Life, 1928-03-01 · page 41 of 42
Life — March 1, 1928 — page 41: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page primarily contains **advertisements and contest results** rather than political satire. The main content includes: **Contest Section:** Life magazine ran a travel trivia contest where readers answered geography questions about America. The "winning answer" shown corrects factual errors about Texas and Tennessee locations—for example, clarifying that Memphis, Tennessee (not Egypt) was the reference, and that Little Rock sits in foothills, not the heart of the Ozarks. **Advertisements:** The page features two product ads: Murine eye drops (promising to restore youthful brightness to dull eyes) and Melachrino cigarettes (emphasizing they burn slowly and stay cool, with a drawing of a woman applying eye drops as visual humor about bright eyes). The satirical element is minimal—mainly the irony of promoting "bright eyes" while advertising cigarettes on the same page. This reflects 1920s advertising practices before health warnings existed.
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Lire’s All-America Travel Contest —— PRIZE WINNERS (Kay’s Ninth Letter) First Prize of $75.00—won by J. J. Donat, 205 Third Street, San Francisco, Cali- fornia. Three Second Prizes of $25.00 each—won by: A. C. Jessen, 1641 Haw- thorne Avenue, Houston, Tezras. Mrs. Arnotp H. Sniper, Salisbury, North Carolina. W. C. Witvey, 75 West Street, New York, N.Y. The Winning Answer to Kay’s Ninth Letter San Francisco, Calif. Feb. 3, 1928. EAR Kay: I hope you don’t feel hurt, but —Memphis has an organized militia called “The Memphis Light Guard,” not “The Memphis Blues,” which is the name of a popular song. Memphis, Egypt, was destroyed about thirteen hundred, not two thousand, years ago. From the Mississippi, you flew up to have bright eyes To restore the lustre of youth to dull, lifeless eyes, simply apply a fewdrops of harmless Murine. Also use it when your eyes are blood- shot to quickly clear them up. EYES E HOSTESS When the guests have gone, she sees ashtrays of half-smoked cig- Arec[ees. Its all because the ordi- nary cigarette’ burns so fast that it cooks ay its own flavor. Be- comes too hot, too parching to be enjoyable. With} elachrino you're at the height of enjoyment at the half-way point The fine Turkish tobaccos are slow-burning . therefore coool . therefore mild. That's why you enjoy Melachrino to the tippiest end RINIAT A AISKNEAESKBNEINTD "\ M.WEXLACHRING SCO \> LA AACUsEMS The ONE cigarette sold the world over MILD ano COGDL MELACHRINO Cl GARE T T E S PLAIN, CORK and STRAW ENDS (not down) the Arkansas River to Little (not Litttle) Rock in the foot- hills, not heart, of the Ozarks. The city was originally named “le Petit Roche,” not “la Petite Roche,” and nearby is Fort Logan H. Roots, not Fort Logan, which is in Denver. Dallas, Texas, was named after George Mifflin Dallas, not ‘“‘for” Alexander J. Dallas. Machinery for ginning cotton, not for making gin, is manufactured there. Ethan Allen never vanquished any Indians in Fort Worth but fought in Vermont during the Revolutionary War. And in Austin you met ex- Governor Miriam A. Ferguson (she lost her job), and you saw the Uni- versity of Texas, not Texas Uni- The Battle of The (capital lamo was fought between Texans and Mexicans (not Indians) and all the Texans were killed. Davy Crockett and Colonels Travis and Bowie were the outstanding heroes. Kit Carson and Daniel Boone were not there. Eventually, Texas became a republic and was admitted to the Union. But at that time Tris Speaker and the American League had not yet been born. Houston, slightly northeast of San (not St.) Antonio, was named after Samuel Houston (Cont. on page 40) read Life regularly EVERY week! comicbooks.com