Life, 1928-01-26 · page 33 of 34
Life — January 26, 1928 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two main elements: **Left side**: An advertisement for "Le Paris," a French ocean liner restaurant, emphasizing its sophistication and fine dining experience. The French Line is marketing luxury transatlantic travel. **Right side**: Two distinct pieces— 1. **"Mrs. Pep's Diary"** (continued): A satirical diary entry by "Baird Leonard" mocking upper-class intellectualism. The writer describes pretentious literary discussions (Isadora Duncan, Arnold Bennett) and absurd domestic problems, like farms offering cheaper eggs but inconsistent supply, or obsessing over reindeer recipes. The humor targets snobbish cultural pretension and trivial concerns of wealthy society figures. 2. **"Radical Change in Policy"**: A brief joke about a husband refusing to use a "guest towel" after his wife warned him never to touch it—even though she now wants him to use it before it deteriorates. This satirizes the absurdity of rigid household rules and stubbornness. The page is primarily satirical humor targeting upper-class social conventions and pretension typical of *Life* magazine's editorial voice.
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ee Tee ae T heSmartestRestaurant on the Atlantic ‘Le Paris’ NC E across the New York end of ¢ longest gangplank in the world”. ..and you're in Paris. Down the Grand Stairway of the Paris into the dining salon . . . and you're in one of the three smartest restaurants on the Atlantic. The other two also sail via the French Line, the France and the Ile de France. The service, the atmosphere, the food of a smart club...so, naturally, a crowd per- fectly enjoying itself. Chic...that can't be matched except on another French Liner, unrestrained by the presence of Cuisine. . that doesn't have to ith to restaurant French, or a chef oJ foreign cage where his Gallic soul sulk...In short, the Paris serves the 2s, in the way it does, to the people Joes because it couldn't do anything else and be the Paris at all! The French Line's Weekly Express Ser= the fastest and most direct to London, you your choice of three ships equally smart and equally well-blessed in the f cuisine. . .at Le Havre de Paris no ing to tenders, simply another gange waiting boat-train...three hours, Information from any French Line Agent or Tourist Office, ot write direct to 19 State Street, NewYork City Life Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Continued from page 20) along in ‘Mother India,” whilst I, over Isadora Duncan's autobiog- raphy, was so moved by her inability to understand why anybody shouldn't go anywhere he wanted to go at any time that I was almost minded to follow her own example of making a public appeal for funds. Several cards from poul- January try farms on the first 4th post urging me to buy from them our butter and eggs, which would be cheaper than the same from our grocer, yet I do fear that with the unfluctuating nature of the supply I should be in the shoes of the man in the automat eating-place who was forced to take as much milk in his coffee as the establishment had meted out and not the smaller quantity which he would have elected. Looking through the journals, I did come upon the sanest piece about Arnold Bennett that ever I read in my life, and came near writing its author, Donald Douglas, to tell him so. Lord! I had liefer read Arnold Bennett on a holiday of miserable men than the Sitwells on a burial day of kings, and as for that, if there be a more moving passage in modern literature than the one de- scribing Lord Roberts's funeral in “The Pretty Lady,” I have yet to discover it. There be few who can see the glory of the commonplace and almost nobody who can write about it, and when I did say the same somewhat ruefully to Sam, the great zany burst out a-laughing, and responded nought but to inquire the sum of my last millinery bill. Where- upon I did caution him, calling to mind the lady in Edna Millay’s son- net whose husband would not catch her reading any more but might find himself whistling for her in vain on a future day that was not too fine. Then searching the domestic science pages, in accordance with my new resolve to give our menus greater novelty and variety, but to my dis- gust the only recipes I could find were various ways to fix reindeer meat, which I do call carrying the Christmas spirit just one step too far. Baird Leonard. Radical Change in Policy “Use that guest towel hanging in the bath room,” a wife said to her husband, “After you have repeatedly warned me never to dare to touch it? Well, I guess not. Not me,” replied her mate. “Oh, I know,” said the wife, “but it’s turning yellow from disuse and I want to get some good out of it before it falls apart.”"—Great Bend Tribune. TOBACCO “The Best Pipe Smoke Ever Made!” -—a Smoke proves it! That's where Old Briar Tobacco proves up—in the smoke! ... That's where you convince yourself, as thou- sands of pipe smokers have done, that you've found all of the genuine pleasure of tobacco, at last ... Light up your pipe filled with Old Briar Tobacco, Draw in the fra- grance of its slow burning, flavory leaf. Enjoy its solid comfort and satisfying taste. Smoke it awhile. Then notice how cool and how extra smooth Old Briar is. Years of scientific knowledge in the art of mellowing and blending and generations of tobacco culture have gone into the development of Old Briar Tobacco. Step by step Old Briar has been perfected! And the application of quantity produc- tion—the same as with the finest food products — is what makes it possible for you to enjoy Old Briar at such a reasonable price. Of All the Pleasures Man Enjoys Pipe Smoking Costs the Least In sizes at 25c, 50¢, $1 and $2 United States Tobacco Co., Richmond, Va. SPECIAL OFFER To make you acquainted with all of the genuine of pipe smoking, we will eend you on re- @ generous package of Old 10¢ — coin or stamp — for ‘mailing expense. Tear out and Mail this eveeeessess COUPON Te United States Tobacco Co., Richmond, Va.,U.S. A. LF, 1-26-28 City and State -- \. comicbooks.com