Life, 1929-02-22 · page 25 of 36
Life — February 22, 1929 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and announcements** rather than editorial content or satire. The left side features a **$5,000 short story contest** sponsored by *Life* magazine for 1929, with judges including Ray Long, Merle Crowell, and Robert Benchley. Stories must be 600-700 words and appear weekly. Below that are **travel advertisements**: the Cunard steamship line promoting the *Caronia*, a luxury liner serving New York-Havana routes, and the "New York Havana Limited" service. The dominant right-hand advertisement promotes **Houdaille hydraulic shock absorbers** for automobiles. The ad includes a photograph of the mechanical component and claims Houdaille technology has been standard equipment on premium car brands (Lincoln, Pierce-Arrow, Chrysler, Studebaker, etc.) for 14 years, positioning it as proven rather than experimental. There is **no cartoon or satirical content** on this page—it consists entirely of commercial messaging typical of 1920s magazine layout.
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RaRre Rg Dut d's ra axe. SECOND PRIZE CoworouTss Macazine Short Stories of Life! FIKST PRIZE $3000 $1500 —— JUDGES —— RAY LONG ‘ditor, ROBERT BENCHLEY Associate Editor, Lave Tue Editors of Lire will award $5000 for the best short. stories published in Lire during 1929. They may-be light fic- burlesques, detective or mys- or humorous stories, but t be short: six to seven hundred One story will appear each week lar rates will be paid, on accept- dition to the award, for each hed. Any number of stories may be entered by any one writer, and all will stand equal chance in the final ipts must be typewritten, on one he paper, the pages numbered, name and address of the author cry page, and should be accom- panied by return postage. Address manuscripts to SHORT STORY EDITOR LIFE, 598 Madison Ave., New York City THIRD PRIZE MERLE CROWELL Ammnican Macazine THE NEW YORK HAVANA LIMITED De Luxe Extra Fare Steamship Service Between New York and Havana The Caronia, 31,155 tons, largest and finest transatlantic liner in weekly service to Havana (direct to pier). Newly remodeled with first class service of Cunard’s enssilantio standards, Hot and cold running water; beds, ma: rooms with private bath. Ginss- enclosed deck . . . charming lounges ... verandah café. A new thermotank system of ven- fl tilation which makes inside rooms 4s fresh and airy as outside. Ad- vance hotel reservations in Havana: Special 13-day all- pense t lta jours. No passports Your Local Agent or CUNARD HAVANA SERVICE 25 BROADWAY, N.Y.C. You Can only Compare Wren you equip your car,orbuyacar equipped with Houdaille hy- draulic double acting shock absorbers, you can look for- ward to supreme riding com- fort by looking back at the comfort they have contrib- uted to the world’s finest cars for 14 years. Youcan be sure of what they can do by what they have done. Houdaille shock absorbers are not in the experimental stage. a HOUDAILLE with a HOUDAILLE Hydraulic... double acting ++ + precision made... their performance has justified their cost on cars in all price classes. There is a Houdaille Distributor near you who is an authority on making automobiles ride comfortably. You will find him glad to demonstrate either by a ride in a Hou- daille equipped car or by equipping your own car with a set on trial. Houdaille hydraulic double acting shock absorbers are standard equipment on Lincoln, Pierce-Arrow, Cun- ningham, Stearns-Knight, Jordan, Ford, Nash Ad- vanced Six, Chrysler Imperial, Studebaker President, Graham Paige 6-21,8-27, 8-37, and 33 European cars. HOUDE ENGINEERING CORPORATION 537 E. Delavan, Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. HOUD Hydraulic Double Acting SHOCK ABSORBERS LLE comicbooks.com