Life, 1926-10-14 · page 39 of 44
Life — October 14, 1926 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and charity announcements** rather than editorial cartooning. The main content includes: 1. **Life's Fresh Air Fund** (left column)—a charitable appeal describing the magazine's long-running program providing poor children from crowded cities a day in the country. The list shows donations from readers, a common fundraising practice of the era. 2. **Burberrys overcoat advertisement** (center)—promoting English-tailored coats emphasizing warmth without bulk, marketed to affluent travelers and "well dressed man of affairs." 3. **Resort/hotel advertisements**—Pinehurst, North Carolina and Carolina Hotel promoting luxury leisure travel for wealthy New Yorkers. 4. **Patent medicine ads**—including "Mothersill's" for motion sickness and "Cortez Cigars." The page reflects early 20th-century Life magazine culture: mixing charitable causes with luxury goods advertising, targeting an affluent readership. No political satire or caricature is present—this is a commercial/philanthropic page.
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Lie’s Fresh Air Fund Lures Yxesu Atm, Fun, has been in opera. for te past thi years, In. thai nded $. 71 and has given day in the country to 48,647 poor follers, approximately, pays for such for some poor child from the crowded, Won't you help? ich are acknowledged in weeks aft their receipt, s Presi Ate ue, New pou: a5 40.00 50.00 10. 00 20.00 Yorkers only stay in their New York homes while deciding where else to go. Inthe winter you'll find them at Pinehurst, N. C.—the Center of Good Times. Golf and all outdoor sports. Carolina Hotel, famous for its tempting menus and luxury of service, opens October 29th. Every room with bath. 16 hrs. N.Y. City. For reserva- tions address General Office, Pinehurst, N.C. ESSENTIAL TO COMFORT ODERN conditions of motoring Yi. as well as one’s natural desire for s comfort and ease make the com- bination of light weight and real warmth zh \ essential in any fine overcoat. Burberrys \\ have studied this problem for generations until the Burberry overcoat of today is famous on six continents for exactly this quality of warmth without weight—and also for the exceptionally free-and-easy smartness of its design. It is designed and tailored in England for the use of the well dressed man of affairs everywhere. Dealers Throughout the United States and Canada BURBERRYS LTD. OF LONDON, ENGLAND For the name of your local dealer, write to our New York Wholesale Office—14 East 38th St. By Appoiarmest i vse Mrs. AL D. dD. Alma M. and the exhaustion, faintness, nav- sea and dizziness caused by ‘travel motion. Journey by Sea, Train, Car, Auto or Air in perfect comfort Mothersill's, yp 73. & $1.30 at Drug Stores or direct The Motherslil Remedy Co., tes cello Seminary, Milfor 10.00 and Mrs. Anton Otto Kingston, N. Y. : 5.00 Frank B. Bowes, ( Huber Hoge, I 0. Miss M. Je Spence ; M OF BRAINS “In memory of Marshall, ict. Mrs“Irene MeLaughlin, Lake Forest, ARS i 5.00 Ben S. L-MADE AT KEY WEST-— comicbooks.com