Life, 1926-06-10 · page 14 of 44
Life — June 10, 1926 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page announces **Life's Travel Contest**, offering a grand prize of an all-expenses-paid six-week European trip for two people. The main content features **Joan Kinley's sixth letter** from her ongoing European travels. Joan describes her experiences in London, including the Coldstream Guards at Whitechapel and the recent London Bridge collapse. She mentions missing Piccadilly Circus due to a strike and references famous London landmarks and cultural sites. The cartoon illustration shows a fashionable woman in 1920s-style dress, presumably Joan, drawn in an elegant line-art style typical of the era. The page functions primarily as a contest announcement and travel narrative rather than political satire—it's entertainment content showcasing the magazine's travel reporting feature.
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IN HER LATEST LETTER, JOAN WRITES THAT Sue \'T GET TO SER PICCA WILLY CIRCUS BECAUSE IT HAD BREEN CLE ON Ac: COUNT OF THE STRIKE Seo Condi NE of ts, comm June 24th. In cach letter errors and inaccuracies in her tions of routes, places and on de n of urammatical errors, ¢ » Contest is based In order ‘ y to sé at one tim of her letters (or exa copies) your correction of rror plainly marked ¢ accompanyi direction. ‘ach letter or on ust not exe ash nn Tength, is to rrected letters. Contest must 1M. on Jul ed as competing in the Contest. Life’s Travel Contest The winner of this Contest will be presented with a six-weeks’ trip from any point in the United States or Canada to France and England and return— with ALL EXPENSES PAID, FOR TWO PEOPLE. There will be a second prize of $250 in cash, a third prize of $150, and a fourth prize of $100. is ne OAN KINLEY k The uropean trip. describes, lon, and thos ly mixed. fact—in J for the statements of will be in line Read J EAR EDITOR: D We strike, everything exciting and was only settled w n the ixth of her cight Ie in her own we who rt last leg (no offense of her In it roma as u meant) appears, below and richly will observe that, rs ad her letter ¢ greatest: number letters, and n the Travel Ce ions of the Ce This Is Joan’s Sixth Letter —Watch for the Mistakes arrived in London just too late for the great which is just my luck, because | al S miss The strike lasted for several months n the Cardinal of Canterbury per- suaded Premier Lloyd George to let the coal miners have that half holiday which they'd been The British are is positively inspiring! stream) Guards beheaded. These our own splendid tions > of paper only tdre s ith your ft-hand 5 full first-class postage d sent to Joan Kin- “Madis n venue, Ne of Lire. ary to be a subseri fo compete. Pu at the o| copy th is no limit to the number of that any one contestant may ° Contest is op In case of ties the prize will be given to each tying contestant. (with asking. really mounted Whitechapel, which is the pa guards Marines, are ci full wages) on Arbor Day for too wonderful! Their courage All through the strike, the Cold- duty just usual in front of ze the first was cam because, like they were trained in the Navy. London Bridge which fell down last year has been completely re- built and after x it | can understand where Lord Byron got the idea for that enchanting poem of his about Horatius. We didn’t get to see Piccadilly Circus as it was closed on account of the strike, but T don’t care much as I’m sure it couldn't be as entertaining as Barnum and Bailey's seci friend, Yoo Kinky Next week I'll write you from Stratford-on-the-Shannon where Shakespeare wrote “Ham- let.” “Don Quixote” and other world famous plays. You'll prob- ably notice his “influence” in my letter. Ha! Ha! Your loving comicbooks.com