Life, 1928-01-19 · page 7 of 38
Life — January 19, 1928 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **Life magazine page** featuring travel and leisure content rather than political satire. **Top cartoon:** Shows a cocktail party scene with the caption discussing "Pan-American Good Feeling"—likely referencing diplomatic relations or goodwill initiatives between American nations. The joke centers on someone feeling good at a social gathering. **Main article:** "Will I Ever Forget?" is a nostalgic travel piece romanticizing exotic destinations (Hawaii, Japan, Mediterranean locales, Egypt). It adopts the perspective of a traveler reminiscing about glamorous, culturally-distinct places. **Bottom cartoon:** Titled "In Cuba," depicts a portly man with bottles, illustrating Cuba as a destination associated with alcohol and tourism. **"Easy, Now!" joke:** A mild gender humor aside about married women and flapper culture. The page emphasizes **leisure travel and tourism** as aspirational lifestyle content for affluent American readers.
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“Now, I consider that this Pan-American Good Feeling idea is a great thing, don’t you?” “Sure—I'm feeling fine myself.” Will I Ever Forget? ILL I ever forget Hawaii W inace the spell of gleaming Southern seas and opalescent skies, flashing coral strands and nod- ding palm trees, and those three en- chanted isles of Kauai, Oahu, and Maui, where the mind is relaxed, the heart rejuvenated, and Nature plots in so many unexpected ways to keep the visitor forever reveling in the warm surf? Will I ever forget those days of golden sunshine in the Baha- mas, where man is inspired with new conceptions of the joy of living and all are young again in an eternal spring of fruit and flowers? Will I ever forget those fascinat- ing dream-ports of the world, Padang, Singapore, Hongkong, and Shanghai ..-bizarre Hongkong, ris- ing like a jewel out of the blue, a’ breathtaking Orien- tal Riviera, steeped in sun- shine and flowers, where life, vibrant and unreal, is pure romance...and_ ancient Shanghai, embroidered on the fringe of a continent saturated with romance and mystery, full of gardens, temples and bazaars—will I ever forget you? Will I ever forget Japan, Land of the Rising Sun and the exotic umbrella, where the houses are just the size of your heart, and where life is a precious dream and shopping an art, an ex- hilarating game of smiles, curtsies, and exquisite trifles? Will I ever forget the storied lands of the Mediterranean, the cradle of civili tion, the treasure house of pricele scenes from ancient history and Old World romance, affording intriguing glimpses of quaint native i yards, golden shores, and a calm blue sea...the Riviera, Monaco, Venice, Naples, the Isle of Capri, Con- stantinople, the breath of Egypt and the Holy Land, where the mind is relaxed, the heart rejuvenated, and Nature plots in so many arresting ways to make the tarrier shun a workaday world? Will I ever forget all these fascinating winter _ play- grounds of the world? It isn’t likely so long as I make my living writing ad- vertisements for the steam- ship companies. Tup. Easy, Now! NORTH: What would you call a married flapper? West: I don’t know, but I know what I'd call her husband! comicbooks.com