Life, 1919-06-19 · page 34 of 42
Life — June 19, 1919 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with satirical humor sections**. The main satirical content includes: **"Our Foolish Contemporaries"** — brief jokes mocking conversational pretension and social hypocrisy. One anecdote ridicules an Attorney-General who talks endlessly yet complains about "silent bores." Another jokes about a young man who never attends church, and a third about a girl praised as wife-material. **"His Contrariness"** — a one-liner mocking someone named Gloom for being so argumentative he claims a parsnip is a vegetable (absurd contradiction used to illustrate his disagreeable nature). **"The Private Wire to Washington"** — promotes Harold MacGrath's spy novel, claiming it contains "one of the best of all" war stories. The page's bulk comprises period advertisements: Capewell Nails, Basline Autowline rope, Cuticura Soap, and Egyptian Deities cigarettes. A cartoon at bottom shows newlyweds joking about tooth pain during their honeymoon—mild domestic humor typical of the era.
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