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Life — March 22, 1928 — page 33: Life, 1928-03-22

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This page is primarily **advertising and contest material**, not political satire. The top half features a travel contest continuation with humorous reader submissions about Philadelphia landmarks (Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Wanamaker's store). These are light jokes about visitors' confusion regarding the city's geography and architecture—nothing political. The dominant content is **commercial advertising**: 1. **Hamburg-American Line** (large display): A shipping company advertising transatlantic passenger service and pleasure cruises to the West Indies and Northern regions. The text emphasizes comfort and refined service. 2. **Beeman's Pepsin Gum** (lower right): An advertisement claiming the gum aids digestion, highlighting its 30-year track record. 3. **Announcement box**: Notices an upcoming contest winner announcement. The page represents typical 1920s-era *Life* magazine content—mixing reader humor with paid advertisements. There are no political cartoons or social satire visible.

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Lire’s All-America Travel Contest (Continued from page 30) Pennsylvania—close enough to see | IRELAND the stadium, but how could you tell it is concrete when you saw only the brick walls? That “tiny” statue! It’s colossal! And Penn stands there looking north- HAMBURG “AMERICAN LINE easterly toward the treaty ground— not northwesterly where “the vast omFont is the first consideration on the ships of Sante OE ee etece ae this line. Pleasant surroundings—attractive fur- Wanamaker’s store is a bit re- A! nis line. easant sur bres os : moved from City Hall. While nishings—expert ic unobtrusive service—an unex- bounded on the north by Market, the celled cuisine—all contribute to the refined and con- store’s western boundary is Juniper genial atmosphere so essential to travel comfort. Strect—just one block east of Broad. . : . ait : ve Strat ford ‘ and Rite-Cartion Accommodations available in all classes hotels are south of City Hall and a and comfort in every class few blocks east is Independence | PLEASURE CRUISES Square. Here on Chestnut between sth and Gth Streets is Independence Gio the West Indies Cio ‘Northern Hall—birthplace of American liber- and the Spanish Main Wonderlands ty and home of Liberty Bell, but not S. S. RELIANCE that New York-Chicago magazine. S. S. RELIANCE York _ ae _ . March 28... . 16days From New York, June 30 Still farther east on Arch Street is With Baste inHedane 35 days to Iceland, Spitzbergen, the house where Betsy Ross made the RATES $200 UP Norway and the North Cape. first American flag. The east room (capitals suggest HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE White House chamber) of Inde- United American Lines, Inc., General Agents pendence Hall is called “Declara- 28 BROADWAY, NEW YORK tion Chamber” and the boards you Branches in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Montreal, trod there are only copies of the * Winnipeg, or Local Steamship or Tourist Agents. *« originals. Then, too, Washington signed the Constitution but not the Declaration of Independence. Best wishes for another glorious trip M. Carutiste Minor, Danville, Ky. P. S.—Don’t worry about the mis- takes. They caused many a thrill and we're all the wiser now. A Way Out Beccinxs, ambitious but broke, desired toc “nee business as a rag and bone merchunt, for which he required ten pounds. He decided to try to touch the local magnate a actor. He received a sympathetic hearing. “But don’t you think nild be done on less than ten pound id Sir X. @ “Hardly,” replied Buggins. “A hand- cart would cost at least that amount.” “Um, yes! But what guarantee can you me for the money? Burgins thought rapidly for a moment. e@ e e “Well, sir, you could have your name painted on the handcart.” —Pearson’s Weekly (London). A flavor that is refreshing and a Announcement of the fine quality that has been main- ?AND PRIZE WINNERS tained for more than thirty years in Live’s Avt-America TRAVEL have made Beeman’s the choice of Contest will be made in the discriminating people. Chew it March 29th issue of Live. Out after meals. It aids digestion. Next Week. Watch for It. comicbooks.com