Life, 1927-08-18 · page 31 of 36
Life — August 18, 1927 — page 31: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and contest information**, not political satire. The dominant content is an advertisement for Ingram's Shaving Cream featuring a photograph of a man with eyes blindfolded by a white cloth—the visual pun being "Blindfolded / your skin / Feels the difference." The ad claims the cream is so effective users needn't see to feel its superior cooling and soothing properties. The left column contains rules for Life's "Alibi Contest," a weekly reader-submission competition where contestants write humorous caption conclusions to published pictures (this week's being "Alibi Number Thirty-Six"). Winners receive cash prizes. A small item titled "Beginning Early" briefly notes a seven-year-old named Miros fishing with his father, impressed by tall tales—likely filler content. The page reflects 1920s advertising aesthetics and Life's dual function as both satirical magazine and entertainment publication with reader contests.
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Conditions of the Great Alibi Contest (Please turn to page 22 other for mformation, ) E ACH week we will publish a dif- + ferent the ALIBI CONTEST—the picture this week being marked “ALIBL NUMBER THIRTY-SIX.” The first prize of $50.00 will be awarded each week to the contestant in the the J furnishes the and most in the you picture in who, opinion of cleverest conclusion to Well, Vive second prizes of genious sentence which starts, see, it’s this way 10.00 cach will be awarded to the runners-up. Answers must not exceed twenty- this word lin is not intended to include five words in leng however, the captions under the inally published in Lave limit to the answers to cach Contest pic tures as or There is r number of Contest picture that Nor to of any one contestant may submit. for answers to more to be ¢ is it necessary 4 contestant submit than one the Contest for a prize. pictures of the event of a Judges will be thre« Editors of Tare. In the tie, the full amount of the be awarded to each of the testants Answers should be clearly paper. seript marked and address, The Judges cannot un dertake of the scripts submitted in this Contest Answers to ALIBI NUMBER THIRTY-SIX should be so marked, and sent to ALIBI CONTES' EDITOR, Lire, 598 Madison Ave nue, New York City AIL answers to ALIBI NUMBER THIRTY SUN must reach Lire’s office before noon on September 1, 192 An the winners will be prize will tying con typewritten or written on one side of th Every single sheet of ma submitted the must be plainly with contestant’s nan to return any manu nouncement of made in. the 1927 The not limited t Members families, are tion in the Contest. issue of September all subseribers to and their Contest is open to and is Lave Lire’s staff, barred from competi Beginning Early Miros, ag his father. Evidently he had ou fe s been impressed with» anglin te home Ho seven, was fishing with yrmver yarns told by his pare Messouisi says that his successor has not yet been We afraid to be.- -Punch, presume he is Bunprorpep your skin F— eels the difference EFORE your razor goes over your face... while it ’s going over... tsecthe shave is over... INGRAM'S | SHAVING CRE AM gives youa cool }comfort that puts it over any kind you have ever used. INGRAM'S is lather and lotion in one Any one can INGRAM'Smakescon- rerts, Nearly a million men enjoyed cool shaves with INGRAM’S SHAVING CREAM in 1926. Every day more men are finding out aboutit. So that make you, too, can find out... Just do this Write us for your 7 j FREE cool shaves. f ot aa one side your face with preparauon with the Instantly... be your skin yo Razor hurt m ce but Ski In m'$ shaving cree u ¢ the ¢ feel your wal sho other side INGRAM'S. the fore your razor touches rence ids that don’t bleed itches you don't .. yield to the n scr cooling, soothing lather of INGRAM’S SHAVING CREAM There is nothing else like it Write us today FREE sha Your ill thank you to save yourself ume —ask your ves your nearest 20 of hese cool INGRAM The costs fifty cents. wes jar only Ingram’ Shaving Cream | COOLS and SOOTHES as you shave | Frederick F.lngram Co.—Tst. 1888 38 Tenth St., Detroit, Mich also Windsor, Canade comicbooks.com