Life, 1919-07-03 · page 36 of 52
Life — July 3, 1919 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief satirical jokes typical of early 20th-century humor magazines, plus an automobile advertisement. **The Cartoons/Jokes:** 1. **"No Doubt About It"**: A businessman's typist receives his wife's call. The joke is that his wife only needs to say one word—"idiot"—for him to understand she wants him home immediately, suggesting marital tension or the wife's low opinion of him. 2. **"An Odd Person"**: A woman dresses modestly to *attract* attention rather than avoid it—satirizing paradoxical female behavior or vanity. 3. **"A Tactical Blunder"**: A newlywed bride promises to ignore her husband in public to hide their recent marriage, but an older friend warns this backfired in her own marriage, implying the husband took her at her word permanently. 4. **Other brief jokes**: Include marital complaints (noisy children, aging spouses losing affection). **The Advertisement**: Features a Locomobile luxury automobile, described as a "smart custom built town car." These represent typical domestic humor of the era—largely focused on marriage, wives, and gender relations—rather than political satire.
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No Doubt About It Business Maw: Who is at the ‘phone? Tyrist: Your wife, sir. Business Man Tveist: The only “id sir, What does she want? word’ I can make out is I'll come at once. She probably wants to talk to me. —London A Business Man: Genius “TL suppose you could solve this great political problem in a few words.” Oh, yes,” replied the ready explainer. “But with an eloquence like kind or generous to be brief? ——Washington An Odd Person modestly she dresses, and how rine, is it Star. “ How sensibly!" “Yes; that woman will do anything to attract attention.”—Boston Transcript, DON'T HAVE Lire is published eve Canada and British P in advance. Addition: to Canada, 52 cents. from date of pul . simultaneously States, Great I n U.S, Patent Office. $5.00 a year in the Postal Union, $1.04 a year; Back numbers, after three months Issues prior to 1910 out of print. ritain, postage to foreign countries Single current copies, 10 cents. ication, 25 cents. The text and illustrations in Live are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, E. C. apply to Live, R 1s How . Engl i * AND WE'LL GROW OLD TOGETHER, DEAREST.” Voice from Head of Stairs TO DO IT DOWN THERE, DO You? A Tactical Blunder rae The bride-elect had been showing her presents to a party of admiring friends. “And I've got such a good idea,” gushed. “I'm so afraid people will cover we are newly married that I've made Jack promise that when—when we to-morrow he'll treat me in public just as if he had no the for anyone except himself. A middle-aged friend shook her head, “Don't,” she said, in tones of wisdom. “T that plan—and husband never got over it!” she go away tried my Tue man in the next flat was pounding the wall. “Look here,” he cried. “T can't sleep with your kid yelling like that! If make him will!” Come in, kid's father. “You'll be as welcome as the flowers in spring.” —Edinburgh Scotsman. on you don’t stop, I sir—come in!” said the Oh, Carl, there was once a time used to stroke chin. You don’t do it any more. He: Yes, but that was when you had only one.—Detroit News. Sue when you lovingly my WELL, You Live is for sale by all newsdealers in Great Britain sellers in all the principal cities in the worl Live's London Office, Rolls House, Breams Bu: 4d unless ac SPECIAL LOCOMOBILE COUPE An Excellent Example of The Smart Custom Built Town Car. Custom Department of the Locomobile Company of America, Bridgeport, Conn, comicbooks.comiuyl