Description
Black and white 9 3/4″ x 13 1/2″ ad for the Statler Hotel Chains. This is another one of the five-frame cartoons that has a story to tell. In the first one, it says that “Test Tumbe Tim, whose methods were very scientific. Was told that people everywhere think Statler is terrific. And when he heard it rumored that you really are a guest. He came with his equipment and put Statler to the test”. In the second frame, “Said Test Tube Tim to Statler chef, ‘With scientific zeal. I’ve researched your delicious food – a most rewarding meal. Your generous portions suit me fine, you serve them piping hot. If chefs could win a Nobel Prize, you’d get it right on the spot”. In the third one, he is saying “‘And now I’ll take a sampling of this steaming H2O. Its thermal coefficient’s fine…the towels gleam like snow. They’re stacked up half a meter high, with soap-a-plenty too. (Thus science proves that Statler baths are just the baths for you“. In number four, he is fast asleep and dreaming and he is saying that “It takes an able scientist to research in his sleep. Especially in a Statler bed, with matress soft and deep. I’ll snooze away awhile, ‘he sighed, ‘and make a tabulation. I count…eight hundred…springs…and more – this finding’s a sensation“. In the last one, he is leaving the Statler and he says “‘Eureka!’ shouted Test Tube Tim…’My research is complete! I’ve found that Hotel Statler’s on a most convenient street. The business district, shows and shops are always close at hand. So let me say in summary – by gosh, the Statler’s GRAND”.
Source: October 15, 1951 Life magazine.
