Life, 1921-09-15 · page 30 of 34
Life — September 15, 1921 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several brief satirical items typical of Life's humor format: **"Somebody's Station"** mocks a Welsh railway guard confronted with the famously unpronounceable Welsh place name Llanfairfechanpwllgogerych. The joke: he simply points and shouts "If there's anybody there for here, this is it!"—giving up on pronunciation entirely. **"On Its Uppers"** uses dialect humor to satirize a poor Black church's fundraising. A pastor progressively escalates the church's needs (walk → run → fly), but when he finally reveals it requires actual money, the deacon deflates his ambitions, reverting to "let 'er walk." **Other brief items** include gentle jabs at clergy hypocrisy, an actor's complaint about cinema, and a pun about a bigamist. The page is primarily **advertising**, featuring the Adjusto-Lite lamp and a Life subscription offer. The satirical items reflect early 20th-century Life's style: relying on ethnic/racial dialect humor, clergy mockery, and wordplay rather than political commentary.
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FM SCISSORS, AVE, N Somebody’s Station The new guard was not familiar with a certain railway run in Wales. Came a station which rejoiced in the name Llan- fairfechanpwllgogerych. For a few min- utes he stood looking at the signboard in mute helplessness. Then pointing to the board, and waving his other arm toward the carriages, he called, “If there’s any- body there for here, this is it!” —Christian Register. The Outcast When_ Truth-crushed-to-earth stands at the Judgment Bar we suppose her testimony will be that she was chloro- formed in the pulpit, sandbagged in poli- tics and mobbed in the courthouse yard. —Houston Post. Humility! Brccar WomaAN: May all the blissed saints protect yer honor! BENEVOLENT Otp GENTLEMAN: Not at all, not at all—Punch. QL Bats AT, Nye “Tf I only knew what to do!” “Oh, ma, didn’t any directions come with him?” Kasper (Stockholm). On Its Uppers Cotorep Parson (soliciting funds): Bruddern, dis church hab got to walk. Deacon (in Amen Corner): Amen, brudder, let ’er walk. Parson: Bruddern, dis church hab got to run. Deacon: Amen, brudder, let ’er run, Parson: Bruddern, dis church hab got ter fly. Deacon: Amen, brudder, let ’er fly, Parson: Bruddern, it’s gwinter take money to make dis church fly. Deacon: Let ’er walk, brudder, let ’er walk!—Nashville Tennessean. Sacrilege Tue Lanptapy (to actor applying for lodgings): And 1 have the manager of the local pictures staying with me, and a perfect gentleman he is—always pays his way. Tue Actor: Madam, the pictures have violated every sacred tradition of the profession—Bulletin (Sydney). Tuat Italian bigamist who boasted of having five wives doubtless realizes now that he made a bigamistake. —Detroit Free Press. Lire_is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and ish Possessions. Title registered in U. S. Patent, Office. $5.00 a ir 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 Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, E, C., England. - 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 ond addressed envelope. Lire does not hold itseif responsible for the loss or non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two wecks prior with the CLAMP It CLAMPS Everywhere s tt STANDS Anywhere wd a Adjusto-Jite Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. ‘HE lamp of a thousand practical uses. Clamps—stands —hangs—anywhere and everywhere. All the light you need where and when you need it. Prevents eye strain— reduces light bills. No ofher lighting device like it. Souid brass; handsome,, durable and compact, Clamp, is felt-lined—can’t scratch. Guaranteed 5 five years, Complete with 8-ft. cord and plug Get an Adjusto-Lite today. If your dealer doesn’t carry it order direct. S. W. FARBER 141-151 So. Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Prices in U. §. A., complete with 8-foot cord, plug and “socket,” Brusii Brass finished |$5,00; Statuary Bronze or Nickel finish $5.50. West of ‘Mississippi, prices 25¢ per lamp h gher. TRADE Counraues to the date of issue to be affected. Now That Vacation Is Over, in Resuming Business Subscribe to and instead of leading a colorless, mun- dane existence, experience the joy of liv- ing. Fun and laughter, good pictures and bright text, a laugh on every page! Try it yourself for a year, or, Obey That Im- pulse, and for a trial trip, avail yourself of our Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.20, Foreign $1.40) Send Lire for three months—twelve issues—to Open only to new subscribers; no subscriptions renewed at this rate. LIFE, 598 Madison Avenue, New York One Year $5 Canadian $5.80 Foreign $6.69 ———— firs moi of « Lin mel cou 7 unt Det mat in | of ¢ the pre mac Av the be | eacl Stu and kin A \ acti Rep littl ing Inn guic gent infl mon prov The Si min, ort bata and side Ame on f man zen, lege prov his enot ther goin done cant slave neve busy comicbooks.com