Life, 1921-04-07 · page 35 of 38
Life — April 7, 1921 — page 35: what you’re looking at
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This page presents a literary debate about comedic merit. The text compares Charlie Chaplin—the silent film star famous for physical comedy ("barbaric pie" thrown "over the roofs of the world")—against Falstaff, Shakespeare's comic character. Vachel Lindsay's poem argues that while Chaplin makes audiences "grin at your feet and pies," Falstaff achieved something grander: he "laughed with the skies" and possessed cosmic significance ("thunder when Falstaff sang"). The satire critiques modern entertainment's reliance on slapstick versus classical literature's deeper philosophical comedy. The photograph shows three figures in formal dress outdoors, likely illustrating the Chaplin reference, though exact identification is unclear from the image alone. The remainder of the page consists primarily of advertisements and unrelated humorous anecdotes about everyday life.
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Charlie Chaplin vs. Falstaff CHartiz SPEAKS: “| hurl my barbaric pie Over the roofs of the world. And Falstaff is jester no more, For my wonderful rags are unfurled.” PAK: But, Charles, thus much will we say: “We grin at your feet and pies, And you may do jokes for us, But Falstaff laughed with the skies— “With the deathless ocean, and Hell, All the boys of time in his train, There was thunder when Falstaff sang, When he died there was mourning and rain.” —Vachel Lindsay, in New York Evening Post. Record of Events—Bradner correspond- ence of Toledo Blade: Fire broke out in George Robinson's blacksmith shop here at 1:15. By 1:20 the entire population of the village had gathered. The fire whistle blew promptly at 1:25. By 1:30 a high school boy had climbed onto the roof of the shop and ex- tinguished the blaze with a pail of water. After him came a second boy who ed the first with the contents of a nguisher, At 1:35 the dispersing crowd met the ladder wagon dashing to the scene. The damage was one suit of clothes, $30; one square yard of shingles, 50 cents. An After-War Picture—The French pa- per (2were publishes a bit of humor with . ° dpicture which may be the best of its Kind The picture, the date, the title— since the World War ended. ; Five children are playing. One boy is you get them all—with an 1 cake into four pieces. From a position somewhat aside, another boy, dressed in soldier things, protests, “Isn't . e there any for me?” “You?” replies the A Ct h K d k mo eeetae|| Autographic Koda —Christian Register. That Horrid Word Again—* What's the matter?” cried Mrs. Jones when Bobby ¢ running into the house in tears, his little tin sword behind him rubbing the seat of his trousers. “I ght you were having such a good time soldier. sobbed Bobby, “and I was = * Skerman; and papa beard we" EASTMAN KODAK CO., Rocuester, N. Y. —American Legion Weekly, Catalogme tree at your dealer's or by mail, As the Colonel Sees It — Commenting on the statement of a London suffragist that “only women can keep men out of Colonel George Bailey says: “The Chest with the Chill in it” { course. All nature proves that. Built on selentifie prin . ———— Let two roosters occupy a lot and they will ms ie nd Ifs @use and qre ** be friendly. Let one little brown hen fly ‘ 2 Seaton Ep pete pa here ee ee over, and the fight is on.” Send. . 4 . nd for handvome catalogues oo Seer poor fan Stuttering for 20 years, —Atlanta Constitution. y ay ence Buliding. 1147 WU St fim Maine Mancfactoring Co., Nashua, N. H. d Established 1814 The Fervent Prayer — Fond Mother: ok tor the name White Mountain. you say your prayers? Have you asked the Lord for your daily bread? Modern Child: No, to-day I asked that the price of sugar be kept down—for the sake of pieces of chocolate. —Le Rire (Paris). comicbooks.com