Life, 1921-01-20 · page 32 of 36
Life — January 20, 1921 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page comprises mostly **advertisements and short humor items** typical of Life's satirical format. The main cartoon, titled "Izzet," satirizes **Turkish politics circa 1920s**. It features a dialogue between Mustapha Kemal (Turkish nationalist leader) and his guard about the arrival of Izzet Pasha. The joke relies on repetitive wordplay: "Izzet" sounds like "Is it," creating absurd circular dialogue where the guard's answers become nonsensical ("It Izzet"). This mocks Ottoman bureaucratic confusion during Turkey's nationalist reorganization period. The page also includes: - Brief joke exchanges about domestic life and medical advice - An advertisement featuring **Marshal Ferdinand Foch**, the WWI French general, used to promote optometry as "anticipating" future needs - Cigarette and digestive aid advertisements - Short quips about living costs The humor targets middle-class concerns (romance, health, expense) and contemporary international figures, reflecting Life's satirical focus on modern life's absurdities.
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Tue Man at tHe Wuen: The engine seems to be missing, dear. Tue Gree: Never mind, darling, it does- n't show.—Wisconsin Octopus. a Pinch, use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE,. Tue Doctor: You are too well fed. You should give your stomach a rest. What I prescribe is a trip to Russia—Le Rire (Paris). 4 4 Marshal Ferdinand Foch, like Franklin or Columbus, goes down in history as a man who ANTICI- PATED what was to come—and acted before it happened. Whether or not YOU will be asuccess or failure also depends on the advantages you take of TO- DAY against the possibilities of to-morrow. EYESIGHT is your best asset to-day and will ALSO be in the years to come. Take action to-day to insure its service to you to-morrow, Visit your Optometrist annually for an eyesight examination. If you do not know an Optom- etrist write us. We will give you the names of several near you. Also ask us for the little “Conservation of Sight” rhe Emblem of Se Booklet. It's gratis. ober das Associated ‘Optometrists of America, Inc. Home Office, 20954 E. Broad St. Richmond, Virginia EGYPTIAN DEITIES “The Utmost in Cigarettes Plain End or Cork Tip People of culture and refinement invariakly PREFER Deities to any other cjgaretie oa | Entitled: Izzet “Tzzet Pasha Reaches Angora with Mis. Ss “—Headline. Which suggests the fol lowing dialogue between Mustapha Kemal and his secretary as Izzet arrives outside the palace: M. K.—See who is without Garo: Izzet. M. K.—What is it? Gvarp: Yes, sir. M. K.—Fool! What nonsense is this? Answer me sensibly, This is a very ser jous occasion, Ge Tzzet. M. K.—Certainly it is; dog! Now tell me who waits without? Guaro: It is Izzet. M.K.: Is it Tzzet? Guano: It Izzet. M. K. (sinking into chair): Izzet? Gvano (monotonously): Izzet M. K. (after @ while): It is time we showed him in. Guarp: Izzet? MLK: Tt: ta Guar (throwing open door): Izzet! Izzet: Certainly, it is He enters pompously.—H. J. Phillips, in New York Globe. Revisep: “ What can they know of Ire land who only England kno’ —New York Tribune. Tooth Brush on™ Never Say Die “ Doesn't the high cost of living discour age you?” “Not at all,” replied the energetic cit zen. “It worried me at first, but I have decided to go right on living, regardless of the expense.”—Washington Star. Tue question is not what is the country coming to, but when is it coming to. —Evansville Courier, comicbooks.com