Life, 1926-11-11 · page 40 of 45
Life — November 11, 1926 — page 40: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertisements and light satirical content**, not political cartoons. The main ad features **Dr. John D. Barrett**, a real Springfield, Massachusetts foot specialist, endorsing "Blue-jay" corn plasters. The ad uses the appeal-to-authority strategy common in 1920s advertising, claiming doctors warn that amateur corn removal is dangerous—implying readers should buy the product instead. The right column includes a humorous poem "To a Dancer" by Nathaniel Lief that compliments a performer's dancing but brutally mocks her singing, ending with "My impulse is to strangle you"—typical of Life's satirical humor. Below that is a parody "Application Blank for Tickets to the Game"—absurdist questions (asking for your uncle's age or your mother's maiden name) that mock the increasingly invasive questionnaires and bureaucratic forms becoming common in modern life. The page otherwise showcases cruise ship advertisements and investment advice, reflecting 1920s consumer culture and financial concerns.
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“It takes a mighty skilled hand to pare acorn,” writes Dr. John D. Barrett, the well-known foot- specialist of Springfield, Mass. “The least slip and the toe is cut, and a cut toe may mean in- fection.” So, for safety’s sake, see a chiropodist when corn-paring is essential. His knife doesn’t slip. Bluesjay will enable you to wear the loveliest, most extreme shoe styles without fear of corns Any doctor will tell you: “A corn razor is dangerous in unskilled hands” Blue-jay THE SAFE AND GENTLE WAY TO END A CORN To remove your corns at home use Bluesjay. It is the safe, sure and gentle way to end a cornathome. The cool, velvety pad relieves the pressure and pain at once. One or two plas- ters will end the most obstinate corn, Standard for more than 26 years. Such success tells its own story. At all drug stores. By CUNARD-ANCHOR new oil burners at rates including hotels, guides, drives and fees. 121 days, $1250 to $2900 ROUND THE WORLD 88 “California” sailing Jan. 19 7TH CRUISE; 19 S-CHIN Panama Canal, Los Manila, Java, Burma, Ceylon, Egypt, Italy and the Riviera Europe stop-overs G62 days, $600 to $1700 MEDITERRANEAN ss “Transylvania” sailing Jan. 29 SPAIN | (Madrid-Cordova- jada) ; DAYS PALESTINE AND EGYPT; also includes Madeira, Lisbon, Tunis. Carthage, Athens, Constantinople, Italy and the Riviera. Europe stop-overs. FRANK C. CLARK Times Building, New York Herero rerecererereseses co ® i Investigate ‘Before You Invest R. Paul Tomlinson, Financial Editor of Harper's Magazine, has compiled a list of questions for you to have answered by the Securities Salesman that will help to Eliminate the Loss In Investments 4 ¢ ¢ $ } A safeguard that may save you from the i loss of thousands of dollars. A copy of this Questionnaire may be had for the asking—it is free. ‘The Financial Article appearing in the November tesue of Harper's Magazine will also help solve your investment problems. Ha CIS MAGAZINE 49 East 33rd Street, New York, x Qowerererecererereresecetececee Toa Dancer [ 54. you skip across the stage; You looked so nymphlike and so graceful I felt that I could write a page About your charms.* You've got a faceful! For those expressive hands of yours, Those twinkling feet, that’ smile seraphic, Most guys could quit their daily chores. ° Why, you could stop the Broad- way traffic! And when you dance, Terpsic her- self Should doff her lid to you—ay, marry! And with a knife go stick herself And do the well-known hari-kari. You're wonderful in everything You do....From any angle you Are great—but when you start to sing My impulse is to strangle you. Nathaniel Lief. Sample Application Blank for Tickets to the Game NAME of paternal grandmoth- 1. er’s favorite movie actress. 2. Addresses. (Sce that they're good ones and enclose photographs.) 3. How old was your uncle when last heard from. Why not? Note: Extra fare from Cl to Chicago on most week day Note 67b. 4. Name and address of favorite bootlegger, with prices. 5. (a) What color ticket do you prefer? (b) Would green do just as well? 6. Do you want your wash deliv- ered on Tuesdays or Thursdays? 7. Wouldn’t you just as soon lis- ten to the game by radio? 8. Write an essay of not less than five hundred words on the advantages of a football education in the bond business. 9. Have you any personal friends on the team this and why? 10. (a) What was your mother's maiden name before she was mar- ried? (b) Your father’s? Check your ulterior motive for g tickets to the game: (a) Feminine Favor; (b) Drag with the Boss; (c) Social Obligation; (¢) Business (e) Display of Wife’s New Fur Coat. 12. How's all your folks? Richard S. Wallace. and See HE law of supply and demand is inexorable. Thus we have tab- loid newspapers for tabloid minds. comicbooks.com