Life, 1921-05-05 · page 34 of 46
Life — May 5, 1921 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page collects brief satirical anecdotes and jokes typical of *Life* magazine's humor format. Key items: **"Passed Unchallenged"**: A Jewish soldier served three years in the army without his religion being discovered—satirizing both religious prejudice and the soldier's successful concealment. **"Social Aspersions"**: Uses dialect humor (now offensive) to mock class pretension, with a speaker claiming their hometown lacks evening wear. **"A Young Critic"**: A ten-year-old child misreads a painting titled "French School" as humorous because it depicts nymphs and satyrs—gentle satire on innocent misinterpretation. **"The Club Bore"**: A man claims he lost his headache; the victim replies he now has it—wordplay humor. **"Light Cruisers, Too"**: Political satire suggesting nations will use medical pretexts to build battleships during disarmament negotiations—cynicism about post-WWI peace efforts. The page also contains advertising for Manning-Bowman vacuum bottles. The overall tone reflects early 20th-century American magazine humor conventions.
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Geese! AUT NULLus Passed Unchallenged Some people in peace-time will be inter- ested in the young man who went into the army, On enlisting, he expressed the fear that he would face ridicule on account of his religion. After three years in the army he was asked how he had gotten along. “ Fine,” he replied; “ they never found it out on me."—Christian Register Social Aspersions “Huh! Yuh talks ’bout sassiety like yuh knows so much ‘bout it. Niggah, I bet dey don’ eben have evenin’ dresses whah eH, SSAUT SCISSORS yuh come frum “Zat so? Dey's doin’ well to have eve- nin’s whah yuh come frum, A Young Critic She was a little maid of ten years, flitting butterfly-like through the National Gallery, For some seconds she had stood, however, gazing at a picture by Nicolzs Poussin, thus described in the catalogue: “Centre, nymphs and fauns dancing; right, a satyr embracing a nymph; left, two infant bacchanals, one raising a bowl,” etc. Sud- denly she caught sight of the first words on the frame, and, turning to her mother, ex- claimed: “ Mummie! Do look! Isn't this funny? It's a French School!” —Eondon Morning Post, Confideniially Inpecuxious GENTLEMAN: me a pound? Secon GentLeman back from Brighton. Inpecuntous GextheMan: When are you coming back? “Between ourselves, I'm not going!” Can you lend I will when I come —Nashville Tennessean. Between Wars Extrtover (to ex-service man): We can't use you. But I'm glad to see your boy is going to be a soldier—we may need him in the next war.—Good Morn The Club Bore (who, for the first hour, has been quite up to his usual KNOW, OLD cHar, HAD A“ DREADFUI. HEADACHE. Lost IT Now. The Victim: pox’t Worky, 11'S Not LOST; I'VE GOT IT Now, —Looker-On (Calcutta). —Tatler (London), Light Cruisers, Too And when the nations disarm, some states- man will slip in a joker permitting the building of battleships for medicinal pur- poses—Detroit Free Press. Live is published every Thursday, si , Canada and British $3.00 a year in advan Postal Union, $1.60 a yeai 5 cents. Back ni countries int current copic of publication, 25 ¢ The text and idlustrations in Lire are copyrighted. in Great Britain apply te Lane, Lo 2 & ously in the United States, . Title registered in U.S. Additional postage to foreign to Canada, 80 cents, bers, after three months from date Issties prior to 1910 out of print For Reprint Rights Live, Rolis House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Bream 386-388 St. Jan Single > H addressed envelope, Buildings, London, E, C. $ Street, Montreal, Canada. No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss or n-return of unsolicited contributions, ¢ of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior to the date of issue to be affected. The foreign trade supplied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls House, Canadian distributor, J. R, Ta: A COOL, delightful drive into the country under the bluest of May skies and then sumptuous picnic luncheon ending up with ice-cream and a cup of steaming, fra- grant coffee. Imagine it! Delicious salads, fruit sugared to a luscious sweetness, soup or cocoa or coffee steaming hot, or ice-cream as firmly hard as on a snowy winter day— all of these you can take with you Manning-Bowman Hotakold food and ice- cream jars. For traveling anywhere—by rail or auto- mobile—you'll find Hotakold bottles a won- derful comfort, And for your home, there are any number of beautiful bottles and carafes—in designs and colorings to har- monize with any room. Bottle No. 123 Bottle No, 12h a i Carafe Set Jug Set No, 151 Quality Ware All Hotakold bottles are attractive and es- pecially durable in construction. You cannot realize what a convenience they are until you actually use them. They will delight you. For sale at department and hardware stores, jewelers and novelty shops. Write us for further information and booklet D 10. Manning, Bowman © Co. Meriden, Conn. Makers of Household and Table Appointments in Nickel Plate, Silver Plate, Copperand Aluminum. No. $23 Quart ii ULL ALD mon nM al comicbooks.com