Life, 1921-03-03 · page 30 of 38
Life — March 3, 1921 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page from Life magazine contains several brief satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century humor: **"If I Were G. K. Chesterton"** playfully imagines swapping places with the famous British writer and critic, mocking his grandiose intellectual style through absurd imagery (planting feet on distant stars). **"The Old Doctor Helps"** jokes that young physicians can establish credibility by growing whiskers and displaying old medical magazines—poking fun at how appearance and authority were conflated in medical practice. **"Personal Dynamics"** uses dialect humor (common but now offensive) where a Black worker describes enthusiasm as a "fuse" igniting energy—a metaphor for work motivation. **The cartoon bottom-right** shows a telephone operator refusing a caller's demand for "LIFE 2000," retorting that she's reading the current issue herself—advertising Life magazine's desirability. **"A Legend"** is an advertisement for Washington's Wardman Park Hotel, claiming it's where all important people inevitably meet. The page showcases Life's mix of literary satire, light humor, and advertising from this era.
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sAUT SCISSORS <) - Aut NuLLus If I Were G. K. Chesterton If I were G. K Chesterton, And G. K. C. were me, I'd write the fizziest essay That ever you did see; I'd plant one foot on Betelgeuse, The other in the‘sea, If I were G, K. Chesterton, And G. K. C. were me. —H., T. B., in New York Evening Post. The Old Doctor Helps “It's a little hard for young doctors to get a start.” “I know. I'm raising whiskers.” “They will help, And I'll loan you some of my magazines for 1876 to put in your anteroom.” —Louisville Courier-Journal. AND ARE FAMILY?” ‘Ay automobile show is a place to which car owners go to hear the exhibitors confirm their judgment—New York Herald, Lire. is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions, Title registered in U. Patent Office. $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Single current copies, 15 cents. Back numbers, after three months from date of publication, 25 cents, Issues prior to 1910 out of print. The text and illustrations in Live are copyrighted, For Reprint Rights in Great Britain epply to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, E. C., England. you “GREAT EXPECTATIONS” THE ELDEST OF —Bystander Against Time Mose Johnson was under sentence of death in a Kentucky jail, and as the fateful day drew near he grew very nervous about it. His keeper, a sympathetic man, suggest. ed that Mose’s only hope lay in an appeal to the governor. As Mose could not write the keeper offered to write a letter from dictation, Mose, after collecting his thoughts very earnestly for a full five minutes, dictated the following: “Dear Marse Guv’nah: They’s fixin’ to hang me come this Friday, and here it am Tuesday. Mose Johnson."—Everybody’s, Personal Dynamics “Sambo, I don’t understand how you can do all your work so quickly, and so well.” “I'll tell yuh how ‘tis, boss. I sticks de match ob enthusiasm to de fuse ob yenergy—and jes natchurally explodes, 1 does.” —Nashville Tennessean. Intimate Interviews It is hard to convince a motorist who has just had an argument with a traffic police- man that police departments are impotent to check a crime wave. —Birmingham Age-Herald. THE (London) The foreign trade supplied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, London, E. C. Canadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay, 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped end addressed envelope. Live does not hold itself responsible for the loss ot non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior te the date of issue to be offected. HERE is a place in Egypt where, it is said, if you sit long enough everybody you know from all over the world will, ultimately, greet you. This literally is true of the Wardman Park Hotel, where all of Washington—the resident social set, diplo- mats and visiting captains of industry — takes its recreation. HARRY WARDMAN President Connecticut Avenue and Woodley Road WASHINGTON, B.C. “ Number, please?” “ Give me LiFe 2000.” “Sir, you are presumptuous! myself.” I’m reading it comicbooks.com are ‘nae