Life, 1921-10-13 · page 31 of 34
Life — October 13, 1921 — page 31: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page mixes satirical content with advertising. The top cartoon satirizes art fraud: a dealer offers a customer a famous painting ("Titian's Sistine Madonna") supposedly "autographed by Rembrandt"—an absurd claim since these Renaissance masters lived centuries apart and never met. The joke mocks unscrupulous dealers selling fake or misattributed artwork to gullible buyers. Below are short humorous "Life Lines"—brief jokes about everyday topics: a government official boasting that industrial accidents have eliminated natural deaths; debates between men and women about what they'd do if the opposite sex; and a vague joke about "race suicide." The bulk of the page is a **Dunlop golf ball advertisement** using pseudoscientific marketing: a mechanical testing machine proves consistency because it removes human error. The ad ironically tells golfers "you can't fool the machine" while paradoxically suggesting they blame themselves (not the balls) for poor performance—a clever rhetorical flip that deflects criticism. The page is primarily **commercial content** with light satirical framing.
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“Here you are, sir. An exceptional bargain—Titian’s Sistine Madonna autographed by Rembrandt himself.” —Die Muskete (Vienna). Come On In and Be a Life Liner EGINNING with and including the first issue in September, every three months thereafter we will award a prize of one hundred dollars for the Life Line published within that The members of the staff of re, of course, barred out of this That is to say, every three months | further notice, beginning next De- ver (the announcement to be made a little later than the first issue in the month) we will award a prize of one hundred dollars to the author of the best Life Line published during the previous three months, the award to be made by the Editorial staff of Lire, A check will follow immediately. In the meantime, Life Lines accepted will be paid for at the rate of five dollars each, on acceptance. Try your luck. Study the Life Lines page in this issue, and you will get a good idea of the kind of material to submit. Our motto, “A Laugh in Every Life Line.” Lire cannot undertake the return of Life Lines or other manuscripts unless they are accompanied by stamped and addressed envelopes, Competition GOVERNMENT OFFictaL: Now about the death rate in your town. IvesipENT Boarp or Heat: Won- deriul, wonderful; so many are run over by autos and blown up in our fac- tories that we haven't had a natural death in months, Methods of Debate _ Browne: A woman is forever talk- ing about what she would do if she were a man. lowne: While a man contents him- self with talking about what he wouldn't do if he were a woman. Pupp: Do you believe in race sui- cide? Duns: That depends on the race. YOU CAN'T FOOL THE MACHINE In the testing of Dunlop Golf Balls, use is made of an ingenious driving machine. There is no fooling this mechanical golfer. It hits every ball alike, and any difference in results is immediately charged to the ball. If you could hit with the precision of a machine you would quickly be able to determine which ball gives you best results. Because of the likelihood of variation in your stance or swing, however, you can’t hold the ball to strict accounting. You must always blame yourself. Dunlop Balls are always dependable. The machine test is but one of the safeguards thrown around their manufacture to insure uniformity of carrying quality, accuracy and durability. Dunlop offers you a selection from five different balls. The Dunlop 162, the new leader of the Dunlop line, is a ball of minimum size and maximum weight. It leaped into prominence among the “pro’s” when it won the Daily Mail’s big tournament in England this spring, and since then it has become a favorite of the good golfer, both here and abroad. The Dunlop line offers you the choice of four excellent balls :— The new 162 (small size). . . «$1.10 The Magnum (large size) -.. 1.10 The Durable (aediom size) : . 1.10 The 29 (small size). a oie - 1.00 These balls are all Standard. They conform to U.S. G. A. specifications as to size and weight. If you don’t find Dunlop Balls, in stock, please write us. DUNLOP TIRE AND RUBBER CORPORATION OF AMERICA Golf Ball Department, 17 East 42nd Street, New York, N. Y. comicbooks.com