Life, 1927-05-05 · page 39 of 46
Life — May 5, 1927 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **advertising and humor content**, not political satire. The main cartoon depicts a domestic dispute over warm lettuce—a husband trying to convince his wife to accept it, she refusing. The joke advertises **Frigidaire refrigerators**, suggesting the appliance solves such marital conflicts by keeping food properly chilled. The ad emphasizes Frigidaire's superiority, backed by General Motors resources. Below are **brief humorous anecdotes**: one about a policeman ordering small drinks instead of large ones (implying he's intoxicated or confused), another about Professor William Lyon Phelps making a cutting remark at a dinner party, and a sentimental Welsh romance snippet. The page also includes an advertisement for **Perrier sparkling water** from France, marketed as refined and sophisticated. These are period advertisements and light humor typical of Life magazine's commercial content—not political commentary.
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Television (Continued from page 18) have a few in stock, Almost every- thing has been picked over, What kind do you want?’ “The tall ones, the small ones, I love ‘em all,” you croon, “but seri- ously, | should like two big dark ones.” The lieutenant leaves the phone for a moment, giving you a chance to look over the police blotter and see if any of your friends have been brought in to-day. He returns with three little policemen, giggling and covering their faces with their hands. “What MUST I do to convince you that I actually DON'T Jike warm lettuce?” “Well, now that you mention it again, I suggest that geucither cultivate a taste for it—or buy a Frigidaire! 'N those less than well-regulated homes where the temperature of whatever it is comes in those tall, clinky glasses, still depends upon outside ice sup- ply, such heart-rending scenes as we have pictured above, still occur! But—Allah be adulated—not in many! For already, the proclivities of the Frigidaire have somehow or other become public, and peace lovers from near and far are actually snapping them up! Further reasons for this sudden flair for Frigidaire have been set forth as the ability of this same Frigidaire to keep foods fresh and crisp, to keep butter firm, milk sweet, desserts tempting —and hostesses happy! It is said that Frigidaire, with its own particular Frost Cou Direct Cootino System, has neither peer—nor par! However, it HAS the resources of the General Motors close behind it! Need we actually say more? FRIGIDAIRE CORPORATION - Dept.Va9_- DAYTON, OHIO Subsidiary of General Motors Corporation Faiorpaine Corporation Dept.V49 Dayton, Ohio Please send me your booklet illus. uaung the new cabinet models of FRIGIDAIRE RRIER, the natural sparkling Table Water of France is unrivalled for its delicious, refreshing zest and purity—and for drain thirst there’s nothing quite like Perrier. This way outr, Nami Address blingly that Mrs, Phelps was constrained to inform him that she had not heard a word. The Professor answered crush- ingly: “I wasn't speaking to you, my dear."—New York World. “I'm sorry, but I'll have to send you these three small, light ones. I'm all out of the darks,” After looking them over you de- cide to make the best of it, so you say, “All right, send them right up. And I hope to God they play bridge.” Phyllis Ryan. “AsI LikeIt” Tits department is not infrequently impious enough to differ with the dicta Perrier is served on dining and buffet cars of America’s leading railroads and in hotels, clubs and smart restaurants everywhere. A Welsh Romance He was a simple Welsh lad. you, Lleilla,” he whispered. she faltered, “Hove you.” met. “T love ‘And I,” Their ips And there Het us leave them. —Yale Record, errier THE CHAMPAGNE OF TABLE WATERS E. & J. Burke, Ltd. Sele Agent U.S.A. Long Island City, N.Y. of William Lyon Phelps in matters of the drama, but he is the hero of to- day’s story. At a dinner he gave re- cently, when a noted novelist was good enough to read aloud from her works in New Haven, he said grace so mum- “Sin,” wrote the indignant mother to the schoolmaster, “you mustn't whack my Tommy. He isn't used to it. We never hit him at home except in self- defense.”—London Evening News, comicbooks.com