Life Magazine – September 23, 1920 (# 1977) – Narcissism

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Cover : Man worshipping a fancy woman (placing her on a throne and showering her with flowers, fruit and jewelry) while she worships herself, “The worshippers,” art by Rea Irvin.

– Full page color ads for Murad Turkish cigarettes, Rigaud Mary Garden perfume (art by A. D. Rahn), Instant Postum (nice art of owl against the moon).

– Full page black and white ads for Kelly-Springfield tires (art by Laurence Fellows), Goldrich Silvertown Cord tires, White Trucks (First in construction hauling), Hansen Gloves (Essential), Liberty Lens (head lights for car), Leland-built Lincoln cars (Two pages, Henry M. Leland’s own story, with photos of 7 passenger touring car and 5 passenger sedan), Cleveland automobile company (Cleveland Six).

– Full page art or cartoon art by Gluyas Williams (Sightseeing in Switzerland … 2Neat notes that this is especially humorous), Louis Raenaekers (By persuasion or force, we will spread real Russian happiness in Poland and all over the world), Alexander Popini (Your father wishes to see you in the library), Charles Forbell (Love’s Labor Lost, unusual art style for Forbell), Charles Dana Gibson (The high cost of profiteering (Uncle Sam cutting up a roast pig).

– Two page centerspread art by H. T. Webster, A distinguished senator explaining to a mother, who has lost her only son in the great war, why the League of Nations is utter nonsense.

– Some current events include : Mr. Harding is hedging about the League, Is Union labor going to govern the British Empire?, Hunger-striking mayor of Cork Ireland, All of the world is in trouble about coal (necessary to contemporary life).

– “Governor Cox is traveling about somewhere in the West, making a lot of noise and apparently repeating the Republican-slush-fund stories where he thinks they will be acceptable.”

– And much, much more.