Life, 1925-11-19 · page 38 of 40
Life — November 19, 1925 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **General Motors advertising** for GMAC (General Motors Acceptance Corporation), their financing division. The ad emphasizes that GM's time-payment rates for cars are lower than competitors', positioning financing as a benefit to buyers. The right side contains **humorous satirical pieces** mocking sensationalist newspaper headlines: 1. **"War Is Declared on City Speeders"** — satirizes how newspapers use war/military language to describe mundane civic enforcement (traffic enforcement), treating parking violations like military combat with "heavy guns," "troops," and "bombardment." 2. **"John Jones Seeks Health at Beach"** — parodies missing-person stories by treating "Health" as a person Jones is literally hunting, with detectives tracking it. The joke: locals haven't "seen Health" in ten years—a grim social commentary on the area's wellness. 3. **"Star Dust"** — a brief joke about a football player being popular professionally but having a colorless private life. The small cartoon (credited to *L'Echo de Paris*) shows children breaking eggs—a lighthearted visual gag unrelated to the other content.
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FACTS ABOUT A FAMOUS FAMILY Time Payments on General Motors cars HE PURCHASE of a car out of income is a universally accepted practice. But there is a difference in time payment rates. Six years ago General Motors organ- ized the General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) to make credit available at the least possible cost to purchasers of General Motors cars. GMAC rates have always been low. Last August they were still further re- duced. And the standard time sale price of any General Motors car is the cash delivered price, plus only the GMAC charge. Dealers will be glad to show you the official GMA CRateChart. The important thingtothe purchaser is the total cost of a car. The time pay- ment charge is a part of the total cost when a car is bought out of income. These GMAC reductions therefore mean, in such instances, a substantially lowered total cost. They are in accordance with General Motors’ policy of passing on to the car buyer economies wherever effected — in financing as well as in engineering, manufacturing or selling operations. GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET + OLDSMOBILE + OAKLAND Buick + Capittac + GMC Truck If Newspaper Stories Read Like Their Headlines War Is Declared on City Speeders New York, Nov. 14—War was de- | clared suddenly to-day on speeders in this city. Latest reports from headquarters of the local forces told of heavy guns be- ing mounted on all corners. Several thousand additional troops are being rushed to the city also, it was said. The latest rumor is that General Pershing will not be in command and that the leadership has been offered to General Butler of Philadelphia. Heavy bombardment along Broadway is expected to start to-night. Army airplanes have been scouting all day and reports are that the speeders are gathering at the Grand Central Station, preparatory to a sudden attack on the business district. oe John Jones Seeks Health at Beach Pata Beacu, Nov. 15.—Mystery sur- rounding the sudden arrival to-day of John Jones, wealthy Baltimore real estate man, was cleared late to-night when Jones admitted after much questioning that he had come here in his hunt for Health, “I have followed Health for three years,” he explained, “but each time he has escaped me. I was told he was last seen here.” When told of Jones’ statements, sev- eral of the oldest residents informed the real estate man that his hunt would be unsuccessful here as they had not seen Health in the last ten years. Jones is accompanied by several private detectives. These men are con- fident that they have tracked Health to his lair and will have him in cus- | tody before the week is over. S.D.T. Star Dust Mayme: He ought to be popular— he’s such a brilliant football player. Gertie: Yes, only his private life is so darn colorless. “OH, THE NAUGHTY LITTLE CHICK- tes! THEY'VE BROKEN “ALL THE Ecos.” —L’'Echo de Paris. (GUSH TERMINAL PRINTING CORPORATION, BROOKLYR, KL Y. comicbooks.com