Life, 1923-12-06 · page 68 of 84
Life — December 6, 1923 — page 68: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and humor columns**, not political satire. The main advertisements promote **Robt Burns cigars** and **MM pipes** — luxury gift items for Christmas shopping. The text emphasizes brand reliability and quality. The humor section titled **"Christmas Crises"** is a satirical list of holiday frustrations: conflicts between practical and indulgent gift-giving, disagreements about gift budgets for in-laws, and family arguments over Christmas tree placement. It's gentle social commentary on middle-class domestic tensions. **"From the Note Book of a Man About Town"** documents urban absurdities: a taxi driver admitting watered bootleg stock (referencing Prohibition-era hypocrisy), an opera performance where no one slept (unusual), and meeting a woman who never smoked (presented as remarkable). The **Forhan's toothpaste advertisement** warns against pyorrhea (gum disease), a common health concern of the era. A final joke suggests sending President Coolidge a muffler—a pun implying he should "muffle" his communication, likely referencing his reputation for taciturnity.
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i” nothing satisfies like * in —but give a brand The standardized Robt Burns is a cigar that every smoker knows, and uniform high quality. The filler of The PANATELA at 10 straight. Box of 50 at $4.75 l | | == Sci a good cigar at that is known! respects, for its Aalkionak (Inamd every Robf Burns is full Havana The INVINCIBLE (foil-wrappea) at 15c straig’t Box of 25 at ,3 50 The PERFECTO at 2 for 25c. Box of 25 at $3.90 The Pipe with The Blue Bar Made in England of the finest briar obtainable Send for illustrated Catalogue B of pipes and smokers’ accessories MM Importing Co., 6 E. 45th St., Christmas Crises Tue collision between the policy of useful gifts for the children and the well-known tenet that they are young only once. The appropriation for the present of one’s wife’s mother. The agreement that one must draw the line somewhere and the difference of opinion as to where it should be drawn. Giving in gracefully about the loca- tion of the tree in the living-room. Gifford P.—No, it would hardly be From the Note Book of a Man About Town Last Tuesday I tipped a taxi dri thirty cents on a seventy-cent char He thanked me. I attended a theatrical performance the night before last at which the cur- tain was raised on time. I met a bootlegger yesterday wh admitted that his stock was watered, On Monday I attended the Opera with a thoroughly unmusical party. >» one went to sleep. I dined at my club just the other There was no mention of Wall S: Prohibition or the latest “funny” st I made an appointment with a yor lady the day before yesterday. She rived on the minute. This morning I read a newspa without observing an advertisement a new cigarette. A few days ago I passed through « certain section of town which had : been torn up. The other night at a dance I m little débutante who didn’t use lip rou and had never smoked. C.G.S | A danger signal — \tender and bleeding gums | EALTHY teeth cannot live in dis tissue, Gums tainted with Pyorchea are dangerously dis- eased. For not only are the t affected, but Pyorrhea germs seep into the body, lower its vitality an cause many ills, Pyorrhea begins with tender and bleeding gums, Then the gums re- fea cede, the teeth decay, loosen and [a fall out, or must be extracted to rid fj the system of the poisonous germs that breed in pockets about them. Four out of five people over forty have this disease. But you neednothaveit. Visit your dentist often for teeth and gum inspec- tion. And keep Pyorrhea away by using Forhan's Forthe Gums, Fochan’s For the Gums will preverit Pyorrhea—or check its progress — if used in time and used consistently. Ordinary dentifrices cannot do this. For- han’s keeps the gums hard and healthy, the teeth white and clean. if you have tender or bleeding gums, start using it today. If gum-shrinkage has already setin, use Forhan’s according to directions, and consult a dentist immedi- ately for special treatment. 35¢ and_60c tubes in ULS. and Canada. n. 3. Foran, B.D. FORHAN CO, New York appropriate for you to send President New York Coolidge a muffler for Christmas. FOR THE GUMS —— comicbooks.com