Life, 1924-05-08 · page 41 of 42
Life — May 8, 1924 — page 41: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **hotel advertisement** for Statler Hotels, not a political cartoon or satire. It's a straightforward commercial promoting the Statler chain's amenities and pricing. The page emphasizes what made Statler Hotels distinctive for the era: every room guaranteed private bath, running ice-water, full-length mirror, desk, reading lamps, and other conveniences—luxuries not universal in hotels at the time. The ad stresses transparency (posted room rates), competitive pricing (news stand items at street prices), and service guarantees. The signature at bottom appears to be from the Statler company leadership, adding authority to the "Guarantee of Statler Service" section, which promises courteous employee treatment. For modern readers, this reflects an early 20th-century hospitality standard where private bathrooms in every room were still novel enough to advertise as major selling points—now basic expectations in hotels.
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Some Extra Values You Get in These Hotels: M™ of the newer of the country’s first-class hotels give you some A. of these things; but, so far as we know, the Statlers are still unique in offering all of them: Every—every—room in these hotels has a private bath, circulating ice-water, fulllength mirror, completely-equipped writing desk, reading: lamp on bed-head or portable reading-lamp, desk-lamp, pincushion (with threaded needles, buttons, etc.), besides the more usual conveniences. A morning paper is delivered free to every guest room. Everything sold at the news stands —cigars, cigarettes, tobaccos, news- papers, etc.—is sold at prevailing street or street-store prices. You pay no more here than elsewhere. In each hotel is a cafeteria, or a lunch-counter, or both—in addition to its other excellent restaurants. Club breakfasts—good club break- fasts—are served in all the hotels. Each hotel maintainsa large and well- selected library; you may withdraw books and keep them as long as you remain in the hotel, without charge. The rate of every roomisshown bya printed, framed card, permanently at- tached tothe wall of that room. You know that you pay no more, no less for that room than do other guests. And the Rates Though every room has private bath and running ice-water, Statler rates are no higher than those of other fi ass hotels —which means that they give you extra values, whatever the rate. These hotels are well-balanced, too; more than 826 of all rooms in Hotels Statler are $5 or less, as are also more than 55% of all those in Hotel Pennsylvania. you tely take you tc if you have Hotel . Pennsylvania ‘New York ‘The Largest hotel in che world and Statler~operated HOTELS Every room has private bath and running ice-water; in every room is posted its rate, printed in plain figures. baths. Ninth and Washington. BOSTON besid at Columbus Ave , Prove dence and Arlington Sea comicbooks.com