Life, 1929-05-31 · page 28 of 36
Life — May 31, 1929 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines travel advertising with satirical humor and product promotion, typical of Life magazine's 1920s format. **Left side:** A Hamburg-American Line advertisement promoting luxury cruises to Northern European destinations (Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia). The appeal to "adventurers" selling exotic Arctic scenery reflects the era's fascination with adventure tourism. **Center:** A "Confidential Guide" listing popular 1920s sheet music and phonograph records—mostly jazz and show tunes from Broadway productions like "Little Show" and "Follow Thru." This reflects the Jazz Age's cultural dominance. **Right side:** "Mr. Yegge's Letter"—a humorous anecdote where an American tourist in Paris hands a Frenchman an insulting note, is arrested by police, and finally learns the letter blew overboard before the Captain could read it. The joke satirizes both American tourists' ignorance and French volatility. **Bottom right:** A Simmons watch chain advertisement—luxury goods marketing typical of Life's affluent readership. The page reflects 1920s consumer culture, travel trends, and gentle satire of American abroad stereotypes.
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© NORTHERN WONDERIANDS Are You an Adventurer At Heart? IF 0 you owe it to yourself to visit the famed lands of the Vikings. Lands of breath-taking and primi- tive scenic beauty —of snow- capped peaks and winding fjords, towering crags and foaming water- falls—and tiny villages nestling in verdant valleys. GREENLAND—ICELAND SPITZBERGEN The NORTH CAPE and SCANDINAVIAN Capitals —briefly is the itinerary, but all the while your home is the luxurious S. S. RELIANCE the Ideal Cruising Steamer. Sail from New York on June 29th —your chance to do the unusuall Seven short cruises—from 16 to 26 days—will be made from Hamburg by the “RESOLUTE,” “OCEANA” and “ORINOCO.” Write for descriptive literature HAMBURG-AMERICAN 39 Broadway LINE New York Calonon, 171 6. Wchtoan Avey St Louie: 013 Chive Sts Philadelphia, 262 Life Confider tial Guide (Continued J from Page 25) Dance Numbers (Sheet Music) “Or What Have You” (Little Show) “Moanin’ Low” (Little Show) “Hut in Hoboken” (Little Show) “Your Love Is All That 1 Crave” Around) “Button Up Your Overcoat” (Follow Thru) “I Want To Be Bad” (Follow Thru) “Song in My Heart” (Spring is Here) “Yours Sincerely” (Spring is Here) “Caught in The Rain” (Little Show) (Messin® Records Bertone A Nest For Many—(2) 1 Usp To Love Her tx Tut Moonuicur (Col- umbia) Two conventional fox-trots well played. Tuat’s You Basy—(2) Bic Crry Brurs (Columbia) (1) Fast and hot, with a surprise at the end. (2) Slow blues sung by Annette Hanshaw. Lavy or Tite Morxinc—(2) Perrume oF Roses (Columbia) Two grand tunes, includes guitar, and ac- cordion solos. Do Somerminc—(2) Trat’s Wity I't Happy (Victor) Helen Kane sings two amusing numbers. T Kiss Your Hanp Mapame—(2) Josepurra (Victor) (1) Fox-trot with tango suggestions, (2) Slow sentimental fox-trot. Mr. Yegges Letter (Continued from Page 7) Dumbfounded Mr. Yegge stumbled to the street. A benevolent looking Frenchman, with a beautiful sorrel beard was passing. With a whimper- ing noise Mr. Yegge handed him the paper—the Frenchman read it and, turning a look of livid hate and con- suming fury upon the unfortunate American, strode away. Mr. Yegge flung himself upon a nearby policeman, who, after reading the letter, handcuffed Mr. Yegge and led him off. At the police station he was roundly abused, locked up and given twenty-four hours to leave the country. Next morning a detective put him on the boat for Cherbourg. Several hours out, the Captain no- ticed a man muttering morbidly to himself. Fearing a suicide at sea, he questioned him. Mr. Yegge broke down, and told in detail the nightmare of his forty-eight hours in Paris. The Captain roared. “Why, hell, man, that’s nothing. These French- men are funny fellows. You never know what they'll do, but I'm one of your kind. Show me the letter.” Mr. Yegge passed: over the note. The Captain opened it to read. This time it was Mr. Yegge who cried out. A gust of wind had blown the paper overboard. A good watch deserves a good chain Tue kind of watch you know you carry is inferred by the chain others see you wearing. A good watch deserves a good chain... a chain with as much thought given to it as to the watch itself!... There are such chains, and Simmons makes them, The white gold-filled Wal- demar above was designed especially for the Waltham Colonial. The number is 30869, and it costs $9.50. A spirited, modest design, the chain affords a notable instance of Simmons craftsmanship— and can, of course, be used with other well-known watches. There are many Simmons designs especially beautiful for graduation and wedding gifts at your jeweler’s. R. F. Simmons Company, Attleboro, Massachusetts, SIMMONS TRADE MARK CHAINS comicbooks.com