Life, 1929-06-21 · page 34 of 40
Life — June 21, 1929 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page combines satirical editorial content with period advertising. The left side features a **Dunlop golf ball advertisement** mocking the product's quality—the illustration shows a golfer in an exaggerated bent posture, humorously suggesting the ball is defective. The center column continues "Mrs. Pep's Diary," a satirical society column lampooning upper-class concerns. The diary references the "Mrs. Gann episode"—likely referring to Dolly Gann (sister of Vice President Charles Curtis), whose social standing sparked 1920s Washington controversy. The entry mockingly juxtaposes trivial concerns (finding an old dress, reading detective novels) with political anxieties about Democratic representation in Republican communities. The right side advertises luxury cruises to South America and Africa, targeting wealthy travelers. The "Duchess of Atholl" ship advertisement emphasizes colonial destinations, reflecting the era's imperial tourism attitudes. Overall, the page satirizes consumer culture, elite social pretensions, and the leisure interests of the American upper class during the interwar period.
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ANYONE ASK FOR A BETTER GOLF-BALL THAN DUNLOP? PORTED “BLACK” ONE DOLLAR Life Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Continued from Page 17) such visitations, is not entirely on the consolation of the afflicted. One of Sam’s clients, a Mr. Blank of Geneva, to dinner with us, confiding that as almost the only Democrat in a hot Re- publican community he had small op- portunity to speak his full mind at home, but could not help wondering aloud to us, whom he deems broader- minded than provincial partisans, what, apropos of the Mrs. Gann episode, those persons are now thinking who were so fearsome for what the Smith family might do in the White House. May 31—Early up, and down to our bin in the basement to search for my college Commencement dress, which I am requested to wear at a stunt party during our class reunion, but Lord! it would not encase me by more inches than I do care to set down, and I do marvel not so much that one small head could carry all I thought I did know at the time as that I did ever have so slender a waist. Much struck, too, by the amount of lace and em- broidery which did adorn our batiste frocks in those days, and albeit it is a sign of senility to say so, I do think they. had a certain loveliness which the simpler, more sensible white frock of today entirely lacks. A tray luncheon of mushrooms and grapefruit salad, and then to reading “The Bow- ery Murder,” which does contain the simile, “as anxious as an old lady at Mass with bread in the oven at home,” and I must set down credit to the author for using “etc.” after the open- ing sentence of obvious newspaper ac- counts instead of rehashing the entire business. Next, to “Find the Woman,” which suited me better in that it started off straightway with a man found dead in his drawing-room, and concerned itself not all with ward poli- tics, scientific discoveries or interna- tional amelioration, motifs which I have come to dislike strongly in mys- tery fiction. Moreover, the guilty murderer turns out to be the person whom a babe in arms would first sus- pect, which is also a greatful change. H. T. Webster and Ethel to see us, and Webbie told how the life ambi- tion of one of his acquaintances was to see Vincent Lopez with his hair mussed, and how his own was to hear a woman whose gown has just been admired vouchsafe that the garment is new. Dinner at a publick, where I did see a woman with a hatpin in her hat. And as I picked my way carefully through the choice offerings on the card, Ethel did tell me of a friend who diets so strictly that she has ceased to use lip rouge for fear of consuming some of it. For those who have traveled! Africa Cruise Eo you ... Canadian Pacific presents the most intriguing of cruises. On January 21, next, you sail out of New York’s winter straight into West Indies’ summer. Then... Rio de Janeiro... Montevideo... Buenos Aires... capitals of sister empires. Then...startling contrast, the lone- liest colony in the world, Tristan da Cunha. South Africa... jungles... Victoria Falls ... Kaffir kraals. A swift curtain . .. Dar-es-Salaam... Mombasa. Finally... Egypt and the Mediterranean. 104 days. Your home throughout is the Duchess of Atholl . . . 20,000 gross tons. Ball-louvre pressure ventila- tion. A whole deck of stunning, modern-decorated public rooms. Another whole sports deck. OTHER WINTER CRUISES Round-the-World .. . December 2 Mediterranean (two)... Feb.3...13 West Indies, Dec. 23, Jan. 10, Feb. 11 The alluring details are in book- lets. If you have a good travel-agent, ask him. Information also from any Canadian Pacific office. New York, 344 Madison Ave....Chicago, 71 E. Jackson Blvd. ... Montreal, 201 St. James St., West... and 30 other cities in U. S. and Canada. Canadian Pacific World's Greatest Travel System comicbooks.com