Life, 1920-12-30 · page 11 of 39
Life — December 30, 1920 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct pieces of humor: 1. **"The Drunken Wind"** (Edmund Leamy): A poem personifying wind as a rowdy drunk sailor stumbling through town, bothering workers and leaving dreams in people's hearts. 2. **"Called to Account"**: A domestic comedy sketch where Mrs. Hudspeth criticizes her husband Henry for his sculpture work, which she finds unflattering. She references artist Charles Beaumont as superior. The humor lies in the wife's reproving tone about his artistic ambitions. 3. **"Dyed in the Wool"** and **"A New Year's Day Reform in the Tropics"**: Brief joke and cartoon sequence about political/social behavior, though specific references are unclear without additional historical context. The cartoons use caricature and visual humor typical of early 20th-century American satire.
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The Drunken Wind HE wind has loved the sea too well, The salt is on her lips, Strong tang of tar, of s And musty holds of ships; And like a drunken sailor he, il, of spar On wide, uncertain feet, Goes rolling down the troubled town Through every crowded street He bumps against the With minds on trade and mart; He wakes a gleam of olden dream Hali-stirring in each heart; And one small, plain stenographer Will never know nor guess Why sudden she knew ecstasy, The sweet of a caress. men The wind has loved the sea too well, And drunk with love is he; But he will yet, ah! soon forget, And wander once more fre And he will roam the countryside, All debonair and gay— But the dream he woke in city folk Will haunt for many a day! Edmund Leamy. Called to Account “LJENRY!” There Mrs. Hudspeth’s tones that caused her husband to set his jaws and draw his features into a stolid expression. “Well!” he monotoned “You remember Charley who used to live near us and worked in the feed store? Well, you know he was not considered to lx young man, but the; was an inflection in Beaumont an exceptionally apt say he left the feed store several years ago and took up sculp- turing, and is now conceded to be one of the best in the world.” “Uh-huh!” A NEW YEAR'S DAY REFORM IN THE TROPICS IF HE STILL HAS HIS TEETH “A reporter who interviews me When I get to be ninety, by gec If he lets it be sprung That I'm ninety years young, I'll chase him and bite off his knee! “His work has been placed on exhibi- tion in practically every civilized country on the globe, and he has been highly com- mended hy some of the crowned heads of Europe. They say the revenue from his work is something enormous.” “Yeah?” Hudspet self for what he knew was “Now.” Mrs ing glance in her husband's directic Henry ced him- Hudspeth cast a ri there w a wot ch in her “why cou! have done tones, Harry J Villiam Dyed in the Wool “IS Bixby as much of a Democrat as ever since the election?” “Is he? Why, when his wife buys the children animal crackers he makes her take o elephants.” comicbooks.com