Life, 1920-08-05 · page 32 of 48
Life — August 5, 1920 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief humorous anecdotes and advertisements typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. **The cartoons/jokes satirize:** 1. **"Unconscious Irony"** — A British ship steward denies an American passenger a drink because they haven't passed the Statue of Liberty yet, implying Britain hasn't fully adopted American freedoms (drinking culture). 2. **"Man Cannot Make a Worm"** — An Ohio editor complains New York is useless because you can't find worms there for fishing—absurdist humor about impractical city life. 3. **"Chinese Rejection Slip"** — Satire of overly-polite rejection letters, using exaggerated Chinese courtesy to mock the form. 4. **"Why He Worried"** — A man jokes that absence makes hearts grow fonder, but worries his girlfriend isn't experiencing the same effect—a domestic anxiety joke. The page also includes period advertisements for the Wardman Park Hotel (Washington D.C.) and Pathé phonographs, which occupied significant space in Life's revenue model.
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SSAUT SCISSORS ‘ g" Chinese Rejection Slip A correspondent of the New York Sun Aut NuLtus WY; sent in the following. tranlation ‘of Chinese rejection slip, used in returning would-be contributions “We have read thy manuscript with i Unconscious Irony finite delight. Never before have the liner left the wharf at New York revelled in such a masterpiece. lf the free and enl ned American citizen printed it the authorities would ord Til have to take it for a lel, and hencef print anything inferior to it. As it would be impossible to find its equal within tea steward ; “not yet.” thousand years, we are compelled, though “Why not?” said the U n { : shaken with sorrow, to return your divine heaved a sigh of relief. “I gue ball,” he said to the steward ss not, sir.” replied the a manuscript, and for doing so, we beg one thousand pardons.” —American News Trade Journal, This is a British ship, isn’t it? Then why can't I have a drink?” . “We have not yet passed the Statue of Nh \ = . Liberty, sir,” replicd the steward. EO, : Why He Worried —London Post. i ; , “Cheer up, Dick, old man! Absence { : makes the heart grow fonder, you know.” Man Cannot Make a Worm” a \ “Humph! The trouble is I'm by no An Ohio newspaper editor spent a few y \ means sure that it's having the same effect days in New York, and while there some- 5 7 / upon the girl."—Boston Transcript. body asked him how he liked the big town 4 y “T care for it very little,” replied the Cl, Titexe is only one good Los Angeles editor. “Did you ever think of this: S ‘ story—it has been printed long ago. It's pose you lived in New York and want i p 4 the one about the Los Angeles man who go fishing. Where would y > to dig a says, “Well, this is a beautiful day, if I can of worms? "—Argonaut. “ , ! say so myself.” York Tribune. Rolls House, Breams St. James Si returaed unless eccompanicd by stamped ond odéraal Single curren : Singh id itself responsible for the loss or now of eam from date of publication, 25 cents tions. } The test and illustrations in Li ¢ cof ) Rights in Great Britain ‘ bay roe of eddresszihould:-reeck hi ¢ two weeks prior to the dali apply to Live, Rolls House, B sil ter Lo . EL C., England. D be je Everybody’s Washington N matter what part of the country youcomefrom, Washington is yours. You, with all other Americans, own the Capital. Come and enjoy your posses- sions. While here, the Wardman Park Hotel offers an ideal inducement—a met- CARRIES a ropolitan hotel of luxurious appointments, famous name and a charming informal out-door life. ? —and carries it worthily. HARRY WARDMAN ELMER DYER 4 President Manager ¢ QD Connecticut Avenue and Woodley Road. WASHINGTON, De. COSTS NO MORE THAN THE LUCENE -A-WIDMANN ORDINARY PHONOGRAPH PhOOKLY WL WY! TORONTO CANADS Towoum, cuctaall comicbooks