Life, 1925-12-25 · page 32 of 37
Life — December 25, 1925 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire. The main featured content is a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets advertisement using a testimonial format popular in the 1920s. The ad presents a speaker claiming a single tablet neutralizes effects of heavy banquets—a humorous exaggeration meant to sell the product. The pitch appeals to digestive anxiety: you can eat richly without consequences if you use Stuart's tablets. The surrounding content includes brief humor anecdotes (Doug Fairbanks's theatrical debut, a football vendor named Charlie, an actress's story about a maid losing her "instinct"/sense of smell). These are filler pieces typical of *Life* magazine's format. The advertisements clustered around the page—for cruises, cigars, and stomach bitters—reflect consumer goods marketed to affluent readers. This represents early-20th-century American advertising's focus on remedying "modern" ailments of overindulgence through commercial products.
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After-Dinner Magic! They had asked the popular speaxer how a man of his age stood a steady dict of rich, heavy banquets, night after night. “It's magic!’® he declared, “‘and every man present ought to employ it. One little tablet I hold in this hand is a match for any ten-course dinner.” Ailments like dyspepsia, indigestion, sour stomach—are not caused by what you eat. Give your digestive system a ittle scientific Ae/p, And eat what you like! Yes, even doughnuts; baked beans; dishes cooked with onions, Stuart's dys- psia tablets give your stomach the a/ka- line it needs—and that’s all there is to it! Eat your fill, and don’t fear acidity, gas, or distress in any form! Your First Box FREE! Any druggist in the land has Stuart's dyspepsia tablets. A big box is only 60c— they are less than a penny apiece! So, why suffer? Get a 25 metal box of Stuart's for the pocket—and keep it filled. One box free if you write the F. A, Stuart Company, Dept. 9, Marshall, Mich. STUART’S DYSPEPSIA TABLETS HERE are eighty pages of good humor and good cheer in the CHRISTMAS NUMBER OF LIFE, now on sale at all news-stands. Clark’s Famous Cruises by Cunard Line, new oll-burners Around the World Cruise from N.Y. Jan. 20 and Los Angeles, Feb. 5 128 days, $1250 to $3,000. Jan. 30, Mediterranean Cruise 62 days, $600 to $1700. June 30, 1926, Norway and Western Mediterranean; 53 days, $550 to $1250. Rates include hotels, drives, guides, fecs. Longest experienced cruise management. Extablished 30 years F.C. CLARK, Times Bldg., New York Cortez CGARS L-MADE AT KEY WEST—, - LIFE - OURY FOOLISH CONTEMPORARIES 77 -— Doug's First Speech Frederick Warde, veteran of the Amer- ican stage, tells how Douglas Fairbanks obtained and played his first engagement in the “legitimate.” Fairbanks, who was a schoolboy in Denver, so persisted in his appeals for a position in Warde'’s company that the actor was finally persuaded to give him a chance in one of the Shakespearean plays. He was one of the guards of a funcral procession, and his line was: “Stand aside and let the coffin pass.” For days Fairbanks recited the linc, giving it every possible inflection, and embellishing it with gestures. When the “big night” came, however, and Douglas got his cue, he sputtered and stammered a few times, then blurted out in commanding tones: “Stand aside and let the cough !"—Youngstown Telegram. parson Charlie The crowd cheered wildly as the team trotted on the field. Eleven determined men going forth to fight for the old school, to give all they had for it. With them came Charlie. All the boys knew Charlie, On the campus his genial per- sonality had won him many, many friends. He turned and faced the fans. He smiled. There was confidence as well as determination in his smile. He assumed the pose the fellows had so often seen. With an assuring tone in his voice he barked out: “Peanuts, popcorn, candy !” —Notre Dame Juggler. ment of @ tonic. C. W. Abbott & Co, Baltimore, Only a Cold Miss Lucille La Verne, the American actress, tells an excellent story of a Ne- gress maid who once came to her tragi- cally and said, “I’se lost my instinct, miss!" “But,” said Miss La Verne, aghast, “you must be mistaken. You can’t have lost your instinct.” “Oh, yes, I has, miss,” repeated the colored lady tearfully. “I can’t smell anything at all.” —Sporting and Dramatic News. The Unexpected Caller “Johnny, run and tell that Mrs. Smith at the door that I'm out.” “Hello, Mrs. Smith. Mom's out.” “Oh, that’s too bad. I just came over to borrow some sugar.” Jounny (shouting up the stairs): Mom! Did you mean that you were out of sugar ?—Laughter. “Weren't they married in a hurry?” “Yes; each was afraid the other would back out.”"—Boston Transcript. ENJOY YOUR TRIP IC ig _ ENTIRELY FREE FROM THE NAUSEA of SEAand TRAIN SICKNESS Nothing will contribute more to the comfort and pleasure of your trip than Mothersill’s. No matter how rough the voyage or rocky the ride, you ean prevent ail symptoms of nausea and enjoy your expe! 730. & $1.30 at Drug Stores 4 or dire on receipt of Price The Mothersill Remedy Co., New York Great Novelty—Just Out! Cane “occtmen a AUNEALE Cant Tas a fine tone “73 $s aI hstted d played, oe ack Purple and = 9 $3.50 Each, postpai: UKE-KANE MFG. CO, BAYONNE, N. J. wt Robert Benchley offers a wealth ot his private brand of chuckles, snorts and guffaws in his | gay new book PLUCK AND | LUCK | Delightfully illustrated with humor- ‘ous sketches by Gluyas Williams $2.00 at all booksellers HENRY HOLT & COMPANY 19 West 44 St., New York HOSTETTER’S CELEBRATED STOMACH BITTERS Feel Young~ Take care of your stomach and Preserve your youth. HOSTETTER'S Celebrated Stomach Bitters tone up the digestive organs, stimulate Faw the appetite and promote a 8 feeling of physical ft- At elt Dreggiets, ‘The Hostetter Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. comicbooks.com