Life, 1921-02-10 · page 36 of 42
Life — February 10, 1921 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine collects brief satirical pieces mocking contemporary society and pretension: **"The Materialist"** ridicules a clergyman boasting of his church being filled with "angels and archangels" (attending an evening service), only to be deflated when an older colleague notes the angels never contribute to the collection plate—satirizing empty religious posturing disconnected from actual charitable giving. **"Household Economy"** lampoons a financially struggling family's supposed "economizing": their solution is merely to use cheap kitchen matches instead of buying parlor matches, while demanding the father work harder—exposing how the burden of austerity falls on the working poor while "solutions" are trivial. **"Art"** mocks pretentious theatrical actors who strike artificial, sentimental poses ("What a lovely view!") while surrounded by stagehands and scattered props—ridiculing performative culture and fake aesthetics. The page's smaller quips target similar targets: academic uselessness, extravagant consumption disguised as economy, and journalistic clichés.
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sAUT SCISSORS AvT NULLus The Wanderer Sometimes when people pity me I tell them with no rancor That for what it costs me to be free I might have bought an anchor. —Witter Bynner, in The Nation. By the Way, What Was It? Now that Mr. Wells has called Napoleon a conceited clown aping the ways of Alex- ander and Czsar—quoting Victor Hugo here and there in the process—he may turn to various pages of “Les Miserables” and reread what Hugo said about the Duke of Wellington —Kansas City Star. No Science Youxe ‘Un: I'm taking political economy at college Own "UN: Why learn to economize in politics? It's not being done. —Cornell Widow. The Higher Learning Otn Josu -(who has just purchased stamp): Would yer mind a-stickin’ of it on for me, Missie? Oi bain’t no scholard, —Punch, That's a useless course. “ How extravagant of you to pay so much for a diamond ring for me!" “Not at all—I shall save on your glove bills."—London Opinion. THE MATERIALIST The Old 'Un; Good MoRNIXG, BROTHER, MAD ONLY A SMALL CONGKEGATION LAST NIGHT, ( BELIEVE? The Young ‘Un: SMALL CONGREGATION YES. BU Au! THE CHUKCH WAS FILLED WITH ANGELS AND ARCHANGELS. The Old’Un (again) : Maybe, bRoTHtER, MAYBE. BUT THEY NEVER SEEM TO NOTICE THE COLLECTION-PLATE. —Bulletin (Sydney). The Best ‘Ole A. P. Herbert, English golf expert, thinks golf courses are six holes too long. Ameri- cun golfers think they're one hole too short —Nashville Tennessean Household Economy This is really a very relevant story. says the Spectator, apropos of government ccon- A man who was badly hit fins decided that he must economize on his household expenditure. He therefore called his family together, laid the situation be- fore them, and asked them to put their heads together and suggest how the house- hold could economize. At breakfast the next morning his family said they had con- sidered the matter very seriously and had come to the conclusion that the only econ- omy they could suggest was that they should use the kitchen matches in the parlor, and that father should work harder. omy. cially Art “Pa, what's an actor?” An actor, my boy, is a person who can walk to the side of a stage, peer into the wings at a group of other actors waiting for their cues, a number of bored stage hands and a lot of theatrical odds and ends and exclaim, ‘What a lovely view there is from this window !'"—Birmingham Age-Herald, A Song for Our Banner Singularly enough, no one has thought to dig up the old college song: Blue law, blue law! Blue law, blue law! For God and country, and Lord’s Day Alliance! —New York Tribune. Saves Time All newspapers now keep the line “the bandits escaped in a waiting automobile” in type to put at the bottom of all hold-up stories.—Cincinnati Enquirer Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Patent Office. $5.00 a year in advance. current copies, 15 cents. publication, 25 cents in Great Britain, app Lane, London, ngland. Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Title registered in U, S. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents, Back numbers, after three months from date of Isstes prior to 1910 out of print The text and illustrations in Live are copyrighted. to Live, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter 386-388 St. James No contr addressed ent For Reprint Rights ""' Single lope. The foreign trade supptied from Live's London Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, London, E. C. Canadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay, reet, Montreal, Canaaa. tions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and Live does not hold itself responsible for the loss or return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior to the date of issue to be affected. EGYPTIAN DEITIES “the Utmost in Cigarettes” { Plain &nd or Cork Tip People of culture and refinement invariably PREFERL Deities to any other cigarette “3 Mail This Coupon! And learn how to Restore Gray Hair in 4 to 8 days This coupon brings you a fr sample of MARY T. GOLDMA HAIR COLOR RESTORER and & special comb to apply It. Test It om lock of hair, Watch the gray rand the natural color re Note how dainty and clean y to use. How it leaves your hair soft and fluffy. It woo't wash off. ‘Then get a full sized bottle from your druggist or direct from us ccept. imitations — there 1s “Sust as good.” Insist on G TOR comicbooks.com