Life, 1929-03-08 · page 34 of 44
Life — March 8, 1929 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page combines satirical content with period advertising typical of 1920s magazines. **Left side:** An advertisement for Absorbine Jr., a topical remedy, uses the pitch "Guard Your Throat." The copy emphasizes preventing irritation and congestion through daily use—reflecting early 20th-century patent medicine marketing that made broad health claims. **Center:** Three brief humorous anecdotes mock everyday situations: a housewife's new servant conveniently locks the previous employer in the bath; a Scotsman panics over his baby swallowing a sixpence (dated 1894, suggesting confusion); a man unsure whether a ribbon matches his wife's needs or reminds him of her birthday, or if he's cut his finger—gentle satire on male forgetfulness and domestic befuddlement. **Right side:** Testimonial advertising for Edgeworth pipe tobacco features pianist "Sam La Mert" endorsing the brand's "cool, well-flavored taste" after thirty years of smoking. This celebrity endorsement was standard advertising practice of the era, lending credibility through professional authority. The page prioritizes commercial content over political satire.
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KEEP IT FREE FROM IRRITATION Life Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Continued from Page 19) some of the dope which he gave his animals when he wanted to speed them | up on the track, and how he had said | perized, forasmuch as I am certain the to his colored boy upon alighting from his trap in the village street, “Be sure to watch which way I run!” This night we did use one of the electric poppers which I received for Christmas, and I was minded again of my decision to be- come a fortune-teller or set up a pop- corn wagon should I suddenly be pau- world would beat a path to my door should I engage in either activity, in | especial if I did put plenty of butter | on the popcorn. To bed very weary, | but soothed by the knowledge that at last. we have reservations for Aiken, for Lord! I should welcome any change or excitement, even to the beholding of a ghost. The time of year is now at hand when I am most fed up on the | eternal buttoning and unbuttoning of | life, and am most confident that the only difference between a rut and a | grave is in the dimensions, No Trouble Whatever Housewire (employing new girl)— | [hope you had no quarrel with your last mistress when you left her? Matp—Oh, no! She was taking a bath and [ just locked her in, took my belongings and left—Detroit News. A Scotsman rang up a doctor in a state of great agitation, “Come quic he said; “ma wee bairn has swallowed | a saxpence.” “How old is it?” asked the doctor. “1894.” ~The Chronicle. “What can I do for you, sir?” “Er— I can’t quite remember whether this is some ribbon that my wife requires matching, or if it's something to remind me of her birthday, or if I’ve merely cut my finger.” —London Calling. For Thirty Years Pianist ‘Encores” This Pipe Tobacco Heavy pipe-smoker finds cool, well-flavored taste—tin in, tin out! If we are any judge of world-travelling pianists, Mr. Sam La Mert knows his notes d » too, after thirty years of smoking, a sweet note in pipe tobaccos when he strikes one. Read Mr. La Mert’s letter: No. 6 Charlemagne Apts 1035 Geary St., J San Francisco,” Cal Auguat 8. 1928 Larus & Bro. Co., Richmond, Va Dear Friends have been a very heavy pipe em for the last thir dh used Edgewor find there is cool and well flavored taste am in the vaudeville business, have traveled all over the world « I would sooner do that than smoke say- thing else, as I have tried all differeat brands, I generally buy a one pound tin and roll it up, and believe me, gentlemen, it is real With b sincerely, Mert La Mert Brothers’ | Piano Novelty Act That's the way Edgeworth Tobacco seems to affect people. It contains a certain “something”’—a likeable quality that al- ways compels pipe-smokers—musical or otherwise—to cry, “Encore! Encore!" From all over the world come good words from seasoned pipe-smokers like Mr. La Mert who have recognized that quality— and just can't help telling of the enjoy- ment it gives them. ‘There's only one way to find out whether Edgeworth sounds the right note in your pipe. That is—try it. If you - have never tried this tobacco let us send you—free of charge —some trial _pipe- loads. Your name and address, sent to Larus and Brother Co., 16S, 21st Street, Richmond, Va., will bring you gen- erous helpings of both Edge. worth Ready- Rubbed and Edgeworth Plug Slice. Edgeworth is sold in sizes to suit the needs and means of all purchasers, Both | Fdgeworth Ready-Rubbed and Plug Slice are packed in small, pocket-size pack- ages, in handsome humidor tins holding | a pound, and also in several handy in- between sizes. | 7 On your radiomtune in on WRVA, Richmond, Va.—the Edgeworth Station. Wave length 270 meters. Frequency 1110 kilocycles.—Special feature: The “Edgeworth wery Wednes- q day evening at nine o'clock, Eastern Standard Time. comicbooks.com