Life, 1921-06-09 · page 28 of 38
Life — June 9, 1921 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This Life magazine page contains six brief humorous pieces, each satirizing different aspects of early 20th-century life. **"Breaking the Solid Drouth"** mocks Prohibition-era hypocrisy: a drunk boasts of "private stock" from his cellar, but his chauffeur reveals he actually bought it from an unknown bootlegger—exposing the contradiction between pretense and reality during alcohol bans. **"The Kindly Arlington"** gently praises poet Edwin Arlington Robinson's generous nature. **"An Irrelevant Detail"** satirizes a prisoner's cynicism: when a judge asks his birthday, the prisoner responds indifferently that the judge won't give him anything anyway—commenting on judicial indifference to the poor. The remaining pieces are brief witticisms about storks, lantern lectures from Holy Land vacations, a widow rejecting suitors, and contrasting optimist/pessimist philosophies. The page is primarily **text-based humor** rather than visual satire, with one illustration accompanying the bootlegger joke. The ads below are period products (hair treatments, canoes, refrigerators).
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SS vt Sel =3 Breaking the Solid Drouth Tue Druxx: Good ol’ private stock from muh l'il ol’ cellar. Whoopee! Home, James! Tue Cuaurreur: That private stock, sir. I saw you buy it from a bootlegger. You've forgotten, sir. Tue Devs Aw right, James! Tue Cravrreur: And it was a strange bootlegger—one you didn’t know. Tue Drunk: Morgue, James, morgue! —Borrie Payne, in Nashville Tennessean, The Kindly Arlington Speaking of Amy Lowell's verse the other day, Edwin Arlington Robinson said: ome of it would make good material for real poetry.” That's what we like about Brother Arl— he’s so good-hearted that he can always find something good in everything. —Cleveland Plain Dealer, An Irrelevant Detail Tue Juoce (to prisoner): When were you born? (No reply.) Did you hear what | asked? When is your birthday ?. Prisoner (sullenly): Wot do you care? You ain't going to give me nothing. —Klods-Hans (Copenhagen). wasn't your Hospital, kind?” “1 WANT HIM@o BE A —Numero (Turin). Or Both “What relation does a stork bear to man- “ Either a son or a daughter.” The Mnemonic Limerick One of the nation's best-known men, thanks to Mr. David M. Roth—of course you remember him—is Mr. Addison Sims, of Seattle. If we were Mr. Roth and me Mr. Sims, we should not lean on association. leas as a mnemonic beacon. We should say: You think, in the terrible battle Of wits, | am one of the cattle That's grown to forget you Ha! Ha! Well, I'll bet you You're Addison Sims, of Seattle —F. P. A, in New York Tribune, A Conundrum “Father,” said a little boy thoughtfully, as he watched his parent collect his and arrange the slides for a parish tainment, “why it it that when you spend your holiday in the Holy Land you always give a lantern lecture on it? You never do when you have been to Paris!” —London Morning Post, Continual Comfort A Hot Springs widow says the latest pro- posal she has received was from a Central avenue barber, who said that after working hard all day he longs to go home to a face that doesn’t need anything done to it —Arkansaw Thomas Cat, Optimist: Cheer up, old man aren't as bad as they seem. Pessimist: No, but they seem so. —Punch Things —Yale Record. “Live. 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 Lire are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply to Live, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, E. C., England. The foreign trade supplied from Live's London Office, Rolls: House, Breams Buildings, London, Canadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay, 6-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. ys contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope. Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior to the date of issue to be affected. pressure? An * 4 Days’ Treatment Restores Gray Hair ‘This treatment ts simple, sure and easy you do it yourself—resuits are certain. every stroke means action. ateadiest cance made. Every “Old Town Canoe Sires yeast of service. Wlte for catalog. 3.000 canoes in stock. $67 up from deal OLD TOWN CANOE CO. 1136 Middle Street, Old Towa, Maine, U.S.A. What's finer than the feel of s paddle in your hand. and a canoe that answers to its slightest "Old*Town’’*¢responds instantly— Ut ip Aho ughtest, or factory. \ No Substitutes, thank you- The whole process consis f combing a clean, colorless liquid through your hair and watching the gray disappear. This treatment leaves your hair beautifully clean, soft and fluffy, it doesn't interfere Vex with washing, doesn't rub off. Ayan ‘TRIAL SIZE BOTTLE FREE Mall coupon for a trial bottle and ap- plication comb. Test as directed on a single lock of hair. Then you can decide whether it pays to be gray. Mary T. Goldman, 43 Goldman Bldg., Bt. Paul, Minn. pessesaasee Ware Mountain Refrigerators “The Chest with the Chill in it” portant town in the United States, Senet for handsome catalogues and booklets, Maine Manufacturing Co., Nashea, N. H. Established 1874 & tor the name White Mountain. lalways use Resinol “T never fail to look for the blue box with the opal jar inside, and nothing else will do as I am con- vinced that Resino] Ointment cannot be excelled for eczema, rashes, and similar irritations.” This is the at- titude of hundreds of people who know that Resinol’s gentle medica- tion rarely fails to stop itching and burning at once and restore skin health, All druggists sell it in two sizes— never in bulk, Hastens the healing. comicbooks.com