Life, 1926-05-06 · page 6 of 52
Life — May 6, 1926 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** for Wescott Soles shoes, occupying the left two-thirds. The main image shows a leisurely scene of people relaxing on a veranda, promoting the product as "Ideal for Sport Wear." The ad emphasizes the shoe's flexibility, durability, and waterproof qualities. The right column contains three separate short pieces: "Ballad of the Modest Man" (a poem satirizing newspaper sensationalism and press agents), "At Scratch" (a brief domestic anecdote about golf enthusiasts), and "Major Operation" (a humorous note about food mergers). These are filler content typical of Life magazine—light social satire and humor rather than political commentary. They mock middle-class vanities and contemporary social foibles without referencing specific events or public figures.
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* LIFE - WESCOTT SOLES ™" Ideal for Sport Wear "Ls ERE is a springy elasticity to shoes bottomed with Wescott Sotes that makes walking a delightful pleasure. Ideal for sport wear because of their flexibility, durability, comfort and smart appearance, The Wescorr Sott is a blending of selected cotton felt and unvulcanized latex rubber making an extremely lightweight sole that is flexible, waterproof, long wearing and slip-proof. Securely attached to the shoe by the GoopyEear WELT Process. The Sole of Quality — For Shoes of Distin@ion Selling Agents 205 Lincoln Street (( S NS Boston, Massachusetts Ballade of the Modest Man do I wa Commissioner Me Le AILY in news put Thirty-point head Bandits Loot Three Parson Flays 2° Beer way Stations ; Year after year after year That's all you're stuffed with in this city Lord! I get sick of the smear! What do I want with publicity? Holdups and bank peculations Brokers whose morals are queer, Ladies with soiled reputations Seeking a me career, Cranks with their brains out of gear, Mayhem and theft and lubricity! Ain't there gentleman he do J t with publicity ? Press s' wild procta ive me a pain in the ear! Pooh for their whoops Mine is the course I must steer Whether for praise or causticity ; And if the breakers I What do J want with pu L'Exvor You'll never see, Chici, I fear, Published this slight bened: What if it isn't, old dear? What do I want with Bai te publicity ? At Scratch M RS. RENWICK and her husban: were ardent golf enthusia ts: they he Club, a talking about what they did at the Club. On Sun nt all their spare time at HM their time at b not being devoid of reli they leave their little dav day School Remember your Golden s. Renwick said, k glory of God and the firmament eth His handiwork It wa © wonder that, when Jean rose proudly to recite the verse, she should have declare the g mament showeth His handicap.” “The heavens Major Operation ACK writes from college that he hopes to be matriculated soon,” said the fond mother. . a . “Gracious!” exclaimed Mrs. Botts United Shoe Machinery Corporation ‘L hope he comes out of the ether casier than I did when I had my last tion.” BOUT the only food merger which cannot (but should) be const as illegal is hash, comicbooks.com