Right off the bat, you can tell that this 1953 magazine is committed to the modest Parisian nature. The tagline implies: PRINTED IN (COMMONER’S) ENGLISH FOR YOU (AMERICAN IDIOTS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE) IN PARIS. And don’t get me started on the little Arab genie proffering fruit to her highness in sage.
Inside, you will find a fair and fun article on Tibet, which supplies the worst drink in the world.
I like the use of grocery in quotes. It makes it seem precious, like a toddler’s version of a real legit grocery, where adults make transactions while standing.
Next, you see a woman with a suspension bridge behind her. No, that’s a hat.
The woman “at left” is this one, wearing a starfish on her head:
Here we see a crew of caravaneers eating yak meat, which is forbidden in their religion, but who cares because they’re probably drunk on low-grade brick tea.
You can just picture the disdain of the author dripping off his lips as he says, “Yaks and mules constitute the entire Tibetan transport system.” Why can’t they be civilized like us? Read on to find out.
No sweeping generalizations here. Also, all Tibetan men are Capricorn.
I Don't Get It 
And the Tibetan ladies do not like Pina Coladas nor do they enjoy walks in the rain, as their hats fall off. The first ruler of Lhaso was Apso the First. He died at a young age of brick tea intoxication. His death led to a brief period of brick tea prohibition. This led directly to the rampant sexuality of the native population. This randiness continued even after the prohibition ended in 149 AD. It seems the brutal and gay population just enjoyed “gettin’ busy”.
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I minored in History and they never taught us this! 🙂
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Wow. Quick, let’s go take photos and write about foreign people who aren’t like us and put it in a magazine. We can study what makes them magnificent and call it National Geographic! No, leave that for the do-gooder Yanks. Let’s just poke fun at how poor they are and call it We’re French and They’re Not!!
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Yes, that’s it in a nutshell. And she should wash that fruit before she eats it, because other people are dirty.
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yet another educational post, Kerbey. Who knew. Those Tibetans–adulterers the lot. Though they do have the eyes not being “quite as slanted” in the plus column. Sheesh. Would love to see a generalization of Americans.
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I still don’t understand why Tibetan fashion trends never seemed to catch on.
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Hmmm…. well, let’s see what that guy got right.
Tibetan tea tastes strange because people aren’t used to the piquant of Yak butter, which is widely used, and not because of bricks of cheap Chinese tea– the really expensive stuff is also often sold in bricks. They typically don’t eat Yak because they’re expensive and hard to replace, and provide for many of their needs.
But, on the plus side, ummm…
Boy, Alexandra David-Neel must be rolling over in her grave. 😀
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I had never heard of her before. A Buddhist writer who lived to be 100 and traveled to Lhasa!
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She was one of the most fascinating people ever– I have all her books. 🙂
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This is kind of nauseating and mind blowing. Especially the little slave on the cover. They left out the part about how the “naturally gay” Tibetan enjoys being lorded over by their Chinese overmasters. What a crock. Makes me sad to be Caucasian.
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You don’t have to add to your white guilt. You only have to be sad if you were French in the 1950s and thought you were better than other people.
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