Life, 1923-11-08 · page 30 of 36
Life — November 8, 1923 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and humor snippets** rather than political satire. The content includes: **Main Advertisement:** Milo Violets cigarettes, promoting "dainty, gold-tipped" smokes in small packages (10-25¢) or deluxe boxes (100-250 pieces). **Hotel Advertisement:** The Biltmore in New York, offering dining and dancing. **Humor Section ("Our Foolish Contemporaries"):** Satirical anecdotes reprinted from international newspapers mocking social awkwardness—including a child rejecting a milliner job application, a shopkeeper's nervous slip when describing candle-clock sales to King Alfred, and a clergyman rebuffed by a child in Australia. These are gentle, universal humor rather than political commentary. **Supporting Ads:** Christmas seal fundraising, Fisk tires, and Bell-Ans indigestion remedy. The page reflects early-to-mid 20th century American magazine format, mixing commerce with light social satire aimed at upper-middle-class readers.
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TOBACCO PRODUCTS CORPORATION ~~ N W YORK MADISON AVE., 43rd TO 44th STREETS NEW YORK Tea in the Paln Room Dancing in the Supper Room JOHN McE. BOWMAN President — Next week Lire’s Football Number will trot on the field amid the cheers of the spectators. Secret practice has been going on behind closed gates, and some startling plays will be pulled. Be in your seats when the whistle blows. BOYS and GIRLS EARN XMAS MONEY Write for 50 sts AMERICAN CHRISTMAS SEALS. Sell for 10c a st. When sold, send us $3 and keep $2. leubecker Bros., 961 E. 23rd St., Dept. 14, Brooklyn, N.Y. “No Peddlers” The house-visiting parson in Australia sometimes gets unexpected rebuffs. A zealous curate doing the Alexandria (Sydney) rounds had his knock answered by a nipper of six or eight. “Mother is suited with a clergyman, thank you,” she said, and shut the door. —Bulletin (Sydney). Tact in Time Kine Atrrep (entering a shop of the day): Ho, varlet! How are my candle clocks selling? SuopKeerer: Oh, splendidly—splen- didly, your Majesty. They're going like hot ca—er—that is to say, they’re having an excellent sale, your Majesty. —Weekly Telegraph (London). “Wnat is this Almanac de Gotha? Any jokes in it?” “Plenty, my boy.” —Lonisville Courier-Journal. “Enjoy your trip across the Atlantic?” o. I was sea-sick and couldn’t drink a thing.”—Toronto Telegram. Didn’t Want the Job A teacher who was giving the children written exercises wrote out this “Wanted” advertisement : “Wanted—A Milliner. Apply by let ter to Miss Smith, 10, Blank Street.” The children had to make applications for the position in writing. One youngster wrote: “Dear Miss Smith—I saw you wa a milliner. I hate to trim hats. ~C you get somebody else? Please let me know at once. Edith Brown.” —Tit-Bits (London). Byways “TI love living in the country,” sai man who owes a lot of mon Broadway district. .“I love to walk alo: the country roads. You know you ca owe money to a cow. “Don’t you think that young man i nice, mama?” “IT do not, my d He looks to much like your father when he was young man.”—Le Rire (Paris). TRADE MARK REG Hot water Sure Relief SELL-ANS FOR INDIGESTION 25¢ AND 75¢ PACKAGES EVERYWHERE comicbooks.com