Life Magazine – January 30, 1931 (# 2517) – Snowball target

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Cover : Startled and angry gentleman in a uniform, a doorman?, has just been hit by a snowball thrown by a child, art by Ralph Fuller.

– Full page ads for Sheaffer’s pens (color), Powers Reproduction Corporation (color, with excellent art of Native American by E. Irving Couse), Hawaii Tourist Bureau (Color, with art of busy beach scene, not signed, Just to eat is an adventure in these tropic isles).
– Full page art or cartoon art by J. R. Shaver (street urchins accosting a man who is spreading sand or gravel on a snow-covered hilly road, “Aw, gee! An’ just when the sleddin’ was getting’ good.”), Edwina (Sinbad : his place is in the home), G. B. Inwood (Portrait of a wrestler), Ellison Hoover (The bank president who opened a speakeasy).
– “An Australian autoist, Norman Smith, hopes to attain a speed of 300 miles an hour.  We understand if he succeeds he becomes an honorary mail truck driver.”
– The Effect of mirrors on barbers, by Tom Sims.
– Two page art by Ralph Barton, From Life’s Family Album, The program is coming in fine, reprinted from Life January 29, 1925.
– Some current events include : The Pope’s Encyclical, the “electorate” of the Catholic Church, The Pope denounces divorce and birth control and contraceptives, The big job at the moment is to feed the hungry, Red Cross and Salvation Army, The market suggestions from the Harvard Business School that preceded the great Stock Market Crash are now amusing.
– And much, much more.