Life, 1920-01-01 · page 36 of 48
Life — January 1, 1920 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* (a satirical magazine) contains several short humorous anecdotes and advertisements typical of early 20th-century American humor. **"The Cynical Actress"** mocks theatrical managers' moralizing about actresses' behavior. A manager claims emotional actresses must live purely, then contradicts himself by recounting how an actress who'd experienced six real divorces understood authentic emotion better than his direction—satirizing hypocrisy about women's propriety. **"In Style"** jokes about Depression-era fashion: wealthy people wear last year's clothes while pretending it's fashionable; a man deliberately patches new trousers to appear worn. **"Man to Man"** presents an Irish soldier's defiant humor—refusing orders because he "found" his foxhole first, asserting working-class dignity against military hierarchy. The remaining pieces are brief jokes about memory loss, fashion, and fathers' Day, plus advertisements for shaving cream, cigarettes, and masonic jewelry—typical period advertising. The overall tone reflects early-20th-century American satire: workplace absurdities, class tensions, gender contradictions, and everyday life humor.
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The Cynical Actress At least one manager believes that the actress should lead a pure and simple life “ Cynical, disillusioned actresses are no good,” he d ata dinner, “1 remember an actress of mine, some years ago, who fell dowh badly in a part I'd given her. ““*Took here,’ [ said, the morning after she fell down, ‘all the critics say you don’t show half enough emotion in the scene where your husband leaves you, never to return.” The cynical, disillusioned creature gave a hard laugh. “*Oh, T don't, don't 1?’ she sneered. ‘Well, look here, Mr. - 1 I've had six husbands leave me, never to return, and I guess T know how much emotion ought to be shown in such circumstances as well as anybody.’ ’’—London Opinion. In Style “Some of the most fashionable people are wearing their last year's clothes, said Mrs. Cumrox “Yes.” replied her husband, “I told my tailor to be careful to put a patch in my new trousers where it would show."—Washington Star, THe man who used to go out between acts to get a drink now goes out to sec if his motor car is still there. —Indianopolis ) lngram’s Therapeutic Shaving Géam Fecaclege cher, ceatortble share: grt te for of tagram's Therapeutic Shaving Cream and use it in this way: Place # simall pore the antiseptic the bin, Molsan yor shectog brash ich, deose, F. F. INGRAM CO., 38 Tenth St, Detroit, Mich. Canadian Address, Windsor, Ont. Australasian Address, Melbourne, T. W. Cotton, Ltd, Agt. To convince yourself of its merits write for free sample as) EGYPTIAN -~ DEITIES The Utmost in Cigarettes End or Cork Tp -" People of culturé and rejmement invariably PREFER Deities to any other cigarette Man to Man It was a time when Tim should have been in active service that he was dis. covered by his sergeant in a hole, well out of the way of even a stray bullet. “Get out of that hole!” commanded the sergeant sternly. “ Get out of it im- mediately!" The usually good-natured Irish face looked up at him with stubborn resist- ance written on every feature. “You may be my superior officer,” he answered boldly, “ but all the same, Oi’'m the wan that found this hole fir-rst! -American Legion Weekly. A Slight Improvement “So you really think your memory is improving under treatment. You re member things now?” “Well, not exactly, but I have pro gressed so far that I can frequently re. member that I have forgotten something. if I could only remember what it is.” —Edinburgh Scotsm: By Degrees My dear, isn't that dress a trifle Wire: This dress, darling! Why, I put this on merely that you may become accustomed to the one [am having made. Boston Transcript. Enough for Him “ Now, there’s some talk of a Father's . father doesn’t want a day. Give him a night off.” —Lonisville Courier-Journal. Every day we look expectantly for an other illuminating remark from the gov- ernor of North Carolina to the governor of South Carolina—Salem (Sfo.) Post, A CURIOUS OPTICAL ILLUSION PECULIAR To noys COPY THIS SKETCH can do with ft. Many ing $30.00 to 8125.00 oF The Landon School 1410 SCHOFIELD RLDG., Send for a Complete Catalogu MASONIC BOO Jewelry and Goll REDDING & CO. Publishers and Manufacturers Dept. L. 200 Fifth Avenue, Remember the Name—‘Capew If you own a horse or are int in one it will pay you to sec the! shod with Capewell THE CAPEWELL HORSE NAIL CO., Hartford, 4 the true xine rig jersonal is assum js there Now brother. He frig his stage ens the « of them | his silk He strip: a bandas iberatel) comicbooks.com