Life, 1923-11-01 · page 36 of 41
Life — November 1, 1923 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily **an advertising page** from Life magazine, circa 1924. The main content consists of four distinct ads: 1. **Frank Tourist Co.** advertises a Mediterranean cruise on the Cunard steamship "Scythia," visiting Egypt and Palestine. 2. **Howard & Co.** displays fine English silver goods (coffee pots, tea sets, candlesticks). 3. **Life magazine itself** promotes subscription with the slogan "A LIFE in Your Hand is Worth Two on the Stand"—meaning owning a subscription guarantees you get each issue rather than missing sold-out copies. 4. **A cartoon** (lower right) shows someone at a piano asking their boss for a raise. The caption jokes that asking for money sounds like discordant notes—the satire being that such conversations are awkward and jarring. The page is essentially a commercial one with minimal political or social commentary beyond the gentle humor in the self-promotional subscription ad and the piano cartoon.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
LIFE - pee Old English fe lérratiean Silver C. (Limited to 450 Gues about Half Capacity) COFFEE POTS - COFFEE URNS By Magnificent New Cunard S. S. “SCYTHIA” TEA POTS « TEA CADDIES Twin-Screw Oil-Burner, 20,000 Tons, Sailing Jan. 30, 192467 days—Repeating the complete success of CANDLESTICKS (2 the 1923 similar Cruise, same Steamer, visiting EGYPT—PALESTINE TRAYS Madeira, Spain, Gibraltar, Algiers, Tunis, Constantinople, Greece, Italy, Sicily, Riviera, Monte Carlo, France, England. e “Scythia” is ble floating palace, with spacious decks, » veranda ci ‘levators, gymnasium, commodious state: r and large wardrobes; bedrooms and s. The famous Cunard cuisine and ser- sitting for meals.) without extra cost, returning via S. S. tal erengaria”” or any Cunard Line steamer. 3 H O \ NA R D & C O s. itinerary and full information on . . Prompt reservation advisable. . Se FOUNDED 1866 Also De Luxe rs to Europe _-» FRANK TOURIST CO. ¢& 4 (Established 1875) ) 542 Fifth Ave. New York 219 So. 15th St., Philadelphia London 14 East Forty-seventh Street - NewYork é “A LIFE in Your Hand is Worth Two on the Stand’ Regular readers of Life after a few experiences of “all sold out’”’—because the other fellow got there first—very wisely take time by the forelock and enter a subscription, and thus make sure of their weekly hour of laughter. A sure laugh on every page. Try it yourself for six months, or try our Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.20, Foreign $1.40) Send LIFE for the next ten weeks to H AS YOU IMAGINE YOUR CONVERSATION SOUNDS WHEN YOU PE LIFE, 598 Madison Avenue, New York Sk TEE Sone ee ae. One Year $5 Canadian $5.80 Foreign $6.60 , (112) comicbooks.com