Life, 1923-11-08 · page 3 of 36
Life — November 8, 1923 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **two separate advertisements**, not political cartoons or satire. There is no satirical content to analyze. The left side advertises **Reedsdale Cigarettes** (20¢ per pack of 20), emphasizing the package's ability to keep cigarettes in perfect condition until smoking. The ad notes the product is "popularly priced" and offers bulk purchasing options. The right side advertises **Heinz brand ready-to-serve foods**: cooked macaroni with cheese and mushroom sauce, and cooked spaghetti in tomato sauce with cheese. Both products require only heating before serving—a selling point for convenience. This appears to be a typical Life magazine advertising page from the early-to-mid 20th century, showcasing consumer products without satirical intent.
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*EVEE, - Each cigarette stays perfect in this package until you smoke it There 1s hardly anything more perfect than the cigarettes rolled by the marvelous modern machines with which all great cigarette factories are equipped. That is, they are perfect when they come from the machines and practically as per- fect when they reach the smoker. But what about the final five of a pack- age of twenty, after the package has be- come crushed in the pocket, and the tail- enders thrown crosswise and generally tangled up? Or how about those that wander out of the.package into the pocket? !'wenty-five per cent of the once perfect cigarettes in the ordinary container are apt to end up flattened, bent, broken, and in a generally disreputable condition. So, buying twenty cigarettes, you may get fifteen perfect ones, and five in various states of damage. The new and improved Reedsdale con- tainer was designed to deliver twenty per- fect cigarettes to the package whenever and wherever you smoke them. Number twenty is as perfect as number one, tis, to the best of our knowledge and , the one package that preserves both a and form. This is because the inner air-tight wrapping is enclosed in an outer box that is light and comfortable in the pocket, yet adequate to preserve the ciga- rettes in perfect shape. Suppose you try your first package of Reedsdales just to get this 100% insur- ance feature, and then see if the connois- seur-blend of fine tobaccos does not prove an equally happy revelation to you. Popularly priced Reedsdale Cigarettes are 20c for a package of twenty. They are now sold by many tobacco dealers and their distribu- tion is being rapidly extended. If you have any difficulty in finding them we will send you a carton of 5 pack- ages of Reedsdale Cigarettes (100 ciga- rettes) postpaid for a dollar. Smoke one package at ourrisk. If you don’t like them, return the four remaining packages and we will refund your dollar. Address Reed Tobacco Co., 102 South 21st St., Rich- mond, Va. To Retail Tobacco Merchants: If your jobber cauinot supply you with Reedsdale Cigarettes, Reed Tobacco Company, Richmond, Va., will gladly send you prepaid by parcel post a carton containing one hundred or two hundred Reedsdale Cigarettes for the same price you would pay the jobber. Ready to Serve. ee new cooked d fod deliciously prepared stb. 1869 COOKED MACARONI \ <a 4 PURE roStrpnoDucts Naz HEINZ CO. COOKED acaroni WITH CHEESE AND MUSHROOM SAUCE You do not have to cook Heinz Macaroni. Heinz makes it and then cooks it with Cheese and Mushroom sauce. It is only neces- sary for you to heat it and serve. CAnother Ready-to-Serve Heinz food HEINZ COOKED SPAGHETTI in Tomato Sauce with Cheese comicbooks.com