Life, 1920-02-12 · page 32 of 44
Life — February 12, 1920 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from Life magazine contains several short humorous pieces typical of early 20th-century American satire: **"You and I"** and **"Behind All Around"** are brief comic poems/anecdotes poking fun at everyday situations—romantic confusion and train delays with absurd explanations. **"Bearing Up Bravely"** satirizes a Prohibition-era social settlement dance. O'Flaherty, the Irish-American organizer, is disappointed that the event went *too* well—no one was drunk, ejected, or fighting. The joke hinges on the irony that under Prohibition (then in force), a "successful" party by conventional standards feels like a failure because there's no rowdy misbehavior to report. This reflects period attitudes about Irish-Americans and drinking culture stereotypes. The page is primarily **advertising** for a Locomobile automobile ("Gunboat Cabriolet"), emphasizing its unusual low design. The satire assumes readers understood Prohibition's social impact and contemporary ethnic stereotypes about Irish immigrants.
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3 AUT-SCISSORS Aut NuLLus You and | When you are coming o'er the lea, And Tam going o'er it, too, You sce I see that you see me, And I see you see I sce you. And as we near each other, too, And as we pass upon the lea, I think you think I think of you, You think I think you think of me! » York Evening Post. Behind All Around Exasrerate Passencer (after long delay at wayside station): Why don't you keep better time on this wretched line? Inisit Guano (confidentially): Well now, then, ma'am, I'll explain it all to ye. The train before is behind, and this train was behind before besides. —Puneh Oxe great advantage of really being old is that one is beyond being told he iHa MY CHOP 2ONE, Indignant Diner (to proprietor): 1 w COMPLAIN OF MY WAITER. Ne CAUGHT ate AND ME ASKED MP is getting old—New York Tribune. DIDN'T TAKE OUT A D-D-DOG LICENSE! Lire. is published every Thursday, simul S reat Britain, Canada and British Possessions. ¢ tered in. nf $5.00 a year nce, Additional postag v countries in th 1 Union, $1.04 a year; da, 52 cents 8 . 10 cents. Back numbers, after three from date of publ ents. rior to 1910 out of prit in Lire are y to Lire, Rolls House, Breams B The foreign trad ings, London, E. Montreal, Canada, licited ‘cont . Notice of Bearing Up Bravely It was a crisp Saturday evening, ang the Senior Class of a certain soci) settlement was giving its annual ball, the Prohibition law being in full fore and no “private stores” wed. The Senior Class, it may be remarked is passing, is composed of men, not boys O'Flaherty, its president, stood by the side of the Head Worker and the ballroom. “Me. Taylor,” asked O'Flaherty, “bey yez had to trow anywan out? “ Not one,” said the Head Worker with pardonable pride. O'Flaherty looked serious. found anywan asleep down regarded “No, be verything is going finely, O O'Flaherty grew sad. Then hopefully, “Not a fight,” was the answer; “no trouble of any kind.” “What was that cop doin’ in here?” f “Just a friendly call to see the bal and wish us well for 192 leu to nerty heaved a profound sigh ern “Well,” he said nobly, “I suppose its wae all for the best!” —New York Evening Sua. a de supplied from Live's London e, Rolls Hox Canadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay, 386-388 St J will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and eddren hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of xd of address should reach this office ten days prior to the date CONVERTIBLE LOCOMOBILE GUNBOAT CABRIOLET Tue outstanding feature of the design is the extreme lowness of the car. The maximum height is less than six feet. Ample headroom is secured by countersinking the floor. Custom design by Tae Locomosite Company or America, Bridgeport, Conn. comicbooks.com