Life, 1925-06-25 · page 31 of 37
Life — June 25, 1925 — page 31: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and literary content**, not political satire. The left side features **travel advertisements** for the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company, promoting Great Lakes steamship vacations to destinations like Mackinac Island, Buffalo, and Chicago—typical leisure marketing for the era. The center contains **book reviews** by Baird Leonard discussing G.B. Stern's novel "Thunderstorm" and Dr. H.H. Ruben's "The Mysterious Glands," offering literary criticism for educated readers. The right side advertises the **Milano pipe**, marketed as "The Sweetest Pipe in the World" and "The Insured Pipe"—emphasizing quality briar construction and insurance protection as selling points. The small verse at bottom ("There, little basement, don't you cry: / You'll be a Gifte Shoppe by and by") appears to be a humorous reference to commercial real estate conversion, likely tongue-in-cheek commentary on changing urban spaces. **No significant political satire or caricature is present** on this page.
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- LIFE - & WATER AWAY 8 Oncations Cc ISLAND mac ner Wonderland Mackinae Island, the land of rest and beauty, iscalling toevery vacationist. Ie is a summerland of charm and freshness. Plan now to take your vacation via the D. raterway. BETWEEN DETRO!ITand BUFFALO— 2new mammoth liners,”Greater Detroit” and “Greater Buffalo,” tee liners of their type inthe world, Lv. Detroit 5:30 p.m. and Buffalo 6p. m. daily, Eastern time. Low rates—$6 one way, $11.50 round trip. BETWEEN DETROIT and CLEVE- LAND—the giant liners “City of Detroit Ill” and “City of Cleveland III” Lv. Detroit and Cleveland daily 11:30 p. m. Eastern time. Fare—$3.60 oneway, $6.50round trip. Day- light trip during July and August, Tues., Thurs., Sat. Lv. 10:30. m. Eastern time. BETWEEN DETROIT, MACKINAC ISLAND, ST. IGNACE, and CHICAGO —From June 25th to Sept. 7th liners Lv. Detroit Tues., Thurs. and Sat. 1:30 p. m. Eastern time. Lv. Chicago Mon., Thurs. and Sat. 12:30 noon, Central time. Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co, A. A. Schantz, Pres.and Gen. Life and Letters (Continued from page 22) Ir seems no time at all since G, B. Stern gave us “The Matriarch,” and now here she is again with “Thunder- storm” (Knopf), a polite and sympa- thetic revelation of the state of affairs at an Italian villa inhabited by four English people and their two native servants. The servants, "Vanna and have, at middle age, found in the service of the Morgans the first security they have ever known, and their naive acceptance of it as a life proposition is what motion - picture scenarists would call the “menace.” The jacket makes no mistake when it brands "Vanna and Ettore as master- pieces in characterization. They are tender and pathetic examples of the beautiful and childish simplicity of the Italian peasant mind, and Miss Stern has fairly breathed the breath of life into them. You feel that you will not be able to bear it if the Morgans do decide to go back to England, abandon- ing them once more to a precarious fate, and you keep reassuring yourself that, unregenerate as the soul of man is capable of being, any such decision would be going a step too far, even on the part of such selfish, disagreeable and ill-bred people as the Morgans. (Both the italics and the adjectives are mine, not Miss Stern's.) Come close for a moment, whilst I confide in a whisper that one of the most fascinating books which has come across this desk for some time is “The Mysterious Glands,” by Dr. H. H. Ruben (Milo Publishing Co.). It be- gins to look as if the endocrine system covered almost as many sins as charity, and although I am not particularly in- terested in the rejuvenation of female rats and similar experimental pro- cedures per se, I sit enthralled over any literature which deals with the ills to which flesh is heir, even down to the wrappers that come with patent medi- cines. After reading “The Mysterious Glands,” you will be more careful about boasting of such idiosyncrasies as being afraid to cross the strect or to look out of a high window—somebody might catch you and take you to the observa- tion ward. Commenpen herewith as a bon present is “The Steamer Book,” by in Valentine Mitchell (Dodd, Mead), whose bookshop in Hartford is one of the most interesting in Amer- ica, and whose monthly bulletin, “Book Notes,” is the most enlightening organ of the publishing trade. Baird Leonard. Tuexg, little basement, don't you cry: You'll be a Gifte Shoppe by and by. is preferred by many pipe smok- ers because of its distinctive shape fine balance. The Sweetest Pipe In The World The Milano Pipe is a product of Italy’s finest briar and America’s best craftsmen. No other pipe, re- gardless of price, is made of better briar root than that of which we hand-fashion the Milano. Milano’s 26 styles in smooth finish include pipes for your every mood, priced from $3.50 up. The hand- some rustic models — wonderfully cool smokes—are $4.00 and up. Allare Insured for your protection. Look for the White Triangle on the stem. Wa, DEMUTH & CO. World's Largest Manufacturers of Fine Pipes 230 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK comicbooks.com