Life, 1920-08-12 · page 32 of 44
Life — August 12, 1920 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several brief humorous anecdotes and advertisements typical of Life's satirical format. **"Cupid's Row"** (main cartoon): Shows a man bent over, viewing a woman through his legs. The caption plays on the crude visual gag—the perspective creates an optical illusion. This reflects early 20th-century magazine humor's reliance on physical comedy. **"The Benefit of the Doubt"** and other short jokes mock working-class characters and their speech patterns ("d'yer," "puttin' all jokin'"), a common satirical target of the era. One anecdote depicts a laborer violently rejecting a football guide vendor, satirizing both commerce and masculine aggression. **Social commentary** appears in pieces like "A Backhander," suggesting marital discord, and references to "old clothes" becoming fashionable during economic hardship—likely post-WWI austerity. The page is dominated by advertisements for the **Stromberg Carburetor** and **Fox's Puttees** (military leg wraps), reflecting the magazine's commercial function. Overall, this represents Life's blend of class-based humor, slapstick, and period-specific social observations.
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The Benefit of the Doubt “ Football guide, sir?” said vender to the burly man who w to the match, “No,” replied the latter. * All the news, photos of players A Letter of Introduction - “No, I tell yer.” The T. Film Company have just _ “ Past records, fixtures, and received a letter which reads: b fi “Get out!” “ Dear Mister,—I want to be a Filim star E “Information worth a quid— very badly. [ have been a daily ‘elp, and Out shot the burly one’s f durin’ the war i was a winder cleaner. Now : ) next moment the youth was sitting im an orfan, They tell me i must get de- x, } gutter, Slowly he rose, smiled sadly, vorced first, but i cant do that as i never i } up a football guide, and continued been married, but my mother don't live with 7 “No, but puttin’ all jokin’ on one side Write and let me know if that will - mister, d’yer want a football guide?” They ain't really me mother an’ He could resist no longer. father ‘cause they both died afore i was : —North China § born.”"—Tit-Bits. She, \ -Praise Uplift Situ: You seldom see golf as that man plays. His drives werg corking, his approaches superb and he never missed a putt “You poor, poor woman!" exclaimed the uplifter, “Can I do anything for . Joxes: How much were y “Yes, ma’am,” said the slum dweller Suen: ‘Why, | wont “Set down on that broken chair an’ tell me what all them fine clothes of yours cost.” : A Backhander —Birmingham Age-Herald. \ Mrs. Scrartey: I really don't know what would happen, Richard, if ever you agreed A creat many American highways named : with me on any subject for famous men remain in such a state as ScRAPLey Something serious. to suggest the possibility that those who named them imagined the great men as be- ing the sort who deserved, for the protec- tion of the innocent, to wear the warning Axorner recent radical change: The mar sign: “ Detour.” wearing old clothes nowadays is mad if yoo —Louisville Courier-Journal, curip’s now don't notice it—Kansas City Star probably on Transcript Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, The foreign trade supplied from Live's London Office, Rolls House, Breans | Canada and British Possessions, Title registered in U. S. Patent Office. $5.00 a year ings, London, E. C. Canadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay, 386-388 St. James S in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; Montreal, Canada.” to Canada, 80 cents. Single current copies, 15 cents. Back numbers, after three months No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and edd envelope. Live does not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of from date of publication, 25 cents. Issues prior to 910 out of print. eee S irikctione The text and illustrations in Live are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain Notice of change of address should reoch this office two weeks pri epply to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, E. C., England, issue to be effected. f ‘OU know that motoring ex- penses have doubled—that fuel costs are beyond precedent. There is but one answer to the problem of gas conservation—the New Stromberg Carburetor. It solves it by piling up additional mileage per gallon of fuel consumed. Produces more power and speed. Does these things under every-day-in-the-year travel conditions. Complete facts may be had for the asking. Write now. Be sure to state name, year and model of your motor car. Stromberg Motor Devices Company Dept.812, 64 East 25th Street For camping, hunting and outdoor sports, wear § Puttees, Made on a curve, of the best English wool, they ft leg in smart, neat spirals. ‘They will not fray of raved #. like ordinary putters. They are waterproo a able, In khaki, forest green, cadet blus, ete. genuine Fox's—the puttee of the workd—have # bean tng withthe tame and the letter Ror [for oe @ ‘on each puttee. If your dealer hasn't them we'll supply you" Regulation Beary Weight, $4.00; fxtra fine” lithe Weight, $4.50; Latra Fine Light Shade,$5.00 The Manley-Johnson Corporation 260 W. Bevatway —Degl.7 New York (ity comicbooks.