Life, 1920-08-26 · page 28 of 36
Life — August 26, 1920 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **humor shorts and advertising** rather than political cartoons. The jokes mock social pretense and hypocrisy: - **"Greatest Ever"**: A suitor boasts of "success in life" by announcing his engagement—satirizing shallow definitions of achievement - **"Guesswork"**: A drunk parishioner assumes the vicar compares him to a dog; he cheerfully agrees it means "lucky dog"—mocking both clerical judgment and the man's obliviousness - **"Unequal Losses"**: A boy cries over his dead dog; when a friend dismisses it (his mother died too), the boy retorts he "raised" the dog but didn't raise his mother—dark humor about emotional attachment priorities - **"Appealed to Justice"**: A novelist's wife divorces him because she behaves like characters in his novels—satirizing how fiction reflects reality The **"Expression Chart"** advertises a correspondence school teaching emotional registers through dangerous stunts ("jumping off ridges, trains, autos"). A **Locomobile sedan advertisement** appears below, promoting automotive design. These are lighthearted social satires typical of early 20th-century humor magazines.
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ye SCISSORS AvuT NULLus = us “ae Greatest Ever The suitor had stated his case in a few halting sentences. “But have you achieved any success in life?” asked the adored one’s father. “Oh, boy! Have 1?” blurted the happy youth. “Why, didn't I make it clear to you that your daughter has promised to be my wife? "—Buffalo Express. Guesswork Vicar (wishing to be very severe): Do you know, John, whenever I see you in an SURPRISE intoxicated condition I think of a certain animal? Joux: Aye! I know, parson. Yo! LIFES CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL thinks, “ Lucky dog, lucky dog now 70 stesuy a one abioe —Tit-Bits. Our “Expression Chart" shows all the necessary “ Registers.” Practise these until YoH. ate perfect. Practise daily jumping off . i ridges, trains, autos, etc. Do this for a Tue only man who doesn’t care is the month,’ and if you live through, it, we will man who can do it without your help. present you with our Diploma, which will en- able you to procure a positi —Hampton Roads Monthly. Tee eee kiewd conbense nn Te EXPRESSION CHART Unequal Losses Frederick was sitting on the curl, crying when Billy came along and asked him what was the matter, “Oh, I feel so bad ’cause Major's dead— my nice old collie! sobbed Frederick. “Shucks!" said Billy, “My mother’s been dead a wee catch me erying.” Frederick gave his eyes and nose a swipe with his hand, and, looking vp at Billy, sobbed, despairingly : “Yes, but you didn’t raise your grand. mother from a pup."—Harper's. The Sympathetic Tear Vatetupixarian: I've got cirrhosis of the liver, an incipient carbuncle on my neck, inflammation of the duodenum, se throat and general prostration. Syaratueric Friexp: Well, and how are you?—Punch. Appealed to Justice “So our novelist friend has obtained a divorce, eh? On what ground?" “On the ground that his wife acted like the heroines in his novels.” —Kansas City Star. Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, The, foreign trade sy Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in U. S. Patent Office. $5.00 a year ings, London, in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; Montreal, Canada. plied from Live's London Office, Rolls House ‘anadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay, 386-388 to Canada, 8o cents. Single current copies, 15 cents. Back numbers, after three months Ne contributions will be returned unless eccompanied by sta: from date of publication, 25 cents. Issues prior to 1910 out of print. eta coutrinetions: envelope. Live does not hold itself responsible for the logs or non-return The text stretions in Lire are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior t apply to Live, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, E. C., England, issue to be affected. grand. LOCOMOBILE SEDAN Tue Preservation of Grace and Symmetry in an enclosed body of large passenger capacity is an indication of masterly custom designing. HARE’S MOTORS, INC., NEW YORK CITY + We Shall Keep Faith - comicbooks.comy