Life, 1919-12-04 · page 52 of 80
Life — December 4, 1919 — page 52: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains several distinct satirical pieces: **"A Run of Luck"** depicts a common urban complaint: police corruption. Young men are caught craps-shooting (illegal gambling), and rather than arrest them, the cop simply pockets their money and leaves with a wink—treating the confiscation as his personal winnings. The satire targets endemic police graft in early 20th-century American cities. **"The Legacy"** is a brief joke about servant turnover: a newly hired cook is scolded for a mess, then reveals the previous cook left it—implying incompetent household staff were simply abandoned between employers. **"The Color Cure"** humorously mocks pseudo-scientific color-therapy fads by claiming purple ties and magenta cure depression and influenza better than medicine—satirizing popular medical quackery of the era. The page is primarily **advertising** (Girard cigars, pajamas), with light satirical commentary on police corruption, servants, and medical fads typical of the period.
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‘CHRISTMAS LIFE: A Run of Luck noticed a dozen or more young the crap-shooting cla yed in their favorite « a Brooklyn street corner 3 when s We ntl ot ddenly a cop swooped down from mps the to the East nowhere upon them. In two whole outfit were | River. The cop didn’t bother to pursue. He stooped down and scooped up the change ; and as it jingled into he favored us with a wink: “Seven come cleven,” I win dinner money.” —New York The Legacy Mistress (to newly Matthews! What does this mean? did this policeman get here? Coox (equal to the occasion): Dunno, mum. ’E must ‘ave bin left over by the last cook—London Opinion. his pocket says he, “and vening Sun y installed cook): How “ MOTHER, TIE MAMMY CAT MUST HAVE A TIME TRYING TO REMEMBER WHICH IS WHICH” The Color Cure (The old question of the medicinat value of colors has cropped up again.) Whenever I've a notion That I am feeling ill, I do not drink a potion, I do not eat a pill A purple tie is what I choose, For that, I always think, Has power to drive away the blues And put me in the pink, On doctors’ ices I spent a Fortune in days of old, But now I find magenta More curative than gold. And should the influenza make Life seem devoid of hope This winter, [ shall simply take A dose of heliotrope —London Opinion. Literary Note Some prose writers have gone from bad to verse.—Columbia (Mo.) Record, Tue poor imitate the rich and get poorer; the rich imitate the poor and get richer.—Boston Transcript. S AWFUL HARD Live is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in U. S, Patent Office. $5.00 a year in advance, Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.04 a year; to Canada, 52 cents, Single current copies, 10 cents, Back numbers, after three months from date of publication, 25 cents. Issues prior to 1910 out of print. The text and illustrations in Live are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain epply to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lune, London, E. C., England. The foreign trade supplied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls House, Breams Bal ings, London, E. C. Canadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay, 386-388 St. James Montreal, Canada. No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addre envelope. Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of w licited contributions. Notice of change of eddress should reach this office ten days prior to the dex issue to be ofected, A ripe, mellow, aromatic Havana smoke—brimming full of pleasure but empty of regret. Astonio Roig & Langsdort : Makers : Philadelphia RARD Never gets on your nerves day golf course n tense nerves and ed muscles yearn xation and rest- itis then the soft. soot fabrics of generousl proportioned care inished Faultless ni wear mean * Rest assured - ‘on the. SINCE 188} 4, =) Exceeds expectations Recommended by t.880 dealers E.Rosenreto & Co ORE AND NEW YORK eat comicbooks.cointy