Life, 1927-06-02 · page 40 of 46
Life — June 2, 1927 — page 40: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and public service content**, not political satire. The dominant sections are: 1. **Russell Patterson School advertisement**: An illustrator offers correspondence courses in "humorous illustration" promising $150 drawings after learning his methods—a typical early-20th-century art instruction scheme. 2. **Life's Camps for Needy Children**: A charitable campaign soliciting donations (including small contributions via an "outstretched hat") to send underprivileged children to camps for 18 days. The text emphasizes safety record and modern conditions. 3. **Supporting advertisements**: Colorado tourism, railroad service, and commercial products (cigarettes, books, height-increase courses). The small humor piece at bottom ("Discipline") offers a domestic joke about a maid asserting independence—typical of early Life magazine's lighter fare. No political cartoons or sophisticated satire appear on this page. It primarily reflects Depression-era or interwar concern for underfed urban children while showcasing commercial pitches characteristic of Life's business model.
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38 Ballneyoy Makes a $150 Drawing ma Few Hours! —and now teaches you his original methods in a series of 20 snappy lessons — brimful with sparkling interest from the very start — a de- parture from the purely conventional. This training consti- tutes the last word in Humorous! llustration, teaching a New Art for a New Age—a pleasant relief from the old style, standardized instruction. Learn todraw the dashing, peppy types that are all the rage as exemplified by Mr. Patter- son’s numerous contributions to maga- zines. Let him teach you his clever technique. What profession could com- pare with this in its irresistible appeal or sheer earning power? Write now for full information, Russell Patterson School of Humorous IIlustration Michigan Ave. at 20th St., Dept. 5 CHICAGO - - = ILLINOIS 7 Colorado via the Scenic Way West Surrender to the enchanting spell of the Rockies -~ Enjoy San’ abel, Rocky Mountain --- Estes Park and other delightful resorts. Low round trip summer fares will be available. Write for new illustrated Colorado Pass. Traf. Mgr., Mo. Pac. R. R. Co. Ry. Exch. Bidg., St. Louis, Mo. Please send illustrated literature tot Life Lire’s Camps for Needy Children Setting the Stage (Continued from page 32) for eighteen days. More than that means more children made happy and healthy. Less will be gratefully received and will go toward procur- ing the sum necessary for one small guest. Even the sound of quarters dropping into our outstretched hat will be very cheering when so much is needed for these children. Remember, then, that it is you who will give the word which will send the curtain flying up—you who will send the troop of needy children dancing upon the gay scene to play for a time at happiness and health. L. A. F. Facts to Remember About the Camps HE children we take to our Camps are all needy. During the forty years that this great work has been going on, and counting all the children who have visited us (over fifty thousand), there has never been a_ serious accident. The Camps are run on modern, scientific principles. The sanitary, sleeping, cooking, playing, living conditions are all of the best. The food is chosen and prepared with the idea of building up under- nourished little bodies. Splendid men and women make up our staffs of counsellors and Camp attendants. Records of each child are kept, and we are in touch with our young- sters throughout the year by com- munication with the various better- ment associations. Mr. L, B. Sharp (Columbia Uni- versity), who has had charge of the Camps for the past two years, will again supervise and direct the work. Contributions are urgently so- licited. Checks should be drawn to Lire’s Fresh Air Fund, 598 Madison Av- enue, New York, N. Y. All contributions are acknowl- edged in Lire about three weeks after receipt, and also by letter im- mediately if the sender’s address is given. Discipline Mrs. A.: So you are now living at a hotel? Mas. B.: Yes. The cook got so haughty and domineering that we decided to simply walk out of the house and show ber that we can be just as independent as anybody.—Boston Transcript, DUTTON'S AU REVOIR Boxts Books, MAGazINEs, STATIONERY Prices $5.00 uP 681 Fifth Avenue, New York GROW TALLER Sclence has found the way to add Inches to your height. No necd 9 1° oy vantages of the little m: course makes it possible for you to be on a level with your fellow men Course is easy inexpensive arnt re, sults sure. Mall coupon for free information today! L. GLOVER Room 49, 70 Bulkley Ave., Sausalito, Callt. obligation to ms Sond tae full tnformation on bot to grow taller. Name city. comicbooks.com