflecting the era's casual racial prejudice. The remainder is commercial advertising: W.L. Douglas shoes, Milo violets cigarettes, and a dandruff remedy. No political satire is present; this is a typical early 20th-century magazine page mixing light entertainment with advertising.
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Cerebral Poem Not to Be Un- derstood at the First Reading In the Street of Many Windows Comes a cartful of color Banana-bandanna’d, Cucumber-encumbered, Gypsied by a neck Strangled in brilliance, A cry from the throat Of the Orient: “Wah-wang-yah!” Haroun-al-Rashid adopted disguises. Mohammed was a camel driver. Catullus wrote about strange loves. The Woolworth Building Has more windows Than an Eastern tapestry Silvered with mirrors. But in this other Street of Many Windows There is a Prince of Pineapples, Caliph of Cucumbers And fearless fruits. Oh, to wear a gypsy scarf And speak Pedlar! To cry inscrutable things Which mean “Ripe bananas, six for ten!” C.D. “How is your wife getting along with the car?” “Fine. Nothing but smashed fenders.” Tobacco Products Corporation, New York A Regular Teller A Cotored man went to cash a e e@ check at a bank operated by members SHOES ARE GOOD SHOES AT REASONABLE PRICES | °f, his own race. _ _ “Man,” said the teller, “you ain't We have in our 116 stores a wonderful assortment of ie got no money in dis yere bank.” kinds and styles of high-class, stylish shoes suitable “Yes, Ah is,” i a ed the othe for Men, Women and Boys in all walks of life. They es, Ah 1s, insisted the other. are made of high grade, selected leathers. Fine Calf “Ah put ten dollahs in’ yere six and Vici Kid shoes are our specialty. The quality, / months ago.” style and workmanship are unsurpassed. i “Six months ago!” echoed the teller ‘YOU CAN ALWAYS pityingly. “Laws, cullud man, don't RAVE MONEY BY WEARING He yon, hove bee im Pevnee Sa ; . =| you know de int'rust done et dat up SOLD DIRECT FROM FACTORY || pair of W. L. Douglas $8.00 shoes? J sf long ago!” They are exceptionally good | . value. Frankly, is it not worth. : = i while for you to dress your feet An Easy Way to in shoes that hold their shape, E d ff are easy-fitting, look well, wear P Remove Dan ru well and are reasonable in price? If you want plenty of thick, beautiful, glossy, silky hair, do by all means get rid $ $, $ of dandruff, for it will starve your hair 6 yi 8. & i!) SHOES and ruin it if you don't. ., * (J ° ° The best way to get rid of dandruff is to $4.50 & $5.00 SHOES FOR BOYS dissolve it To do this, just apply ii For thirty-seven years W. L. Dou name and portrait | Liquid Arvon at night before retiring; he have stood for a Bigh standard of ee and dependable enough to moisten the scalp, and rub it @ value. For economy and satisfactory service wear shoes that | &¢ntly with the finger tips. Il, of your bear this trade mark. Ask your dealer for W. L. Douglas | , By morning, most, if not all, o Toa shoes. Look for W. L. Douglas name dandruff will be gone, and three or fou and the retail price stamped on the more applications should completely te sole. Refuse substitutes. move every Si and trace of it. Te Wen ea IF NOT FOR SALE IN YOUR VICINITY, WRITE President You will find, too, that all itching of the iLO ARE MADE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOG SHOWING HOW Las ‘Shoe Ca, scalp will stop, and your hair will look and TO ORDER SHOES BY MAIL. POSTAGE FREE. 147 Sput Steet, Bretton, Mass | fee] a hundred times better. You can get Liquid Arvon at any drug store. A four- ae ounce bottle is usually all that is needed. ESTARERUEDIISTO The R. L. Watkins Co., Cleveland, Ohie. comicbooks.com