Life, 1925-03-05 · page 30 of 36
Life — March 5, 1925 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine consists primarily of **advertisements and light humor**, not political satire. The content includes: **Advertisements**: Liquid Arvon (dandruff remedy), Cunard steamship catalog, Barbasol shaving cream, and a crossword puzzle offering a utility knife prize. **Humor Section** ("Our Foolish Contemporaries"): Two limericks mocking grammatical errors and circular logic—a snail criticizing a bee's grammar, a turtle confused about its own nature. This represents *Life's* typical gentle satirizing of everyday absurdities rather than political commentary. **Miscellaneous Jokes**: Brief one-liners about traffic etiquette, dentistry, and legal revenge—typical light magazine fare from the 1920s. There are **no political cartoons or caricatures** on this page. The magazine here functions as a general-interest publication mixing advertising with mild social humor rather than sharp political satire.
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A Sire Way to End Dandruff There is one sure way that never fails to remove dandruff completely, and that is to dissolve it. Then you destroy it entirely. To do this, just apply a little Liquid Arvon at night before retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently, h the finger tine. By morn most if not of your dandruff will be gone, and two or three more applications will completely dis- solve and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of it, sal eonttes how much dandruff you may You will find, too, rst all itching of the scalp will stop instantly, and your hair will be lustrous, glossy, silky and soft, and look and feel a hundred times better. ‘You can get Liquid Arvoa at any drug store and a four ounce bottle is all you willneed. This simple remedy bas never been known to fail. LIFE OUR FOOLISH CONTEMPORARIES Two Limericks Satw a Snait Said a snail as it climbed up a tree: I'd fly if L was but a bee!” Said a bee with a buzz “TE you were, not ‘you was’— But you can’t, and I am, don't you see?” —New York Herald Tribune. Tue INconvertisce Turtie The turtle was somewhat unsteady As he found himself caught in an eddy; He mused, “Though I hurtle, I can hardly turn turtle, Because I'm a turtle already. »eLIQUID ARVON ... B58. ‘Weekly ae Class $255 ¥P Ast LIVERP! OL ew By the five super oer CONIA = ScxTHIA CARINTHN ARIA eetiek | Ses Weekly fom New a Class $87 $19! Ast Class oo" LINE— een ve great SERVICE 0,000 ton oll bares’ Coney 1k (Boston) to c ew cians 9135 UP IN STEAMERS | .castnta c URANIA ASSYRIA and Londons mal Cob! nay ond 98 Class ‘S82. 750 up CIALS CATION SPE cuNaly (Ret = idea cs 2) 5s up Transatlantic Round CUNAR 25 Beosdwav hand HORIZONTAL VERTICAL 1—Only Safety Razor that Btrops itself. 7—To take, to grab (Slang). se Best (Abbe). 8—To place. 10—Insures entire satistac- s—Daly pecanre, 106 nis tlon (Abbr.). 9—This cleans easily Abbr.) 12—Free from stain, spotless. 10—Tavern. 13—Best Card. M—Sharpens (as @ rasor 14—Nelther. 15—Without effort. 18—Cease. 20—Shaving instrument. Send solved puzzle, together with 25 cents, to A.S.R. Co., 60 First Ave., N.Y., and receive introductory offer a ha: utility Knife-—retail value 50 cents. Offer expires April 5, 1925. 19—Initlais of famous =o Gent. anga a Er SA Ie | High Adventure From a country schoolboy’s essay on “What I Would Do with a Million”; “If I had a million dollers I would buy me a Ford car and a new suit and a new pair shoes and go all round the world to see it all and when the car got somet rong I would not waite to get fixed, | would buy me new Ford car and give old one to kids and keep going and if it w water and I did not find boat I we buy me airplane and just keep gc —American Legion Week: No tonic better than Abbott's Bitters, sampie mall, 25 cts. C. W. Abbott & Co. Baltimore. sis, The Traffic Problem First Irate Passencer (in crowded car): Do you mind taking your foot off mine? * Srconp Irate Passencer: Certainly if you'll take your pipe out of my mouth —Royal Magazine (London A pentist has been reprimanded by a magistrate for beating his errand-boy No doubt he told him it wasn’t going to hurt.—Punch. Revence does more for the legal pro- fession than any other human emotion —Detroit Free Press NORWAY and WESTERN ne Rare FRANK C. CLARK, Times Building New York Notice to Wiry Beards! Don’t get up against Barbasol. Barbasol will lead the old razor blade through you just slick- ery-slick! No brush. No tub-in. No after-smart. Use Barbasol—3 times —according to direc- tions. 35c and 65c tubes. Za V7 y 7 Th Y G4 Barbas Y uh Indigagpati Ind. WA Please mail me Gs en Eres Trial Tube of Barbasol. comicbooks.com