Life, 1925-05-21 · page 5 of 40
Life — May 21, 1925 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising for Statler Hotels**, not satire or political commentary. The main illustration shows two men in a hotel room—likely a bellhop and guest—examining the room's amenities and service quality. The advertisement's appeal is straightforward: Statler Hotels emphasizes value and comfort for traveling businessmen. It highlights competitive room rates ($5.50 for a twin bed in western cities), quality furnishings, daily newspapers, and reliable service. The copy addresses a real concern for 1920s travelers: getting fair value. The advertisement promises "your money's worth" through standardized, quality accommodations across multiple cities (Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, and New York). There is **no political cartoon or satire present**—this is purely commercial messaging targeting the traveling public.
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One thing about which we never have a complaint in these hotels any more is our room-rates. We haven’t a room, you see, that hasn’t its own private bath, circulating ice water, a full-length mirror, a bed-head reading lamp, plenty of conveniences that add to your comfort. And our rooms, our houses as a whole, are kept in new condition — clean, bright, attractive. Yet our rates are unusually low, compared with those of other first-class hotels. We put a morning paper under your door —but it never shows up in your bill. Mer- chandise at our news and cigar-stands is sold at the same prices street-stores charge. We protect you against tip-extraction, for unrequested service, in our public rooms and washrooms. But we don’t overcharge you someplace else —and thus risk losing the good-will those policies win for us. Wegive you a pleasant room, well-lighted, well-kept, comfortably furnished, with chairs you can rest in and beds that better your sleep. You'll agree, though, that our rates give you bargains. You can get, for instance, a twin-bed room for $5.50 (that’s two people, $2.75 each) in our western cities, LIFE - 3 Do you get your moneys worth when you travel ? from $6.50 in Buffalo, and from $7 in New York. does happen to go wrong, in this humanly-rendered service, we're Think of what rooms and suites, so reasonably priced, mean to you on an auto tour. Single rates are from right there to make it satisfactory to you in any way we can. You can be sure of getting your money's worth, and something more, $3 in Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis; from $3.50 in fnithese howe: Buffalo, from $4 in New York. WAM Ln And service? Statler service is rendered by well-built, well seasoned organizations that operate under the broadest policies of guest- Boston finally gets a Hotel Statler. satisfaction known to the hotel world. And if some little thing Construction is now under way. 1300 Rooms — 1300 Baths Buffalo—and Niagara Hotel ‘The newest Hotel Seatler (1100 Pennsylvania rooms, 100 baths) is tn Bull Y rk —delightfully situated on ew Yor Niagara Square. Across the ‘The largest hotel in the world screet from it is the new Statler Garage, & marvel of con- swith 2200 rooms, 2200 baths. runes droudoueedee | Buffalo~Cleveland~Detroit~St.Louis | sres dreir eros he pecially appreciated by tourists visiting NIAGARA FALLS, Pennsylvania Railway Station. A Suatler-operated hotel, with which ts but 20 miles away, all che comforts and conve: The old Hotel Seatler in ei Bufialo is now called HOTEL courteous, intelligent and hell BUFFALO. ful service by all ‘employees. And Statler-Operated Hotel Pennsylvania~New York comicbooks.com