Life, 1925-05-21 · page 32 of 40
Life — May 21, 1925 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and humorous anecdotes**, not political satire. The left side features a **Mollé shaving cream advertisement** promoting brushless shaving—a relatively new product innovation at the time. The ad emphasizes convenience and comfort. The center contains brief **humorous stories** (common filler in Life magazine): - "Precision": A joke about an actor blaming a prompter when unpaid - "Lavender and Rose": A domestic wit exchange about a woman's outfit choice - "So There!": A rural gossip anecdote about a couple's elopement - A parrot joke and motoring anecdote The right side advertises **Chateau Frontenac**, a Canadian resort promoting tourism via the new automobile. It romanticizes rural French-Canadian culture as a nostalgic escape from American modernity, emphasizing "3 centuries away" from factories and billboards—ironic given the gas stations mentioned. The page reflects **1920s consumer culture**: new products, automobile tourism, and escapist advertising targeting affluent readers.
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Just Try Mollé | Learn how simple and easy it is to use—how quickly and thoroly it softens the beard smoothly the razor removes the stubble without the slightest burn or smart of the skin, and how delightfully fine and comfortable the face feels without the usual after- treatment with lotions or talcum. over the dampened beard, then shave—that's all! A Whale of a Tube for 50 cents _ at your Druggist Generous Trial Tube Free Name Address Mail to Pryde-Wynn Co., New Brighton, Pa. Precision An actor was once slated by a man- ager, his employer, when he put the re- sponsibility for a hitch upon the absence of the prompter. “[ pay you to know your part,” than- dered the manager. It seemed a good opportunity, and the mummer pointed out that the great man did not pay him—there had been no ghost-walk for weeks. “Well, then,” retorted the manager with dignity, “I ore you to know your part !"—Bulletin (Sydney). ‘Tablespoontul Abbott's Bitters, In sweetened water, | afier meals, It great ald to dle m Biers by Wo Abbott Co, Balt, Mi mall, 25 ct in stamypn Lavender and Rose Rose came down the stairs looking par- ticularly ravishing in a lavender batiste dress and lavender hat, and the girl who sat across the table opened fire. “AML dressed up in lavender! Wait until Mr. Smith sees you in that!” “Yes, just. wait,” was the lightly tossed-off answer. “And he likes laven 0 that’s the reason you wear i “Oh, no!” replied Rose sweetly “That's the reason he likes it!” —New York Sun. So There! From the Stringtown correspondent of the Conway (Ark.) Log Cabin Democrat “Hearing a grea in West Stringtown last nigh alled up our central source of scovered that Mrs. Roy Day heing serenaded. ‘But ‘They have just jumped over the broomstick.’ our informant replied, After being in my company all day Wednesday, you never hreathed a of this to me. Gertrude. How could you treat me so? Iam sure I do not want Lee Fulmer, even if I were free to win him if I could —Arkansas Gazette. In a Pinch, use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE Revived After a winter spent in the warmth of the kitchen, the parrot had been restored to the bosom of his family in the dining- room. He showed only a scani interest inthe fest meal he waa-called upon to witness, until the bell was rung for the second course, and then his eye lightened intelligently. “Aw,” he croaked balefully, “let ‘em ring again!” —London Morning Post. Exvaerant Niece (motoring): Go on, Uncle—let her rip! Dash it all, you can only die once! Pruvent Uncte: I know, my dear. But I can be fined any number of times. —London Opinion. We divided the prize in our faint praise contest among all those who have ever said: “I've seen worse movies than that."—Yale Record, THREE CENTURIES AWAY Head north this sum- mer. Up by the St. Law- rence, is a Normandy country side — 500 miles of it. Road-signs areinFrench, withEng- lish translation beneath ....Instead of bill-boards, wayside shrines. In- stead of factories,walled monasteries. Instead of Main Streets, French- Canadian peasant cot- tages....Yes, in 3 days you can be 3 centuries away. Little to remind you of modernity—ex- cept a wonderful road, and the gas stations.... Then, one afternoon, a great baronial castle will loom in the sky. There await Parisian menus, New York dance mu- sic. This is it—Chateau Fron- tenac. Stay awhile. Browse among things ancient. Buy homespuns....Plan now for America’s motor adventure —and reserve early. Cana- dian Pacific, 344 Madison Avenue at 44th Street, New York;71 East Jackson Blvd., Chicago; or Chateau Fron- tenac, Quebec, Canada. CHATEAU FRONTENAC BIENVENUE A QUEBEC comicbooks.com