Life, 1928-05-10 · page 48 of 50
Life — May 10, 1928 — page 48: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and readers' letters**, not political cartoons. The "Roses and Razzberries" section contains reader complaints and praise: 1. **First letter**: A druggist protests Life's satirical definition of "Drug Store" as a place selling tires, liquor, and pincushions, and "Pharmacist" as a "Licensed bootlegger." He calls this libelous. This references **Prohibition-era tensions**—the implication that pharmacists illegally sold alcohol under the guise of medicine. 2. **Second letter**: A frustrated writer complains that Life rejected his poem, then reprinted it in another publication credited to "Our Foolish Contemporaries"—essentially stealing his work. 3. **Third letter**: A subscriber cancels because Life allegedly promotes anti-Prohibition propaganda. The bulk of the page features product advertisements (Decker's ham and bacon, Craven tobacco, travel services). There are no political cartoons visible—this is a typical early 20th-century magazine letters section combined with commercial content.
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LIFE At That To-Be- Remembered Dinner Restful quietude . . . snow-white damask gleaming silver . . . flowers of exquisite tints and odors . . . p ump crimson apples . . . baked ham, golden-brown, clove-studded, fresh from the oven! And such ham! No element of artificiality deprives it of inherent deliciousness. Just as in the days of long, long ago. Decker's 7own ZiusHam produced only from young porkers raised in America’s famous corn belt, cured in the slow, painstaking way so vitally essential in the de- velopment of full flavor-richness—and_then, not sparingly, but for days and days, given a finishing touch of lusciousness with real, green, hickory-wood smoking. It is not a canned cooked ham. They are served by the clubs whose memberships demand the finest, the bet- ter hotels, and on private cars and are available to you by ordering direct from us. They weigh between 12 and 16 Ibs. The price is soc the Ib. delivered. Add sc per pound west of the Rockies. Zawn ZiusBacon is cured and smoked the same long, careful way—tanged bout 3-6 Ibs. and priced at Special proposition for Country Ch Hotels and Re y DEALERS —Ask for e: ve franchise. Jacos E. Decker & SONS Creators of TOWN CLUB HAMS & BACON Maton City, out in Lowa , Town Clubs nk ik Roses and Razzberries DRUGS, ETC. To tHe Eprtor or Lire. Sir: The writer wishes to call your at- tention to an article on page six of the December fifteenth issue of Lire in which the statement is made that: “Drug Store: Any shop handling automobile tires, liquor, pincushions and—” “Pharmacist; Licensed bootlegger.” The writer considers these state- ments untrue and libelous of both his profession and his store and thinks that an apology should be forthcom- ing to himself and to the druggists of the country at large. To say the least, statements of this sort in as high grade a magazine as Lire are in very bad taste. Louts V. Mippeton Mipoeton’s Druc Store, Granp. Rapips, Mic. THERE'S NO ANSWER TO THIS To tHe Eprrors oF Lire. Sirs: Cheapskates, that’s what you are! I could wish your Exchange Editor were | head of the Editorial Desk. “Why don’t you sell your stuff?” | my friends keep asking. So I sent a four-line verse to Lire some weeks ago....which they returned, plus the conventional remarks. I then sent it (don’t tell Riq) to the Chicago Evening Post. And this week's Lire contains a reprint of the verse un- der “Our Foolish Contemporaries”... | at how much a word? In just indignation (is that all, you'll probably ask), Tracy SAMUELS Cuicaco, Int. Q EDGAR ALLAN POE, FOR INSTANCE To tHe Eotror oF Lire. Sir: For some years past I have not only been a regular subscriber to Lire, but I have also subscribed for from two to six additional copies as Christmas pifts to friends, and I think it is only Bie for me to state why I am not re- newing any of these sv seripoons — It has seemed as thous! the sone chief pur; in the minds of those who Todas the magazine has been to circulate propaganda against Prohi- bition. I have never been an active partici- pant in any so-called Reform move- ments, but out of an experience of OG ARRERAS L ia ‘The famous Carreras Tobscco Sho at $3 Wardour St., London, near Pucadsl Hew strange to see some men who woul never offer any cigar of lesser quality than a imported Havana—bidding friends fill ther pipes with indifferent tobaccos! Yet CRAVEN MIXTURE—finest of imported English pipe tobaccos—costs but little more than the ordinary variety. CRAVEN MIXTURE—a truly fine imported tobacco, first blended at the command of the Third Earl of Craven in 1867—can now be had at the better tobac:onists in America and Camda, too. Fora liberal sample tin send 1o¢ in stamps to Carreras, Ltd., Dept. 30, 220 Fifth Ave., New York. Crayen Imported from London To PARIS & ITALY Marseilles, Vienna, Trieste, Italy and Central Europe For a change—try this de luxe Southern Service to Paris, via Mar- seilles. World's fastest. motor-ships to Paris, Vienna, Trieste, Rome, the Riviera and Central Europe. The last word in luxurious accom- modations and cuisine. Motor terry service—drive on here, drive off at destination—no crating or packing: surprisingly economical rates. Send for brochure of interiors, descrip: tions, rates, and sailing dates. Any Steamship Agent, or Direct to PHELPS & CO., General Agents Cosulich Line 19 Battery Place, New York Sail on World’s Fastest Motor Ships SATURNIA VULCANIA 24000 Gross Tons— 24000 Gross Tons— No Smoke or Cinders No Smoke or Cinders PRESIDENTE WILSON Famous for Her Superior Service to Italy comicbooks.com