Life, 1927-12-01 · page 12 of 80
Life — December 1, 1927 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than political satire or editorial cartoons. The ads include: 1. **Decker's Country Club Ham** — promoting cured pork products from Iowa, emphasizing hickory-wood smoking and quality 2. **Homeric Cruise Line** — advertising Mediterranean luxury cruises departing January 21, 1928, with detailed itineraries 3. **Thos. Cook & Son** — travel agency services The upper section contains **humorous Christmas-themed verse** (appears to be reader submissions or staff-written holiday satire) mocking winter weather, holiday financial stress, and domestic situations — typical early-20th-century light humor. There are **no identifiable political cartoons or caricatures** on this page. The small illustration of Santa appears to be decorative rather than satirical. This represents a typical *Life* magazine page circa 1927-1928, mixing advertisement revenue with light seasonal humor.
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Life C_£3 SUL Ne by Wi It Is Good Taste bs, a few fine hotels and for your own home table, there could be no more delicious food than In exclusive ¢ Decker's Zouwrry Zius Ham “Tis a feast for the epic the very ¢ Te comes from ccret way for many weeks, th: J over real hickory-wood bers, these new hams h tender lusciousness nothing else can equal. To hem extremely fine, we spare neither me nor expense. have a fragr UNTRY CLUB Hams en 14 and 16 Ibs. The price, 50c the pound, is slightly less than for Virgin ia ham. They come fresh from the ¢ to your home in a specially devised carton which preserves the delicate Bavor. ful real hickory-wood smoked c ased in the mar eciate the opportunity them fresh from the smokehouse. We will ship (prepaid) immediately on receipt of your check. We suggest that you order two; one to slice and one to roast, If you do not find them the finest you have ever eaten, we will send back your check. Jacos E, Decker & SONS c f COUNTRY CLUB HAMS MASON CITY, IOWA Making the Spirit of Christmas Generally Felt (To be sent in one of those blue en- velopes with a transparent panel.) V the cindeer sleigh, You'll mail eight bucks our wa trow aren't in this game health, you know. Tur Amatcamaten Gas Company. roofs, in his We for our “* (To be shoved underneath the door.) Ir your rent ain't paid by 6 Pr. M., On this glad Christmastide, Your apartment's going to be locked up And you will be outside —Tie L LADY. _e * (To be delivered by a thick-set in- dividual in a rolled-brim derby.) Wire Christmas bells are merrily to you is bringing Some holiday reading—just gl it through; You'll note that it plainly nominates you For jury duty; kindly appear On the nd day of the glad New Year. —C erk or THe Fepenat Court. E. B. Crosswhite. You Can’t Make It Too Cold for Me HAVE quite made up my mind about the sort of winter I want this year. I want the coldest winter since 1876 and I want it to last. A winter that curls up and lets spring seare it to death along in January ought to be dof itself. 1 want a rd, old-fashioned winter that means business. I plenty of northern winds mixed w enough western ones to give them an average velocity of forty miles an hour. I shall be grateful to these winds if they will keep shrieking ‘round the roofs and throwing the as good, | stoutest windows into a vevitable palsy. I want the trees to stand stark and gaunt, and the beautiful snow to pile up hip-high everywhere. I want the town to be frozen stiff; I want it to be snow-bound—m word !—with people going to bed un- of blankets with their ts on. In short, I want my friends really to envy me my tion in Bermuda this winter. layers overce der vaca- Tup. IVES of great men all remind us of it. on the largest steamer sailing to the Mediterranean! The giant White Star Liner HOMERIC “The Ship of Splendor” —one of the world’s most modern, most replete and most luxuric steamers sails again for her Cruise Supreme from New York Jan. 21 to Mar. 28, 1928 An enchanting house party at sea—a repetition of the famously successful Homeric Cruises of 1923, 1925, 1926 and 1927. The comprehen- it Madeira, Southern G Athens, Constantinople, a long stay in Egypt—the Holy La Italy, the French Riviera. Stop-over privileges in Europe. Cruise strictly limited; cuisine and service unexcelled; such as only our unequalled experience and world-wide provide. Leisure the keynote. Illus- trated Cruise Guide Book and full information on request. Thos. Cook &Son New York includes Spain, praltar, Algiers, Tunis, sive nerary management resources can _ Philadephia Baltimore jan Francisco Los porn Vancouver comicbooks.com