Life, 1928-04-19 · page 36 of 43
Life — April 19, 1928 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and entertainment listings**, not political satire. The main content includes: **Left side**: A Santa Fe Railroad travel advertisement encouraging summer tourism to Western scenic destinations (Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Mesa Verde, Carlsbad Cavern), using the appeal of "Indian-detour" experiences—reflecting 1920s tourism marketing that exoticized Native Americans. **Center**: A "Confidential Drama Guide" reviewing Broadway shows from what appears to be the 1927-28 season, including *Good News*, *Funny Face*, and *The Three Musketeers*. **Right side**: A Forhan's antiseptic mouthwash advertisement and unrelated small ads (student cruises, car rental). **No clear political cartoons appear on this page.** The page reflects 1920s consumer culture and entertainment rather than satirical commentary. The "Indian-detour" phrasing represents period attitudes toward Native Americans as tourist attractions rather than political critique.
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Life and e something we este Pen Lasen Grand Canyon Indian-detour , Colorado Rockies Yosemite Mesa Verde Carlsbad Cavern A Santa Fe representative will plan your trip with greatest econ+ omy of time and money ~ Black, Pass. Traf. Mer. Santa Fe Syatem Lines 1064 Railway Exchange, Chicago ‘Am interested in summer trip ta___ ation and free, fold. Please send me detailed info Indian-detour’ and 7p. “California Picture Book, “Grand Canyon Outings.”* Confidential Drama Guide (Continued from page 32) The Queen's Husband. Pleyhouse—Roland Young in a part made to order in which he portrays a new type of king in an old type of trouble. Dashing comedy by the author of “The Road to Rome.” The Royal Family. Selwyn—Thrilling data phout the private life of some marvelous stage The Shannons of Broadway. Martin Reck— A rustic comedy, strongly flavored with Broad- way, made into a swell show by the Gleasons. Volpone. Guild—To be reviewed later. Eye and Ear Entertainment The Beggar's Opera. Forty-Eighth St.—Effec- tive revival of John Gay's interesting work. Quite worth while. A Connecticut Yankee. Vanderdili—The Knights of the Round Table do their stuff to some of the best music of the year. With William Gaxton and Constance Carpenter. The Five O'Clock Girl. Shubert—One of the pleasantest evenings in town, provided you like catchy music, good dancing, pretty girs and lively comedy. Oh, yes—and Mary Eaton and Oscar Shaw. Funny Face. doing their best ‘to Gershwin music. Kent and Victor Moore furnish the fun. The Greenwich Village Follies. Winter Garden —To be reviewed later, Golden Dawn. Hammerstein's—An claborate operetta, with good singing but rather thin comedy. Louise Hunter heads the cast Good News. Forty-Sixth St.—Co-education with a. singing and dancing accompaniment. The 1927-28 pace-maker for musical comedy. Better begin to try to get tickets now. Keep Shuffiin’. Daly's—A cracker-jack colored show, with Miller and Lyles. The Madcap. Casino—Mitzi simply refuses to grow up—and that's all right with us. Manhattan Mary. 4 follo—Didn't you know Ed Wynn was in this one? My Maryland. Jolson’s—Barbara Prietchie does her historic act, and the “rebel yell” and “Yankee Doodle” get mixed up gorgeously in a good musical show Rain or Shine. Cohan—A first-rate circus entirely surrounded by Joe Cook. Rosalie. New Amsterdam—Elegant musical entertainment, with Manlyn Miller and Jack Donahue. Alrin—Those dancing Astaires William Ziegfeld—Beautiful to see and fine harmony, including “Old Man da sumptuous ‘show of early Missis- sippi ‘days with the troupers. With Charles Winninger, Jules Bledsoe, Helen Morgan and ad White. Sunny Days. Imperial—That's right—this was "A Kiss in a Taxi™ belore they set it to singing and dancing. Frank McIntyre and Billy B, Van provide the laughs. Take the Air. Waldorf—If your Doctor mmends laughter he probably means Will ahoney. The Three Musketeers. as treated royally by Mr. Ziegfeld. Just go. Lyric—The best of Don’t Fatherly Turoven the good offices of an influ- ential American residing in Paris, an ambitious young girl from New York ob= tained an audience with Sacha Guitry the famous actor, who graciously cgn- sented to hear her recite. After listening to a classic or two, the great actor went up to the young aspirant for histrionic honors and placed his hand on her head, as in benediction. “My dear child,” said he, “marry soon. Good-by."—A merica’s Humor. The Way of a Maid Your offense she may blot from her mind, When a woman's forgiveness you crave; Yet, though she forgives you, you'll find She will never forget she forgave. —California Pelican, Away with bad taste and sore throat WHEN yourthroatis sore and raspy or a bad taste makes you feel down-in-the-mouth, rinse your mouth with Forhan’s Antiseptic Refreshant and see how easily it removes all trouble. Use it straight. This scientific antiseptic mouthwash, while safe to use, is powerful enough to combat the disease-breeding germs that cause sore throat and worse. Also it removes bad taste and bad breath, leaving the mouth tingling with its clean refreshing taste. Try this new antiseptic mouthwash. Use it every morning and every night fora week. And you'll use it always. That's how good it is. At your druggist —two sizes, 35¢ and 60c FORHAN COMPANY New York Forhan’s ANTISEPTIC REFRESHANT FOR MOUTH, BREATHAND TASTE HYGIENE A wocat motorcycle cop's idea of a perfect vacation would be to attend a Daytona race against time and not have to do anything about the speedir —Detroit STUDENT CRUISE TOURS via the MEDITERRANEAN Shore excursions Gibraltar, Algiers, Palermo, Naples, Genoa. Entire tourist class chartered exclusively for American tourists. Literature. INTERCOLLEGIATE TRAVEL BUREAU 2929 Broadway, N. Y., YELlowstone 7983 comicbooks.com