Life, 1926-04-01 · page 36 of 46
Life — April 1, 1926 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This Life magazine page (page 32) contains several satirical pieces and advertisements typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"Our Foolish Contemporaries"** presents brief anecdotes mocking everyday situations: a restaurant unable to identify a mysterious sandwich, a man who quits all vices for a woman then gets rejected, and a mail-order customer with unfortunate facial features. **"Now Archie Goes Without an Apron"** advertises the Seald Sweet Juice Extractor—a mechanical citrus juicer—by humorously depicting how messy manual squeezing was, with juice spraying into the user's eye. The satire celebrates modern conveniences solving household drudgery. **"Our Headache Corner"** promotes Kohler-Antidote headache remedy, poking fun at the "superiority complex" of the wealthy while positioning the product as a gentle alternative to harsher drugs. The advertisements throughout reflect period concerns: windshield treatments, hair loss products, foot powder—all presented with exaggerated claims typical of early 20th-century marketing. The overall tone is lighthearted mockery of contemporary life's minor frustrations and commercial solutions.
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Whether Windshield, owers or drenching downpours, DNO-NLUT assures perfect vision throug Better than a ‘Windshield Approaching one of HENRY HEADACHE is high, but it's the ENTIRE wingsbled NOBLES ‘lous action eact time rang ats wrong with that sandwich ie ream to collet due a= Nothing, sir,” the girl replied. ‘ash off.” Even though, your car “Well, then, why don’t you sell it Is Dangerous Sper'you wil welewone the aed aaiety “We haven't sold it,” the girl explained, Nerve-Racking “because none of us knows what kind of ener. a sandwich it is.” The cost of livin ‘Like This - : —Youngstown Telegram. worth it. STANDARD SALES CO. Dept. B-64, Memphis, Tenn “ee Manutacturers and Distributers Automotive Predects = Sometimes you pay the price with a - Sacrifice headache—but needlessly As an illustration of the axiom that | eee this is a changing world the following Yes, it's stupid to suffer with a pain in the noble bean, when you can get rid of it (the pain, not the n. b.) easily and evenly pleasantly. “Dorothy is very se she?” observed one. in love with him,” he’s quit drinking ; she’s quit smoking, and she’s quit swear ing, all story has its point Two friends dining at owntown lub were discussing the romance of a common acquaintance devoted to him, i We knew you'd ask that: well, the answer is Kohler-Antidote, the rem- edy that does its stuff gently and harmlessly. “She's head over heel: was the rejoinder. for his sake."”—dArgonaut. sere Just a few minute: our head- ‘Cash bien ceed aaa He es ache is replaced with the wonderful ote without Abbotts Bitters, "Aids digestion. Sample feeling that life is might ¥ Mal, 25 eta C. W, Abbott & Co., Haltimore, Md. é all. Lotsa pep 'n everything. eo | ee goes without dn apron Her Memory Until the gladsome day when Archie Sux (after the proposal): I'm sorry, signed oa the dotted line and got Teddy, Maybe some other girl will make him a Seald Sweet Juice Extractor, you forget me. he was doomed toa proned servitude. He: I can never forget you! Painfully his wrist rotated, wring- Sie (seoecily) ing juice from multitudes of oranges did with an old time squcezer, And often the citrus took revenge with a volley of juice to Archie's eye. Now Archie can be himself! No more aproas or blinders for him , with thes mar velous device clamped Mail-order Query—“I have a to the pantry shell. neck, prominent eyebrows and a pug nose. He discovered, too, that Seald What collar should I we: Compare that with how you've felt after shocking your system with a potent drug. eee Druggists have been selling Kohler- You Antidote since "way back in the Gay Nineties. Oh, yes, you can. it very nicely my last birthday —Country Gentleman, Gr-r-r! MEN — Stop Falling Hair! Sweet grapefruit juice is abundant and a winner for flavor. There comes a time in the life of every family when a lot of orange or grapefruit juice becomes a pressing eply—"We rece with brass studs and a ison Flamin GLOVER’S will cleanse and stimulate the scalp, destroy dandruff and healthy growth of hair. Send for “GLOVER'S HANDBOOK on Scalp and Hair." Ie will show you practical methods of sav- ing your hair before you Tue Wells Globe leads its ed torial column this week with an able litorial on spring. The editorial is as follows: “Fore!"—Kansas ( need. In such festive hour, you shouldn't be without a Seald Sweet Extractor. A few turns of the crank and the amber juice gurgles into the waiting bowl. And it docs a clean, quick, thorough job—as neat and systematic as an old maid aunt! And remember, there's V4 more juice sacrifice in Florida Seald Sweet oranges and Even her co grapefruit. Ideas (London) The Seald Sweet Extractor gets all the luscious juice from each Seald Sweet orange of grape- fruit, Its remular price is $3.00 stage prepaid. $3.25 West of the Rockies. We will send it to you for $1.50 and 36 Sweet orange of grape ‘are entirely bald. Write Dept P18 Star, A waiter observes that nowadays a everything to her No More Sore Feet! Corns and Bunions Gone— frait wrappers. HY suffer from tired, achin Check & mail the coupon sweating painful corns then walk y in comfort. For those who Phe Florida Citrus E g ing ne ; like to dano . play golf or tennis, Allea’s Foot-Ease is indispensable. It will increase your My check here is My check here is d into the foot- for e¢ Seald for one Seald Sweet Juice Extractor. Sweet Juice Extractor t Saga ar, tired. feet 36 ecin tes Bold iiss, Sweet Joice Emactay t r oy all Drug riment Store ial package Sweet wrappers and a Foot=Ease Walking Doll sent Free. Address, ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE Le Roy, New York comicbooks.com