Life, 1929-06-07 · page 8 of 48
Life — June 7, 1929 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily an **advertisement for Graflex cameras**, not satirical content. The large left-side ad promotes the Graflex as "The One Camera for Travel Pictures," showing a photograph of what appears to be a harbor or dock scene with sailing vessels and workers. The right side contains a "Life Abroad" column featuring international social gossip and news briefs from Vienna, London, Paris, India, Belgium, and Paris again—covering topics like a woman suing her fiancé, complaints about women's clubs, the Venus de Milo arms controversy, and a Maharajah's novelty banqueting train. There is no political cartoon or caricature on this page. The content reflects *Life* magazine's typical blend of lifestyle advertising and cosmopolitan society commentary aimed at affluent American readers.
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Life Abroad VIENNA—The Countess _ Sichy sued her former fiancé, Lieutenant | Klose, for the value of meals he ate at her home during their five years’ The Ownership ofa Graflex Camera engagement. The Court awarded her Makes Artists Of Us All! _ | 520 shillings. LONDON—Englishmen are com. plaining that women’s clubs are get. ting so comfortable and luxurious that their wives won't stay home. They blame Americans for setting the ex. | ample. LONDON—The will of M. C. Chetwynd of South-West London con tained the following clause: “To my wife I leave one pair of my trousers, free of duty and carriage paid, as a symbol of what she wanted to wear in my lifetime, but did not.” PARIS—The missing arms of the Venus de Milo have been discovered in the crypts of the Louvre. Now a great controversy is raging in the Art world as to whether or no they shall be put back on. Most of the connois- seurs say “No, better leave us the ap- peal to the imagination that the statue has always exercised.” INDIA—The Maharajah of Indore has the most novel banqueting table in India. A tiny electric train runs around its edge on a small track. The train contains seven coaches, one cach for carrying brandy, port, sweets, nuts, chocolates, cigars and cigarettes. It starts or stops at the slightest touch of y an electric button. . : a Whe One Camera for Travel Pictures ECAUSSINES, Belgium—The girls The vital difference between “Travel Pictures” | here outnumber the men cight to five, » | and admit that they do not like it. So, and others is that there’s so seldom an oppor- with the consent of the town fathers, they have sent a poster throughout Europe inviting eligible bachelors to tunity to go back and take them over again. Be sure—take a Graflex!s « « « « 4 < attend a week's festival, object, matri- mony. There will be a week of ‘And now there’s a simplified Graflex, priced within reach of everybody. luscious dinners, dancing, and a final 3!” x 4%—speed up to 1/1000 second—$80. Other models $85 to $375. grand ball with “an intermission wherein proposing will be permitted.” FEATURED BY THE BEST DEALER EVERYWHERE PARIS—Prof. Guillain reports to the Academy of Medicine that the American cocktail is a dangerous drink causing the following ailments: epi- lepsy, gastritis, enteritis, physical and psychic asthenia, hepatitis, carditis, | | syncope, insomnia, hypochondrism, é pert anxiety complex and inaptitude for in- ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 4j | tellectual work. Not to mention in- ES | flammatory wives! comicbooks.com