Life, 1925-05-07 · page 37 of 44
Life — May 7, 1925 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and magazine content**, not political satire. The main elements are: **Advertisements:** Albright Rubberset shaving brushes, Liquid Arvon dandruff treatment, and Old Town Canoes dominate the layout with typical 1920s marketing claims. **Editorial Content:** "The Story of the Contest" discusses Life's recent question contest, explaining how it balanced circulation-building with serving as a "forum" for public thought on serious topics like crime and religion. **"Why Editors Love Murder"** presents humorous reader submissions—a common magazine feature showing amusing letters from the public. These snippets satirize *human nature* rather than politics: people's vanity, poor writing skills, and eagerness to see their work published. The cartoon titled "Melanie Fixes the Fashion" (bottom right) depicts a woman showing a man a hairstyle, illustrating period fashion concerns. This page reflects **early 1920s consumer culture and magazine humor** rather than political commentary.
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The Story of the Contest (Continued from page 11) had submitted a winning answer and two honorable mentions. The Question Contest as a whcele be declared an unqualified success. The quality of the replies received was amazingly high and proved that the estions themselves were calculated to imulate intelligent thought. Contests, as an invariable rule, are dedicated to the increase of circulation; that fact is too obvious to be glossed over with fine editorial words, Thus, when a magazine offers large and at- tractive prizes, it expects to get its money back in the form of substantial readers, That thought was not absent from our minds when we started this Ques- tion Contest—but even so, we were not entirely chained down by materialistic considerations. We are anxious to maintain for Lire the position that it has achieved as a mouthpiece of Ameri- in’ thought—an_ informal forum = in hich any one, however humble or ob- e, may arise and speak his piece. asking such pertinent questions as the Newspapers Encourage 7" and “Is Religion on the " we made a sincere attempt to gauge the public sentiment. Weta dete they ane Gocco srong, ood edian mode ae es fenarkably ‘steady. “Old “Town ‘Canoes? ‘te trond instantly to every stroke of the blade, They are low in price. $64 up. From dealer ct factory. The new 1925 catalog is beautifully iMlos- trated. It shows all models in full. colors. Write for your free copy today. Otp Town Caxor Co., 1535 Middle Street, Old Town, Maine, U. 8. AL 58 R f A Sure Way to End Dandruff There is one sure way that never fails to remove dandruff completely, and that is to dissolve it. Then you destroy it ntirely. To do this, just apply a little liquid Arvon at night before retiring; uso enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger ti By morning, most if not f your dandruff will be gone, and two or threo more applications will completely dis- olve and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of it, no matter how much dandruff you may have. | You will find, too, that all itching of the TiPos'tustega “glossy ‘ely nd eof wil ustrous, glossy, ky ‘and soft, andlook and feel s hundred tlmea better. Youcan Arvon at any drug store and Zibor eunce bons te allyou wiiloced. This sinple remedy bas never been Known to fail, LIQUID ARVON ACB RIGHT RUBBERSET the world’s standard SHAVING BRUSH Albright RUBBERSET knows the Flattery of Imitation! Rubbersct success has acted as a werful magnet to many imitators. Bc on your guard when you are offered a shaving brush which looks like the Albright Rubberset and is said to be “just as good.” Every Albright Rubberset is guar- anteed unconditionally, The bristles are gripped everlastingly in hard rub- ber. Many Rubbersets have been con= tinuously in use since 1898. It pays to demand a genuine Albright Rubbersct. A Product of RUBBERSET CO., Newark, N.J., U.S.A. Look for Bull Dog Tag attached to every briish. 25¢ t0$ 2520 Every brush guaranteed —regardless of price: We feel that our effort has been justified by the results, and we are grateful to our readers for their noble response. Many of them have sug- gested that we publish the selected answers in book form, and we hope to do so as soon as the classification proc- ess is completed. Why Editors Love Murder “Tus is a true happening. I know, because I witnessed it myself.” “I'm sorry I haven't a typewriter.” “My little boy is only eight years old, and I thought this was rather cute.” “Hope you don’t mind my writing on both sides of the paper.” “And could you send me a copy of the issue with the funny movie story in it? I think it was some time in 1922— or 1921. I enclose stamp.” “Elsie Stevens told me she met you once, so I am sending you this.” “If you can't accept my story, I wish you would write me and tell me exactly what's wrong with it.” “Please don't mail this back. I'll come in at one o'clock Saturday after- noon to talk it over with you.” “This was printed in the old Harper's Weekly, but it was so long ago I'm sure every one will have forgotten it.” “Under separate cover I am sending you a scrapbook of my clippings, just to show you my style.” / Bertie, who wants to be a writer.” “Dear Ed:——" “Please tell me how much you pay for things and if terested in a poem about spring.” “IT wonder if you remember me. met you at a dance last May.” “Here are good Prohibition.” some ones T. B. « MELANIE FIXES THE FASHION “weit! IP DAME ISN'T COPYING THE WAY 1 pO MY Tarr!” —La Vie Parisienne. comicbooks.com “This is to introduce my nephew, you would be in- about