Life Magazine – March 9, 1922 (# 2053) – F. X. Leyendecker – Baton Twirler

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Cover : Baton twirler instructing bear playing drum “Balance of Power,” art by F. X. Leyendecker.

– Full page color Velvet tobacco ad.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Laurence Fellows (Kelly tires ad), Charles Dana Gibson (Helen Menken), Oliver Herford (Then here goes everything! She cried.), H. T. Webster (The hip pocket and a suspicious nature), Angus MacDonall (Art criticism – of couple kissing in winter scene)
– Two page centerspread art by Rea Irvin “Winter Sports of Other Lands”, skiing, snickering for suet and much more.
– Some current events include : Bonus, Some of the stay-at-home people made very high wages in the war years when the service men were out of the competition, Hearstquarters, Milwaukee Leader, Norman H. Davis, Kentucky is all torn up over Darwin’s theory of evolution, Mr. Bryan.
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1922 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!