Life, 1920-02-19 · page 34 of 48
Life — February 19, 1920 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **humor and advertising page** from Life magazine. The main content includes: **"Small Talk" cartoon**: A dark-humor joke about social awkwardness. Mrs. Jackson visits a widow whose husband recently hanged himself in the attic. Despite promising to discuss only safe topics like weather, she catastrophically says the widow can use the attic to hang laundry—unknowingly referencing the suicide method. The satire mocks people who say tactless things while trying to comfort grieving friends. **"What Money Can Buy" poem**: A sentimental piece (credited to New York Tribune) listing things money supposedly cannot purchase—love, genuine affection, honesty—before the punchline: dogs are bought and sold, implying they possess these qualities better than humans. **Other brief humor pieces** mock inaccurate reporters and feature a Scottish chimney sweep receiving an honorary LL.D. degree as payment from an American. The page is otherwise filled with **advertisements** for The Hollenden hotel and Life magazine subscriptions, positioned as ideal gifts for schoolchildren to prevent homesickness.
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re Snot Scissors rete Aut NULLus ~ FEI Sell Talk “Lm going over to comfort Mrs Brown,” said Mrs. Jackson to her daugh- ter Mary. “Mr. Brown hanged himself in their attic a few weeks ago.” “Oh, mother, don't go; you always say the wrong thing.” “Yes, I'm going, Mary. I'll just talk about the weather. That's a safe enough subject.” : Mrs, Jackson went over on her visit of condolence. “We have had rainy weather lately, haven't we, Mrs, Brown?” she said “Yes.” replied the widow, “I haven't been able to get the weck’s washing dried.” “Oh,” said Mrs. Jackson, “I shouldn't think you would have any trouble. You have such a nice attic to hang things in.” —Tit-Bits. Tue average reporter is as accurate as the aver: man he interviews. —St. Augustine Record. lished every Thursday, simultaneously in t Ja and British Possessions. Title registered in U. What Money Can Buy A heart to love you till you die, That's a thing that moncy can buy, \ look of love from a loving eye That's a thing that money can buy \ tongue that never will tell a lie That's a thing that money can buy An ear to hear when “Come” you ey That's a thing that money can buy and tongue and heart and eye These are things that moncy can buy Wherever dogs are bought and sold, There are things that money can bay! —New York Tribune. An Honorary Degree A chimney sweep who was complainas: in a case in Edinburgh gave his name 3 Jamie Gregory, LL.D. “ Where on earth did you yet that dis tinction?” asked the attorne “It was a fellow frae an Americas answered Jamie. “I sweepit his chimney three times. ‘I canna pay ye cash, Jamie Gregory,’ he says, ‘b TH mak’ ye LL.D. an’ we'll ca’ it quit An’ he did, sir."—Boston Transcript Professor (on the campus): Wk EVIDENTLY MAVE A BUDDING SCULPTOR IN OUR MIDST, IT BEAKS A CUKIOUS RESEMBLANCE TO SOMEONE 1 MAVE SEEN The foreign trade sup d from Lire’s London Office, Rolls House, Brex Canadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay, 386-388 St. Jan in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Un , to Canada, $2 cents. Single current copies, 10 cents. Back numbers, after three months 4 il! be returned unless accompanied by ed and from date of publication, 25 ¢ ERVICE, cuisine and accomodations must be unusually excel- lent to attract the sort of people who patronize THE HOLLENDEN RATES Wad Bask Single . . + $2.50 to $5.00 Double. . . $4.00 to $6.00 Twin Beds $5.00 to $7.00 Issues prior to 1910 out of pr The text and illustrations in Lure ere copyrighted. For Reprint Righ apply to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter L London, E. C., England. ‘ ; c. Live does not hold itself responsible for the loss or son-reture ntributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office ten days prior to the & issue to be affected. The Best Gift For the Boy or Girl at school or college, include a subscrip- tion to Life As a preventive of homesicknes it is unequalled. For six months, $2.50 domestic, or, Obey that Impulse and avail yourself of our Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.13, Foreign $ for three months to Open only to new subscribers; no subscriptions renewed at this rate LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York. Canadian $5.52 Foreign #6" 6 One Year $5 comicbooks.com