Life, 1924-10-16 · page 11 of 36
Life — October 16, 1924 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **product catalog**, not political satire. It displays Victorian-era novelty items and decorative objects numbered 22-59, with detailed descriptions. Items include: - Practical puzzles and games (crossword adaptations, handy receptacle) - Decorative objects (stuffed squirrel under glass, ornate box) - Utilitarian items (pyrographic outfit for woodburning, hall seat with umbrella stand) - A novelty "moustache cup" for personal grooming Each entry includes whimsical, tongue-in-cheek descriptions typical of Life's humorous advertising approach. The moustache cup description, for instance, sarcastically notes it encourages "personal neatness." This represents **early 20th-century consumer culture**—showcasing gifts and novelties marketed toward middle and upper-class households as both practical and amusing acquisitions.
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NO, 22. PRACTICAL ADAPTATIONS OF AMERINDIAN ART. (@) INDI READ WATCH FOB IN CROSSWORD PuzZLE FoRM. (b) A HANDY KECEPTACLE FOR FALLEN HAIR WOVEN ENTIRELY BY HAND OF KAFFIA—A POPULAR DISTRACTION ON LONG WINTER EVENINGS. No, 43, BAMBOO EASEL SUPPORT- ING HAND-PAINTED PLAQUE, BUT ONE OF MANY OF THE ¥STHETIC INTERIOR DECORATIONS SO CHAR- ACTERISTIC OF THE FRA. THE MINARET-LIKE ENDS OF THE FASEL ARE OF GILT BRASS, AND THE BULRUSHES—AN OUTDOOR TOUCH—ARE CAUGHT CAR LY ACROSS THE FRAME WITH A HT BOW OF CRIMSON SATIN. NO. 57, No. 57. STUFFED SQUIRREL, sous cloche, A REFINEMENT GENER- ALLY AFFECTED BY THOSE WHO WISHED TO BE KNOWN AMONG THEIR SET AS PROPERLY GE. NO. 70, no. 70. pyRocRAPHIC (oR “BURNT woop") OUTFIT CON- SISTING OF LAMP, BELLOWS, BEN- ZI BOTTLE AND NEEDLE, NOTE LEATHER INDIAN HEAD PILLOW AND PIPE RACK IN THE FAMOUS POPPY PATTERN, BOTH PRODUCTS OF THIS UNIQUE ART. NOTE ALSO GOLD-RIMMED PIPE WITH EMBLEM ET, OA FAVORITE ACQUISITION OF THE PERIOD, no, 31. THE MOUSTACHE CUP— ANOTHER DEVICE INGENIOUS YET WELL WITHIN ARTISTIC LIMITS. BY THE U: OF THIS CUP COM- FORT WAS NEVER SACRIFICED TO PERSONAL NEATNESS. SUITABLY INSCRIBED, THE CUP WAS EVER AN APPROPRIATE GIFT FROM GRATEFUL CHILD TO PROUD AND LOVING PARENT. the Buckeye Memorial Museum COMING EV! THE HEAD MAY RE SEEN EMBROIDERED DOILY OR MACASSAR,” A PLEASING TARY DEVICE STILL IN ACTUAL AND DAILY USE BY THE PULL- MAN RAILWAY CAR COMPAD HALL SEAT AND HAT AUGMENTED BY UMBRELLA STAND (right) AND BRASS BASIN carps (left). aLso ECRET FALSE BOTTOM FOR THE DISPOSITION OF OVER- CLOTHES GOLFING CAPS, DECORATIVE, YET DECIDEDLY NOT UN-USEFUL. comicbooks.com