Life, 1923-12-06 · page 13 of 84
Life — December 6, 1923 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book promotion** rather than political satire. The left side features ads for luxury hotels (The Biltmore in New York), books including "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" and "A Dog Day," and other merchandise. The main image shows a pearl collection from Dreicer & Co., a jewelry store, displayed as "the most important collection" with what appears to be a XIII-century enamel jeweled casket. The article "Christmas Dinner in the Electrical Age" is a **humorous domestic satire** imagining a future holiday meal powered entirely by electricity rather than traditional cooking. The joke centers on electrical "vibrations" nourishing guests instead of food—satirizing early-20th-century fascination with electricity as a transformative technology.
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NEW YORK Tea in the Palm Room Dancing in the Supper Room JOHN McE. BOWMAN President CRa rls THE MOST (MPORTANT COLLECTION DREICERsC? Christmas Dinner in the Electrical Age (It has been predicted that we will give up food and be nourished only by electrical vibrations.) Farner presided at the head of the festive board, groaning beneath the weight of storage batteries. Holding ir of pliers and a wire-cutter, which, he complained, had not been properly sharpened, he prepared to erve the hungry holiday guests. And y were hungry! Little Davey’s fi gers fairly sparkled with static, as he contemplated the spread of wiring. Rich Uncle Tom was connected first, of course, Father providing him with a nice wet cell. “Give me plenty of ‘juice’,” joked Uncle Tom. And my! how everybody laughed. Then came the turn of all the other relatives in order of prominence. Father gave them heaping helpings of ARE YOU BUYING BOOKS? A supremely beautiful gift is the new edition of THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM With Decorations by FISH Audacious with a wonderful rhythmic grace of line and pulsing color... . .$7.60 EXCEPTIONAL FICTION THE END OF THE HOUSE OF | ALARD By SHEILA ie YE-SMITH The tragedy of the ruin of England's great inate estates. By,the “Joanna Godden" | SWEET PEPPER By GEOFFREY MOSS Magically full of the color and music Z Hungary $2.00 IN LIGHTER VEIN SPLASHING INTO SOCIETY By IRIS BARRY A deliciously funny burlesque on the ways of Bohemia $2.00 A DOG DAY Mlustrated by CECIL ALDIN ‘The book to give to any owner of an irrepressible pup. $1.00 Send for our Holiday Catalogue E. P. DUTTON & CO., 681 Fifth Avenue amperes and kilowatts, with plenty of currents. At last it was the turn of the children. The little dears! they were almost short-circuited by that time! But there was plenty for all, for Mother had shopped bountifully at the power plant. There was really no grounding for little Davey’s complaint that his voltage was weak and only alternating when he would much rather have had direct. ‘You may be sure the guests rose from the table so charged they could hardly walk. While Auntie May compli- mented Mother again and again on having a cook who was such a splen- did electrician. So the Christmas dinner was a great success and the guests went home vow- ing that a fine vibration was had by all. F. D. Ir'tt be perfectly safe for Santa to come down the chimney this year. Al All Bookstores ($2.00) comicbooks.com