Life, 1915-10-28 · page 38 of 52
Life — October 28, 1915 — page 38: what you’re looking at
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This page collects brief satirical jokes mocking contemporary social attitudes and behaviors. The cartoons and quips target: **"Passing the Mustard"**: Satirizes intellectuals who adopt pretentious scholarly pursuits (studying "Egyptian profanity") to appear cultured, when they've simply tired of golf. **The telegram joke**: Mocks penny-pinching practicality—a man announcing his uncle's death cuts the phrase "with grief" to save money on telegram costs, reducing human emotion to expense. **Chorus girls joke**: A mild double entendre about chorus girls having to "bare a great deal." **The soldier/workman exchange**: Satirizes union labor consciousness—a workman finds a soldier's battle story implausible not because of military details, but because no union would tolerate such working hours (6am-7pm). **The peddler joke**: Plays on persistent salesmen and women's shopping habits. The page also advertises corsets ("Figure Mold"), cigarettes, and other period products. The humor reflects early 20th-century class attitudes, gender stereotypes, and labor politics.
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