Life, 1928-01-05 · page 32 of 34
Life — January 5, 1928 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and lifestyle content** rather than political satire. The "Nogales, Arizona's Oasis" cartoon (top left) is a light travel advertisement showing a couple at the Arizona-Mexico border town, with minimal satirical content—just gentle humor about the border location. The main text content is "Mrs. Pep's Diary," a society column recounting trivial upper-class activities: attending musical performances by minor celebrities, shopping for clothes, and dining at restaurants. The diary's breathless, affected tone ("I did order," "poor wretch") mildly satirizes society women's pretensions and materialism, though gently. The remaining content consists entirely of **commercial advertisements**: travel cruises, cocktail recipes featuring Martini & Rossi vermouth, teeth-whitening products (Forhan's), height-increase supplements ("Grow Taller"), and other consumer goods. There are no clear political cartoons or significant satirical commentary on this page. It reflects Life's function as a magazine mixing light social humor with commercial content for affluent readers.
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Life NOGALES cArizonas Oasis —you dont say Stop off, where the Arizona-Mexico border line runs down the middle of a main street! You'll like the gayety and entertainment of this Spanish-American city ... the hunting, fishing and scenic attractions nearby, Invigorating sun. shine every day; nights cool; altitude 3869 feet. Everybody has a good time in Nogales—a mighty good place to live! Transfer at Tucson—two hours away. Tucson Phoeni was Douglas NOGALES NOGALES WONDERLAND CLUB, Inc., Nogales, Ariz. Please send me free booklet (104) ‘Name a ofddress > ° Clark’s Famous Cruises 24th Mediterranean, Jan. 25; 2 mos., $600 8th Round World, \. 2; (Les Angeles); 4m y-Mediterranea une 30; 5: $600 up. Hotels, Guides, Drives, Feesinclutal Frank C. Clark, Times Bldg. New York After sheathing his diamond-studded dirk and restoring the dazzling damsel to her parent, he mixed this one— \ “The Sultan’s Secret” COCKTAIL "Tiaxe: one cup of Welch's Grape Juice. Six tablespoons of Martini & Rossi non alcoholic Vermouth (Italian or Extra Dry). Half a cup of water. Two tablespoons of sugar, the juice of one large orange. Dissolve the sugar in water. Cut three thin slices of the orange for the garnishing of the glasses. The rest of the orange squeeze and strain into the water and sugar. Add the Vermouth and Grape Juice. Mix it but do not shake. Put it on the ice for about one hour to get very cold. Pour out into the glasses that have been garnished with the orange slices. A cocktail of snap and enticing flavor. More Vermouth can be added according to taste. Send for ‘Happy Days Recipes’’ to W. A. Taylor & Co., 94H Pine St., New York MARTINI & ROSSI VERMOUTH Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Continued from page 12) listen to Florence Kimball sing, which she did with much grace and beauty, and Sam so rejoiced to see Madame Sembrich sitting near us, that he could scarce take his eyes off her. .To Florence's afterwards, find- ing there Ben Powell, back from his long stay in Europe, who does play the piano by himself better than Ohman and Arden put together, and who does differ from Josef Hofmann only in kind and not in degree, and he did sing “Down in the Lehigh Valley” by my special request, to the great delight of the company. December Marge Boothby in before 13th T had risen, eating up all my marmalade, and be- seeching me to accompany her to the shops to buy raiment, a curious thing to do at this season, but Marge says that her wardrobe has not been replenished for so long that she feels as if she were dressing in period cos- tume, so I did yield, withstanding temptation nobly as the various models were paraded before us, and the time which I did cast on the waters of Marge’s vanity was re- stored to me tenfold for that she did order sent to me the loveliest pink negligee that ever I saw in my life, nor did my feeble protests against such generosity avail me aught, to my secret satisfaction. Then to luncheon at an inn, where I did order Oyster Bay asparagus, to Marge’s astonishment, but, truth to tell, I had almost liefer eat it than fresh, in especial with a proper Hollandaise sauce. Indeed, there are certain things in tins which I hold superior to the original prod- ucts, so that my husband, poor wretch, docs at times liken me to Dr. Johnson, whose early poverty so ac- customed him to inferior viands that all his life he preferred butter gone slightly rancid and game that was a little off. To a motion picture afterwards, longing, during the presentation of the feature film, for a program made up entirely of news reels, and then home, all agog to try the new game of patience which Marty Wing did teach me, reflect- ing that every one’s pet game of pa- tience is the one with which Na- poleon or J. P. Morgan or some such whiled away tedious hours. Baird Leonard. In the Toils From a provincial daily: “Six months ago he was apprehended on charges of freud.” Jolly good job! I hate psychoana- lysts.—London Daily Chronicle. WHITE TEETH have nothing to do Ignoring the whitest, cleanest teeth, Pyorrhea wages war against health. 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