Life, 1927-03-17 · page 40 of 43
Life — March 17, 1927 — page 40: what you’re looking at
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This page combines **advertisements** with **satirical poetry and humor**: **Left side:** A Hawaii Tourist Bureau ad encouraging escapes to tropical leisure—typical 1920s-30s vacation marketing. **Center:** A poem titled "Smoke," attributed to "Algol" in the *London Evening News*, satirizing contemporary debates about women smoking cigarettes. A "medical assessor" has warned the Anglo-Saxon race faces doom unless women stop smoking. The poet humorously argues he won't oppose women's smoking because women's vitality (their "fierceness") keeps men from pomposity—so if the race must decline, so be it. This mocks both anti-smoking moralism and anxieties about "modern woman." **Below:** "In the City of Graves"—a brief joke where a Southern boy mistakes white street corner markers ("silent policemen"—traffic markers) for actual graves of police officers, poking fun at rural ignorance. **Right side:** Johnnie Walker cigarette ad and "Old Town Canoes" advertisement. The page reflects 1920s-30s concerns: women's changing social roles, smoking as modernity, and nostalgic appeals to "ancient trails."
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your business \ ee sail away~ RZ ISLAND of your DREAMS AVEN'T you ever wished to be a foot-loose, carefree beachcomber on a palm-fringed shore—'way down in the warm South Seas? . . « to spend happy vagabond weeks, day-dreaming . . . just listening to the lullaby of silken surf on coral sand . . . forgetting time? Here in sunny Hawaii—less than a week's voyage—you can be as lazy as you like. A few d: and then you'll find new zest in golf—new vim in the morn- ing plunge in Waikiki—new appetite in golden papaya and Kona coffee at break- fast—new thrills in peeping safely into a live volcano. Four or five weeks and $400 or $500 cover the time and cost from the Pacific Coast, including steamers (round trip) and all expenses and sight-seeing. A great new hotel at Waikiki and a mammoth new liner now building. Sail direct from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle or Vancouver—any steamship, railroad or tourist agent can book you right from your home, Write today for illustrated brochure in colors, HAWAII TOURIST BUREAU 227 McCann Buoo., San Francisco, CAL on 355 Fort Starer, Honotvty, Hawan, U.S.A, Life Smoke “The Anglo-Saxon race is wotnen stop smoking cigarette H. Kress, Washington nerve I pox’ believe In getting exercised about posterity ; Nor do I grieve To think that all our culture, our pros- perity, Our moral standards, the supreme dex- terity In high finance and politics that we've Been able to achieve, Will disappear with marvellous celerity, Just because Eve Defies (as usual) some eternal verity, And man must pay for her superb temerity. doomed unless Danie! ipecial Woman's precocity Is not a theme that stirs me to ferocity. ‘The instability that marks our spouses In me arouses No errant gusts of animosity. Man makes the world, but though he loves to boss it he Would be as ponderous as the ox that browses, Were 't not that woman cows his Ebullient ego, curbs his huge pomposity, Till the dour soul his knotty carcase houses Becomes as keen and joyous as his frau's is. Wherefore if woman, bless her, Enjoys a cigarette, I hold no brief for those that would suppress her, Since of two evils I prefer the lesser; And if the race is doomed—as per the threat Just uttered by the medical assessor (He strikes me as a most indifferent guesser. But that is quite beside the point), why, let Posterity worry; I'll not be upset Woman's too ‘fieree- for me to be the aggressor, Or rouse the seven devils that possess her When she can't get The thing she’s after. Yes, sir, In this affair I'm on her side, you bet, But don't let that discourage you, Pro- fessor. —“Algol,” in London Evening News. In the City of Graves Youxa Arstox had come from his up- country home to visit his Charleston On being driven around the . htsceing, he noticed the white stones at the street corners, “What's those things, Auntie?” asked. “Silent policemen, dear,” said Auntie, absentls “Ww ” exclaimed Alston in a shocked little voice, “do they bury all the policemen in the middle of the street ?"—Charleston News and Courier. he We all like sympathy so well that even a rich man tries to get you to pity him hecause of hardships he endured before he made his fortune. —Miheaukee Journal. The Lure of the Ancient Trail Tune are trails that are older than history waiting for you today. Out through the purple hills they lead to that land of dreams- come-true. Go follow these trails—these water ti the helm of a sturdy “Old Town Canoe. For “Old Town Canoes’ durable and strong. They are light in weight and sur- prisingly easy to handle. Their lines are grace! ul and trim—patterned after actual Indian models. Remarkably low in price too. $58.00 up. From dealer or factory. Free illustrated catalog gives prices and complete information about sailing canoes, square stern canoes for outboard motors, din- ghies, etc. Write today. Orn Town Canoe Co., 1733 Middle Street, Old Town, Maine. “Old Town Canoes comicbooks.com