Life, 1928-05-03 · page 38 of 46
Life — May 3, 1928 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and entertainment listings**, not political satire. The left side features a **Santa Fe Railway ad** for "Indian-detour" motor tours through New Mexico, promoting visits to Native American pueblos, cliff dwellings, and Spanish missions as exotic tourist destinations. The stylized illustration depicts Native American imagery in the decorative, romanticized manner typical of 1920s travel marketing. The center and right contain **theater listings and reviews** for Broadway shows, including productions like "Strange Interlude" and "Dracula," plus a **tobacco advertisement** (Edgeworth pipe tobacco) featuring a fisherman's testimonial. The page reflects 1920s consumer culture: tourism marketed as exploration of "primitive" peoples, commercial theater entertainment, and tobacco advertising—all presented without the modern awareness of cultural appropriation or health concerns. There is no apparent political cartoon or satirical critique visible on this page.
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' 1 ' i | «tndian-detour” ' 1 ! 1 Hl Beyond New Mexico's train horizons explore by motors, in Santa Fe-Harvey comfort, a little known America of primitive Mexican villages, Spanish Missions, Indian Pueblos, prehistoric cliff dwellings and buried cities—all set in the matchless scenery of the Southern Rockies. Over a mile in the air, the cool, dry climate isa revela- tion in summer. Two-day Puyé Detour—$40 Historic Santa Fé Trail and Old Santa Fé; Tesuque, Santa Clara and Santa Domingo Indian pueblos, and the great cliff dwellings at Puyé. Three-day Taos-Puyé-.Detour— $57.50 All of the two-day Detour plus a mag- nificent 150-mile motor drive to fasci- nating Taos Pueblo, via the rugged gorge of the upper Rio Grande. A NOTE: Rates cover every As re expense, including motor cant? transportation, courier service, <a meals, and hotel accommodations with bath, Mail Coupon W. J. Black, Pass, Traf. Mgr. Santa Fe System Lines 1012-A Railway Exchange, Chicago Please send me free picture folder about the ee | Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, readers should verify from the daily newspapers the continuance of the at- tractions at the theatres mentioned below. More or Less Serious American Laboratory. 222 Fast S4th St—Inti- mate presentation of some excellent plays. Bole- slavsky’s noteworthy direction. Civic Repertory. Fourteenth St—Last week of a triumphant season for Eva Le Gallienne and her company. Por repertory see daily papers. Coquette. Marine Filiott's—Paultless acting by Helen Hayes in an exquisite tragedy of the South. Dracula. Fulton—Spooks, mystery, vampires and s0 on—all the better to scare you with, my child. Interference. Lyceum—Polite London melodrama. Murder handled with care, and A, E. Matthews innocent but willing to shoulder the crime. _ The Ladder. Cort—The seats are free. it out for yourself. The Mystery Man. Bayes—One of the lesser mystery plays of the season. The Outsider. peuliss, wet tangied up ina thrilling drama. sobel Elsom and Lionel Atwill. The Scarlet Fox. Masque—Sergeant Devlin of the great Northwest does some strong. silent stuff in this one. Willard Mack as author and star provides good evening. The Silent House. Morosco—Allan Dinehart and Helen Chandler in a creepy treasure hunt. Oriental touches add to the mystery. Strange Interlude. Golden—A woman with the courage of her emotions furnishes Eugene O'Neill with enough material to begin a play at five-thirty and end it at eleven. And what is more, it holds the audience. Lynn Fontanne and a grand’ Guild cast. Ten Nights in a Barroom. Wallack’s—Sophisti- cates may now sce how the old barnstormers tried to put over Prohibition. The Trial of Mary Dugan. National—Court- room solution of a murder mystery, With Ann Harding and Rex Cherryman as the accused and her attorney-brother. Pine theatre. Pigure Ambassador—Love and thera- With Comedy and Things Like That The Bachelor Father. Belasco—Three extraor- dinary children—the wages of sin—come home to keep their erring father company and succeed riotously. With June Walker and Geoffrey Kerr. Bottled. Booth—An amusing little play about bootlegging in Kentucky. The Breaks. Kiaw—The Nugents in a Texan melodrama. To be reviewed later. Burlesque. Plymouth—Love will find a way even back stage in a burlesque show. One of the season's st. Excess Baggage. Rits—Heart throbs in the two- a-day. A great show working up to a spectacular finale. The Ivory Door. Charles Hopkins—Realists keep cout. Written especially for those with certified imaginations. Our Betters. Henry Miller's—American climbers ii gland as seen through Somerset Maugham's . Ina Claire smartly animating the Paris Bound. Music Box—The froth that floats upon the bitter cup of infidelity. Madge Kennedy, as the wife, leaves well-enough alone—so we're all just where we were before. The Play's the Thing. Empire—Some of Molnar's sugar-coated naughtiness made still more delectable by Holbrook Blinn’s excellent acting. (Continued on next page) It’s Coming— Next Week— the NEW LIFE! Fisherman Says He Never Gets a “Bite” From This Tobacco Let a man find a hole where the fish are biting well, and nine times out of ten, if he is a true sportsman, he will let his friends in on the good news, Evidently the same thing holds true of pipe-smokers. Take the case of Mr, Massey, for example. He has learned from a fellow fisherman how good Edgeworth is, and now wants to tell the world about it himself. Jasper, Tenn, March 23, 1927 Larus @ Bro. Co., Richmond, Va. Gentlemen: I have always wanted to smoke a pipe. After several attempts I gave my “taste” up, for with each trial I got a Dlistered tongue. One evening, when looking over a certain outdoor magazine, I read that a certain fisherman could catch more fish when using “Edgeworth,” so I decided I would try “his” tobacco—for I am no poor fisherman ! The next day I tried to secure Edge worth. The local country storekeeper did not have it, so I sent by a friend to the city for my first Edgeworth. Two things have happened: I still smoke Edgeworth, and the local storekeeper always has a supply. Teatch fish and never get “a bite” from Edgeworth! Yours for keeps, HV. Massey Fishermen are men of action rather than of words, and when they talk the usually “say something.” So, when such a sportsman sings the praises of Edge- worth well, it ought to mean something. To those who have never tried Edgeworth, we make this offer: Let us send you free samplesof Edge- worth so that you may put it to the pipe test. If you like the samples, you'll like Edgeworth wherever whenever you buy ii never changes in quality. Write your name and address to Larus Brother Company, 16 S. 21st Street, Richmond, Va. Edgeworth is sold in various sizes to suit the needs and means of all pur chasers, Both Edgeworth Plug and Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed are cked in small, ketsize packages, 2 andsome humidors holding a pound, 3 also in several handy in-between sizes, On your radio—tune in on WRVA, Ric Varnthe Edgeworth Station, We (arse | meters. Frequency 1180 kilocycles. comicbooks.com