Life, 1920-08-12 · page 34 of 44
Life — August 12, 1920 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine is primarily **advertising** interspersed with brief satirical humor pieces typical of the publication's style. The main content includes: **"Ad Nauseam" column**: Short jokes mocking contemporary social situations—a newlywed complaining her husband goes out nightly, her mother countering that she's never had this "problem"; absurdist humor about hens laying eggs; a joke about a father sending his son to college "the hard way." **Advertisements**: Egyptian Deities cigarettes (30¢), Allen's Foot-Ease powder, Bell-Ans indigestion remedy, Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen. **"Free Speeches" item**: Humorously quotes Professor William Lyon Phelps distinguishing between speeches he prepares, delivers, actually gives, and what newspapers report—satirizing the gap between intent and public perception. The page reflects early 20th-century concerns: foot ailments (from WWI), digestive issues, and the reliability of public communication. The humor is genteel, domestic-focused, and relies on recognizable social conventions rather than political commentary.
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Ad Nauseam a A bride of a few months was deploring The Utmost in Cigarettes” the treatment of her husband to her mother, Adc and between her sobs was saying: . . Plain End or Cork (Tip “You see, mother, I've only been mar- = ried a few months, and George goes out nearly every night and leaves me all alone.” a . om «=P , eople Her mother did her best to comfort her. of « culture and You must not upset yourself, my dear, ( ¢ inement invariably she said. “ How little you know of the real trials of life, and little do you know what I - PREFER _ Deities have suffered. Why, your father has never gone out at all! "—Tit-Bits. ——————$<——$ to any other cigarette. Good Sports : “Them two ‘ens I shut up in the coop together have laid three eggs.” “What awfully good sports! One must have laid the other two to one.” —Windsor Brown: What's old Jones doing now? Ronixson: Oh, he's working his son's way through college !—London Mail. Shake Into Your Shoes Free Speeches William Lyon Phelps, professor Sprinkle in the Foot-Bath lish Literature at Yale, credit for only twenty-five per cent. o 5 er-dinner speeches he a S Every time I accept an invi I really make four addresses. First = bape’ speech I prepare in advance. That is ey E good. Second, is the specch I reall Third, is the speech I make on Woy The Antiseptic, Healing | Bis home, which is the best of all; an Powder for the Feet, » is ue speech the newspapers next ras MY)? say I made, which bears no relat = for Tired, Swollen, Smarting, Tender Z of the others, wy York Tribs Feet, Corns, Bunions, Blisters, Callouses. It freshens the \ : Tue joke is on old Ed Howe of Atchis feet and makes walking easy. 1,500,000 pounds of Pow- tea whovseveral yearscago'inamed bis Atc : y County home “ Potato Hill,” because it ¥ der for the Feet were used by our army and navy during | & Bemely,. demiseratic, atinost’ prolani the war. Ask for Allen’s Foot-Ease. Sold everywhere. < name—Kansas City Star. Waterman's ideal ntain Pen k 6 BELLANS Hot water Sure Relief BELL-A FOR INDIGESTION i comicbooks.