Life, 1927-09-22 · page 37 of 40
Life — September 22, 1927 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes satirical diary content with period advertising. **The Diary Section** ("Mrs. Pep's Diary") is a humorous social commentary on 1920s upper-class leisure activities. It mocks the wealthy through gossipy anecdotes: characters drinking on Irish towers, women trying on polo outfits, card games involving moral hand-wringing about unmarried couples, and fortune-telling manicurists. The tone satirizes both the frivolity of this set and their selective morality—they condemn "sin" in others while engaging in questionable behavior themselves. References to "shingle bobs" (fashionable short haircuts) and contract bridge date this to the Jazz Age. **The Advertisements** for Palmolive Shaving Cream and Jason Weiler diamonds are straightforward period promotions, not satirical content. They represent typical luxury marketing to Life's affluent readership. The page's satire targets the hypocrisy and idle pursuits of wealthy interwar Americans, a consistent theme in Life magazine's editorial voice.
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Life 35 Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Continued from page 14) my great dismay, from wandering through the lovely gardens, but look- ing across them to the hills we did see figures moving atop B.'s Irish tower, and, training glasses on them, made out one to be Sam, with a high- ball in his hand, too, so I did pray that he would not lean too far over the battlements. Reading this night in “And Then Came Spring,” a gay ind naughty book which proves how misdirected are the activities of the censors, for Mr. Bertwistle does have a prodigious good time out of his side-stepping, and his wife and daughter profit enormously thereby, even to getting their long-desired shingle bobs. August Te the village eariy on an 29th errand, and stopping at Elsie's, I did find her try- ing on this and that costume for the polo matches according to weather calculations, and finally, a sufficient number being assembled, we fell to contract, a proceeding which, under- n in the morning hours, does keep me in nervous expectation of handwriting on the wall at any moment, but I did gain six dollars, of which I was glad. After the last rubber, we did discuss somewhat of the game's psychology, and Mary did declare that nev zain would she play against a1 that she might not be so severe on two people living in sin, but that hereafter persons legally united were out as brids Otesaga after luncheon to beseech the barber to trim my hair, and whilst he was engaged upon it I did overhear one of the manicures telling somebody's fortune with a pack of cards, and was at some pains to re- main calm, for I did know well that if she would undertake to prophesy for a consideration, 1 could get up a queue extending to the lake inside of half an hour. arried pair opponents. To t Baird Leonard. wy ite for this Book" JASON WEILER & SONS Diamond Importers since 176 371_Washington St., Boston, Mass. Made for You, Sir Do us the kindness Gextuesen One thousand men were cor what they sought in a shav them we learned four thing others had failed. With these as our starved ia. Time greater shaving joy. Now we ask you to try th we've made for you. In sim send a 10-day tube to try. win you. We know how ied soap chemistry the world—Palmolive Before we would consent to put our on a shaving cream we had to know tha THE PALMOLIVE-PEET COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL 10 ) SHAVES FREE and a can of Palmolive | After Shaving Talc “fALMOLIVE Shaving Cream To odd the Gnal_ touch to shaving luxur created Palmolive A comicbooks.com