Life, 1924-08-07 · page 3 of 36
Life — August 7, 1924 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily an **advertisement for Palmolive Shaving Cream** (1920s era, based on the copyright mark "© P. Co 1921"). The top-left section contains "Restaurant Ruminations"—a brief satirical column mocking dining culture, particularly the pretension of restaurants compared to home cooking and the tendency to blame high prices on "service." The central image shows **a well-dressed man in formal attire** holding what appears to be a grenade or explosive device, alongside illustrations of shaving products. The headline "Five New Joys" advertises benefits of Palmolive Shaving Cream. The right sidebar includes "A Life-Saver's Questionnaire for the Drowning"—another humorous column with absurdist advice for vacation hiring. The page is **primarily commercial content** rather than political satire. The "grenade" imagery likely emphasizes the product's effectiveness humorously, comparing shaving quality to explosive results.
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Restaurant Ruminations A ResTAURANT is a place in which people like to dine so they can. say, Well, after all, there is nothing like cating at home.” Put a foreign name over the door you can even get people to cat There are some people who believe weather reports, and there are some ho ask the waiter if a particular dish od. home there is one cook for a say four or five people; in a staurant there is one cook for five idred. At home there is one maid to ve four or five people; ina restaurant re is one waiter to serve twenty, and when food costs in a restaurant © times what it does at home, people cxplain it by saying, “You've got to pay child is calf when it frisks the meadows, veal when it goes to irket, and chicken when it gets into salad. When a girl orders a dinner of out- ndish dishes you'd think her fiancé uld shy away, saying to himself, This girl doesn’t know how to eat. Be- are of doctor's bills.” But he doesn't. stead, he says, “It is marvelous that woman who knows so much about ie should be interested in me.” The ready-to-serve list contains the dishes you would have enjoyed yester- lay or might. enjoy to-morrow but ertainly don’t feel like eating to-day. B. B. \ Life-Saver’s Questionnaire for the Drowning Lire-savVERS are usually strong, hardy fellows. It would be only nat- tral, then, if they should bring the heads of their prospects to the surface nd make them answer a few questions «fore saving them or, as it were, re- ecting them, Beaches are so crowded ‘ow, it is time we looked into this mat- t of indiscriminate life-saving. Se- ection, it seems to me, should be based on merit, where the space on the beach s necessarily so limited. I am thinking of hiring out as a life- saver on my vacation, to help defray my expenses. Following are some of the estions I shall put to those seeking my help. My motto will be, “Yes or no, or drown”: 1, Do you promise to obey the rules of ordinary precaution hereafter? 2. Aren't you ashamed of yourself for having held your life so cheaply? 3. Are you going to try to drown me if I try to save you? 4. Will you remember Christmas? me next Tue person who really enjoys a pic- nic is the one who can’t go at the last minute. Abundant lather Quick action Fine after- effects Five New Joys Await you in Palmolive Shaving Cream By V. K. Cassady, Chief Chemist GENTLEMEN: If a Shaving Cream excelled all others in one way you'd be delighted. Let us multiply that delight by five. Let us show you five new joys we have brought to millions in Palmolive Shaving Cream. This offers you a Ten-Shave Tube to try. A very unique creation most men were wedded to some other soap or cream. Most of them were satisfied, perhaps. Then came Palmolive Shaving Cream, made by famous experts. The final result of 60 years of soap study. A test was offered which countless men accepted. The users were amazed. In the short time since then this soap has become the Shaving Cream sensation. It has built up a new idea of what shaving cream can do. The results men like Palmolive Shaving Cream multiplies itself in lather 250 times. It softens the beard in one minute. It maintains its creamy fullness for ten minutes on the face. bubbles support the hairs for cutting. The palm and olive oil blend makes after-effects delightful. Three years a; Its extra strong We Try it asacourtesy tous. We made up 130 formulas in seeking to perfect it Clip this coupon. did it to please men like you. Now judge the result for yourself. Mail it at your leisure for a Ten-Shave Tube. THE PALMOLIVE COMPANY (Del. Corp.), 360 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IIL. . To add the final touch to shaving luxury, we have created Palmolive After Shaving Talc—especially for men. Doesn't show Leaves the skin smooth and fresh, and gives that well-groomed look PALMOLIVE REA SHAVING C - EEX’: 10 SHAVES and a can of Palmolive After Shaving Tale Simply insert your name and address and mail to Address for residents of Wisconsin, The Palmolive Com- FREE Wis Corp). Milwaukee. "Wis. Dept. B-s6? Redress Yor residenta other than Wisconsin. The Palt= alive Company (Del, Corp), 360 N- Michigan Ave. Coleago, Il, Dept. 5-868. comicbooks.com