Life, 1918-02-21 · page 34 of 40
Life — February 21, 1918 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains several short satirical pieces: **"Unsafe Experiment"**: Tourists watch Professor X unwrap an ancient Egyptian mummy. A romantic young woman suggests reviving him—until someone points out they'd have to *pay* him for his time. The joke: treating the dead laborer as someone who'd demand wages, mocking both romanticized views of the past and labor disputes of the era. **"Historical?"**: A shepherd applying for work is asked if any woman would object. He replies a woman already tried his work and "made a mess of it." The satire targets gender stereotypes and workplace discrimination. **"Transferred"**: A chatty houseguest repeatedly says he's leaving but stays. When he mentions his headache is gone, the hostess replies she's got it now—implying his company gave her one. Standard drawing-room humor about unwanted visitors. The remaining content is mostly **advertising** (cigarettes, books on sexology, foot powder, cement) typical of 1920s magazine filler.
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FOOLIS CONTEMFO ARIES Unsafe Experiment The party Professor X as he of tourists were watching umed the wrapped ptian, ing from the utensils about hix remarked the professor, “this mui | must have been an Egyptian plumber, “Wouldn't it be interesting,” said a | romantic young lady, “if we could bring him to life | “Interesting, but a bit ri returned mebody might have to } pay him for his tim —Browning’s Professor X, Historical > At a military tribunal in the border district one member asked the applicant, a shepherd, if he knew of any reason | why his work should not be undertaken woman. nonce tried it,” he replied the ade a mess of it.” red the chair- the shepherd. | STitBits, “Want is meant by a full and acti member of society?” “Why, in order to be in society you must be full and active most of the time.” —Froth, Herbert Tareyton London Smoking Mixture Sample upon request Falk Tobacco.Co, 58 West 4s St. NewYork. SEXOLOGY by William H. Walling, A.M., M.D. ina clear, wholesome in one volume: In a Pinch, use ALLEN'S FOOT.EASE Aunt and Uncle Aumt—A_ predestined mother lacking otispring of her own, is entitled to share, on o¢ nm, in the which is the peculiar prerogative of tho mantle of mot who, atiection who wear the purple ward efforts to app pirations of childhood | should be received with becoming toler- | ance: a visitor from Mars within the four walls of the nursery who is expected and permitted to feel only such detached in- terest as might be the portion of a scien- | lific observer from a remote world and a foreign civilization —The Outlook. —An unattached man whose awk rin sympathy with the aims and Transferred Mr, Rattlepate put down his teacup for the fifth time rei “Well, T must be going.” “Don't let me keep you, Mr. if y arked to his hostess: wst go,” said his he said Rattle. But, believe me, Mrs. Bearit, T do enjoy a little chat with you, Do you know, I had 1 really mi pate. quite a headache when T came here, but now [ve entirely lost it.” Oh, it isn’t lost,” said Mrs. Bearit, patiently ; “I've got it now."—Tit-Bits, W' may do without sweets, | We may do without wheats, ! We may do without meats, We may do without heats; hut there isn’t a single one of us who can be happy and do without an annual subscription to Lire. |The Farm Mortgage FAMILIAR QUOTATION “OUR HERO SLEPT LIKE A BABY" as an Investment An article showing the reasons for the growing popularity of farm mortgages among experienced investors, reprinted in pamphlet form from SCRIBNERS q MAGAZINE, will be sent, upon receipt of 2c postage, to any reader mentioning Lire. Investors’ Service Bureat SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE 593 Fifth Avenue New York = PAGE’ CHINA cine 7 STANDS HOT AND COLD WATER Abs