Life, 1924-05-08 · page 38 of 42
Life — May 8, 1924 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and lifestyle editorial** rather than political satire. The main content consists of: 1. **Canadian National Railways advertisement** (left side): A travelogue promoting transcontinental rail tours through Canadian Rockies, Jasper National Park, and scenic landscapes. It emphasizes natural beauty and tourist amenities, with office locations listed across U.S. cities. 2. **Mrs. Pep's Diary entries** (center): Gossip column snippets including lunch with actress Marie Doro discussing London gossip and Paris perfume, and a humorous account of moving from the city to "Pleasant Springs" to escape urban noise and congestion. 3. **Various product advertisements** (right side): Including "Mail for Free Book" (Conn Band Instruments), White Mountain Refrigerators, Glover's hair product, and Old Town Canoe Company. The diary entry's complaint about city noise—automobiles, traffic whistles, motor trucks—reflects 1920s urban congestion anxieties. There is **no political cartoon** on this page; it's a standard magazine layout mixing travel promotion, society gossip, and consumer goods advertising typical of the era.
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and A greater Land NOWY Mt. Robson,—the wist- ful beauty of Mt. Edith Cavell, and the glorious fiords of “The Norway of America”—with a thousand other natural wonders, re your intimate companions on the Transcontinental and Tri- angle tour of the Canadian Na- tional Railways. This great tour across the Continent, on the largest railway system in the world, takes you through the highest peaks of the Canadian Rockies at the lowest altitude of any transcontinental line. You should see Jasper National Park, largest national park in Americ with 4,400 square miles of snow-capped peaks, exquisite lakes and mighty gla ciers, the tumultuous canyons of Fraser river, mystic Skeena (“the River of Clouds") and the sheltered scenic seas of the Inside Passage. Stopovers without extra charge are granted for Jasper Park Lodge (alt. only 3,469 fect) in Jasper National Park, ace commodating 350 guests and providing every facility for park travel and sports Write today to our nearest office for fullinformation and Illustrated Booklet. Offices in the United States Boston—333 Washington St Bu Dr ci a 406 Traction Bldg Cleveland—923 Euclid Ave. Detroit—1259 Griswold Se Duluth—430 West Superior Se Kansas Cuty—334-335 Railway Exchange Bis Los Angeles—3o3 So. Spring 5¢ Minneapolis—318 Second Ave. South New York—1270 Broadway, Cor. 33rd St. Philedelphia—qor Franklin Trust Bldg Putsburgh—so3 Park Bldg 103 Merchants Laclede Bldg ‘Cor. 4th and Jackson St. San Francisco—689 Market St. Seattle—goa Second Avenue. No passports required CANADIAN _.. NATIONAL ~ RAILwAys ~ The Largest Raihway System in the World —_ er his views. Then we fell upon our an- nual discussion of buying an abandoned farm in Connecticut for week-end pt poses, but experience has taught us that the more desirable ones have been abandoned to real estate pirates and prevaricator Marie Doro, the playactress, May 3rd tle of the which I wa to luncheon with me this day, bringing me items of »ssip of London and a bot test scent of Paris, both of glad of. And we talked of many things both grave and gay, and Marie marked that no woman save a fool would sit with the light coming from behind her, yet most of our sex do still prefer not to face it, which is ne indirect comment on our com posite intelligence. M. told also how she had accompanied George Moore on his first visit to the motion pictures, and when a touching scene moved him, he had said, If it can do this to me, what will my servants think of it? Baird Leonard. Spring Moving Item We have decided to leave the dust noise, bustle, once and for all. W are moving to a quict little spot where we intend to find the real meaning of home, of happy: seclusion We are tired to death of the snorting screeching, and belching of mytiad automobiles, the shrill bleating of the fic officer's whistle, the thunder and rumble of Gargantuan motor trucks. We have seen enough of the tired. strained faces of men and women hurried by beneath our bedroom windows in jangling little cars, of the large, blank faces of bored, sated m and women peering through the glass of heavy limousines. We have heard enough of the cries of nervous unhappy little children who want onl the freedom of clover-scented meadows We have stood it all as long as we in- tend ton... And it is very exhilarating to know that in returning to our apartment in the city we are leaving the little village of Pleasant Springs, with its infernal State highway that runs directly past our house, forever. E. M. Sparks Untess the Prince of Wales quits the saddle, England will never get over the jumps eee As things are going, the nations ventions of 1928 will get delegates only by subpoena. As tail to the Republican presidential ticket. Dawes would have the time of his life as a wag = te tod. NN Lt part, 1H, o. 5G EON Tie EN co 4 RFD, bee als County iearement Sousa and other world-famous artists who Use ad endorse Coaa instruments as —Supreme ia tone Most reliable in action ~Rasiest to play will help you choos the Cona which guits of this book. Pree Sead coupon for C.G.CONN, Lid., Elhart,Ind. ONN INSTRUMENTS HITE MOUNTAIN * REFRIGERATORS “THE CHEST WITH THE CHILL IN IT” Write for descriptive Booklets MAINE MANUFACTURING CO. NASHUA, NH They all say GLOVER’S does the Business Wherever you ¢o you hear men and women say ‘There's nothisg tke Glovers fort falliog hair. It eurely does the business For 36 years Glovers has been making friends by' the thousands. ail over. the it'you area Gandruf sufferer tf your hair ing out. ask tor Glover's [mperial Mange Med 207 good Crug Store and use exactly as directed Write for Free Rooklet “Treatise ou the Mair and Scalp,” by H. Clay” Glover, originator “of the Glover ‘Medicines Made only by the H. CLAY GLOVER CO.. Ine. (Dept. A-2: 127-28 West 24h Street New York City “Old Town Canoes” are patterned after real Indian madels. They are graceful, strong and remarkably steady. “Old Town Canoes” respond instantly to every stroke of the blade. They are low in price. $64 up. From dealer ot factory The mee 1925 esta Ieatrated. It shows colors Write for ye OLD TOWN CANOE CO 1435 Middle Street, Old Town, Maine, U. S. A. te beautifatly a comicbooks.com