Life, 1927-12-08 · page 38 of 40
Life — December 8, 1927 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements and reader letters**, not political cartoons. The main advertisement features **Fatima cigarettes**, promoting holiday gift packages. The copy uses period marketing language appealing to young smokers returning home for Christmas. The "From Our Readers" section contains three letters: 1. A reader requests an index for "The Gay Nineties" feature 2. A **German correspondent protests** Life's reprinting of anti-German propaganda from 1917-18 (during WWI). He argues such material is undignified and questions whether Life is again serving British interests 3. An American reader asks whether Life received payments from the British government for pro-war propaganda and whether similar arrangements exist These letters reflect post-WWI tensions: Germany's resentment of wartime propaganda, and American suspicion about foreign influence on the press. Life's editorial note indicates the reprinted material was purely historical. The remaining content consists of tourism and consumer product advertisements typical of the era.
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“MUCH if Fatimas will soon be curling in many a fragrant wreath fo} y Lo} *round many a Christmas tree. For the younger crowd is coming home for the holidays — and bringing younger | crowd preferences with them! Also in Christmas~cartons of 200 ease shades desired. NEWALL, 277 Stornoway, Scotland. 1—How dry | amt 2—Have another drink? DUTCH PORCELAIN DECANTER Qt. Size above tune if from table Other Handsome Musical Novelties Catalog Free. | IFE will publish its usual MERMOD & CO. | Dog Calendar this year. It will be ready for delivery about December 10th, 16 E. 23rd St., N.Y. SALESMEN WANTED CLARK’S FAMOUS CRUISES January 16, Round the World (westward), | and orders may be placed now, to be filled in the order of their receipt. The price of the $1 to $3000; January 25, to the ‘ f Mediterranean, $600 to $1700, Norway— Calendar is one dollar a copy, Mediterranean, June 30; 52 d. $600 to | xu eka $1300. Europe stop-orer. postpaid. Remittances should Rates include hotels, guides drives, fees. Frank C. Clark, Times Bldg., Cortes I-MADE AT KEY N.Y. be made payable to (cars WwEST— Lire Pustisnine Company, 598 Madison Avenue, New York. GUS TERNAL PRINTING CORPORATION BACOKLYN NEW yom E unmistakable aroma of | wuit- | From Our Readers A Friendly Suggestion DITOR of Live, ‘ew York. t you put a little box on the in- side front cover of Lire stating on what page we can find “The Gay Nineties"? It is annoying to have to go through the whole m zine to find it, as that is the one page we all look for. Very sincerely yours, Mas. Grorce H. Loarure. “Belgraeme,” Wyncote, Pennayleania, Protest from Germany O the Editor of Lirr. Din: I would ha tlemen” or “I so after having seen pag ldressed you by “Gen- ‘ar Sirs’—but I cannot do 12 and 13 of Jition “American Legion Nearly ten years after the g Americans are making such dirty propa- a which is below the dignity of the worst rascal—whenever you ought to be conscious, that affronting a defenceless people, the offence is falling back to the offender. Besides that, I do not under- stand, how you may venture to compare your own countrymen with a swine, be- se Tha al good friends in America who are quite proper fellows— but at any rate—knowledge of onesself is the best way to mending. In a civilysed country just as Germany you never will rve such common and unfair offences and I never believed, s to be so weak and unfair as hemselves of such vulgar pub- lications in order to combat a European competitor who apparently must be very disagreeable to the Long live the Ne © se blemindedness! ft “A WELL EDUCATED 0: Hamburg, Germany. (Nore: Our correspondent refers to tro pages of material in the American Legion Number, reprinted from issues of Lire in the years, 1917-18. The material was reprinted solely for its hie torical interest, to show how considerably the world’s point of view has changed since the war.) war We Wish We Knew O the Editor of Lire, Sims Will you please tell me the sum Lirr i from the British governme and other sources for printing the propa- ganda, both in illustrations and text, that helped influence us to enter the world war. Has Lire again entered into agree- ment with the British government, or if not yet does it intend to do so, to, print propaganda to influence us to aid Eng- land in case she causes another wa) If so, what is or will be the considera for this service? re Luoyp Aamstrons. Walla Walla, Washington. comicbooks.com