Life, 1929-06-07 · page 4 of 48
Life — June 7, 1929 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or commentary. The left side features a full-page ad for the "New Manoir Richelieu," a luxury hotel resort in Murray Bay, Quebec, Canada. It emphasizes amenities like an eighteen-hole golf course, tennis courts, and horseback riding, targeting wealthy tourists seeking "Seigneurial grandeur." The right side contains a section titled "Jumping at Conclusions"—a recurring *Life* feature showcasing humorous story fragments and reader submissions. These brief, absurdist snippets are designed for entertainment rather than political commentary. The small illustration at bottom shows a domestic scene, likely accompanying one of these joke snippets. The page represents typical 1920s *Life* content: advertising revenue mixed with light humor for leisure-class readers.
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Set in Sunlight and Pines At Murray Bay, Quebec, (Canada VEN if the Manoir Ricnevieu were isolated in the lap of the Laurentian Mountains it would still offer every sport and pleasure that summer could suggest. Its own magnificent eighteen hole golf course; its tennis courts; swimming pool; saddle horses—all would serve to complete the picture of Seigneurial grandeur and luxury of living. But the New Manoir Ricuetieu is at Murray Bay, the “Newport of Canada”. Its six hundred guests draw upon the many fashionable cottages for added companionship on the links or in the ballroom. There is a mingling of smart people from every large city on the continent and a constant flow of life and gayety that finds its highest expression in and around the Manoir. The St. Lawrence river, fourteen miles in width, flows beneath the terraces and green lawns that front the hotel. From the driveways at the back unbroken forests of pine mount in great, shouldering slopes to “Beulah”, the highest point, where the four winds play. And, scattered around the horseshoe of the bay, are the pleasant cottages and the winding motor road that leads you on and on. 300 Douse Rooms 300 Private Batus For handsomely illustrated Booklet, full particulars, rates, etc., apply to J. O. Evans, Manager of Hotels, 715 Victoria Square, Monrreat, P.Q., Caxava. CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES Agents in the Principal Cities of the United States and Canada, or your own Tourist Agent. MANOIR RICHELIEU MR10 Jumping at Conclusions Note—When reading a story that breaks over to another page, include the “continued” line with the last line and see what you get! “Oh, no, I don’t, Bruce!” “I say you do. Think what you continued on page 174. —Woman's Home Companion. Continued from page 56 over the door. Nor did she sec any irony in that. —Pictorial Review. You'd get to despise me if you turn to page 113. —Delineator, Continued from page 42 was our guide lying on his stomach, clawing the ground convulsively and making his body twitch. —Collier’s. You never had a baby and made him your ‘whole life; you never woke up a dozen times in the night just to make sure he was continued on page 135. —McCall's. “Would it matter?” “I don’t know,” says I. “Only I'm continued on page 160. —Woman's Home Companion. “I wonder,” Reggie murmured. He drew a long breath. “Well, let's turn to page 82. —Delineator. There's been a lot of squawking about professionalism lately, since Til- den got continued on page 98. —Saturday Evening Post. Jump at one yourself! Lire will pay five dollars for each one printed. First come, first served. Send them to the Conclusion Editor, Life, 598 Madison Ave., New York. Conclu- sions must be clipped from newspaper or magazine. “Where've you been all my liver?” LIFE: Gublighed Weekly by Life Pubtishing Company, $98 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. Subscription, $5.0. Vol. 93, No. 2431, June 7, 1929. Ent’d as 2od Class Matter New York, June 8, 1883, at New York Post Office, under act of March 3, 1879. Printed in U.S. A. Ent'd as 2nd Class Matter at the Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio. Ent'd as 2nd Class Matter at the Post Of.ce Dept., Canada. Copyright 1929, Life Pub. Co., in U.S., England and Pritish Possessions. comicbooks.com