Life, 1926-04-15 · page 35 of 44
Life — April 15, 1926 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The dominant content is a Welch's Grape Juice advertisement ("Every Day for Breakfast At America's Finest Hotels") occupying roughly half the page, listing prestigious hotels serving the product. The left column contains mock course listings for a journalism program at Rutgers College—this is **satire of sensationalist journalism**. The humor targets tabloid reporting of the 1920s: courses include "Preliminary Cross Marking" (crime scenes), "Elementary Anatomy and Photography" (voyeuristic content—women in various states of undress), and "Primary Crimes Writing" (lurid scandal stories: "Spurned Maids Who Fired Fatal Shots," "Girls Fleeing Lives of Shame"). The satire mocks how journalism had become obsessed with scandal, crime, and salacious content rather than serious reporting. The "Dreams" section below briefly ridicules idealism in politics. The page reflects 1920s concerns about tabloid excess and yellow journalism practices.
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Elementary Joumalism (‘Following the example of may other leading colleges, Rutgers a course in journalism.” First Semester RELIMINARY Cross Markinc— 3 hours weekly a) Street body was b) Love Nest where body was fot c) Elev course taken by body to wh it was found d) Love } diagrams showing where | nd. nteriors, showing ors and airshafts, showing est exteriors, showing where body was found. ce) Route Death Car, showing where joy riders’ bodies were found | Eementary ANatoMy axp Puotoc- | ars weekly, @) The female ankle, calf and knee: 1. On rail of liner 2. On couch. 3. On chair 4. In miscellaneous poses. b) Bathing scenes 1. Winter, Florida. 2. Summer, Anywhere. c) Theatrical: 1. Dancers wearing tights. 2. Dancers not wearing tights d) Physical Culture: 1, F 2. Females not in gym suits. nales in gym suits Pristary Cartios Writiyc—4 hours weekly ims of Love Pacts. b) Crushed Butterflies Seeking Balm. ¢) All Angles of Triangle d) Spurned Maids Who Fired Fatal Shots. e) Staid Bankers’ Hidden Love Nests. f) Girls Fleeing Lives of Shame. 9) Co-respondents Who Tell All. h) Others Who Tell All a) Encusu Literature—30 minutes weekly a) Elinor Glyn’s “Three Weeks.” weekly ‘anny Hill. Brocrarny—1 he a) Memoirs of History—1 hour weekly a) Famous Love James Kev irs n McGuinness. Dreams ROVING that Materialism is not everything in politics and that Ideal, ism is far from dead comes the news that the Republicans think they have an “excellent chance” to carry Texas, while the Democrats are to put up a “hard fight” for Maine. “LJ'M!” assured the young aviator as he began his first job of sky- writing for Clean Cut Cubebs, Ine. + LIFE - 33 | PURE FRUIT JUICE from FRESH GRAPES Great Food Experts say: “The healt LL over the country, the best hotels serve Welch's Grape Juice every for the breakfast fruit juice morning course. Because it is so perfect for breakfast— this pure juice of fresh ripe grapes. Supremely delicious, every sip of it. And healthful a's greatest food authorities tell us— with all the in- vigorating qualities of the ripe fresh fruit. And everywhere one goes in discrimi- nating homes and in the finest clubs one finds these refreshing fruit juice d —Welch’s, sometimes just chilled with crushed ice; sometimes blended with “Just you watch my smoke!” A favorite drink is Welch's with ginger ale Every Day for BREAKFAST Att America’s Finest Hotels ginger ale, with other or with sparkling water. healthful, you'll want Welch's at and some time every day. fine hotes tat s Among the Welch's Grape Juice every morr breakfast are The Praza New York City The Warvorr-Astoria New York City The Brack The Boox-Cac The Pacace Hore Los Axcet Marytanp Horet The Mayer The St. Cartes The Orysiric Great Sourners Horet Framinco Horet Rovat Daseut Hore ILLAC es Bittmore Welch's may be had fre ins serve it straight or with . Ask for Welch's today. The season's new fruit j scribed in our booklet The } petite in Diet. Let us send you a copy The Welch Grape Juice Co., Dept. L-21, Westfield . Makers of Welch's ¢ Juice, Grape!ade, Preserves and oth ity Products. Canadian plant, St. Catha- rines, Ontario. free. comicbooks.com