Life, 1918-12-12 · page 30 of 34
Life — December 12, 1918 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three brief satirical jokes and an automobile advertisement: **"Up-to-Date if Not Poetic"** mocks literary pretension by quoting Richard Le Gallienne on sincerity in poetry, then undercutting it with a beach anecdote where a woman admits she doesn't understand "poetic excellence" but rides in them anyway—satirizing public indifference to high culture. **"The Word Was Pale"** is a short joke about a salesman pitching a grand piano to a customer, with the punchline relying on wordplay (unclear from OCR but likely about "pale" or "sale"). **The cartoon** (center) shows a figure carrying an enormous head, captioned "The Heavy Syphilis"—a visual pun making fun of venereal disease as a metaphorical burden. **"Some Car"** and other brief jokes mock automobiles and stock market speculation. The page primarily advertises the **Locomobile Semi-Touring automobile**, a luxury convertible for six passengers, manufactured by the Locomobile Company of America. This reflects the era's fascination with early automobiles as status symbols.
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