Life, 1921-10-27 · page 30 of 34
Life — October 27, 1921 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine consists primarily of **short humorous jokes and anecdotes** organized under headers like "Headline English" and "Love Nests," along with advertisements for Cammeyer shoes and Resinol product. The jokes satirize everyday social situations: a caddie's blunt honesty about his employer's golf skills, a snobbish character claiming his maid bathes him (mocking pretension), and a beggar with one leg challenging a gentleman's assumptions. One piece mocks newspaper headline-reading culture, suggesting people discuss events based only on headlines rather than full stories. The "Martyrs to Duty" item references a real Bristol, Connecticut police order forbidding officers to flirt in uniform—*Punch* humorously predicts authorities will next ban them removing uniforms entirely, commenting on absurd bureaucratic escalation. The overall tone targets human vanity, social pretension, and bureaucratic excess through observational humor typical of early 20th-century American satirical magazines.
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Headline English Love Nests Gratitude (TI In spite of the repeatedly made obser- “It’s a cinch to spot the newlyweds,” A Mutanp golfer was accompanied vation that most newspaper readers read _ said the clerk in the big department store. round the links by a very shabbily dressed nothing but headlines, the effect of head- “It’s the only period of married life when caddie. Rather touched by this, he gener- lines on daily conversation is negligible. the man claims to know anything about ously gave the boy sufficient money to buy Suppose a couple of tennis players talked the home.”—New York Sun. a new outfit. The recipient tried to express ’ thus : - his gratitude. “Oh, that’s all right, ‘How about a Net Tilt? my boy!” said the benefactor, ¢ “All right. I'll Clash with you.” cheerily. “Say nothing. Be a good © Or two motorists : lad, that’s all.” But the caddie ! > saad ! : could no longer restrain himself, ie Why : didn’t you Laud that Ex “Please, sir,” he burst out, “T’ ‘ 0 ips . _ By sorry you're such a rotten player!” { ‘I didn’t go. Rain halted it. - - : —London Morning Post. -—F, P. A., in New York Tribune. * “ . i i Not Knocking His Town 4 The Domesticated Husband cits 1x “Gonc away?” A Wire (after violent domestic | — f y . N “Nope. I just strolled down to ec.ne): Oh, Henry dear, forgive Wate see the train come in.” 4 ine and let me weep it out at your s that the kind of town this : feet. . ., . : Bove Hussanp: Certainly. But bring . “Nope. but that’s the kind of squi , ‘4 fellow I am.” me my rubbers first. : \ ‘ ss —Birmingham Age-Herald. P —Karikaturen (Christiania). i ’ r 5 ae prod Not Interested Lov . The Mongrel: Come and have a splash? “Fo Thrust Upon Him The Snob: I—ah—never splash. My maid bathes me. Tue Beccar: Pardon me, sir, ne “NIcGAH, has yuh jined dis heah Passing Show (London). but perhaps you notice that | have rem: Ku Klux yet? 7 only one leg— find “Naw, but dis heah Ku Klux has been Martyrs to Duty Tue GENTLEMAN (irascibly): Vell, bei tryin’ to jine me fo’ de last fo’ miles an’ : what’s that to me? Do you think I have c: a half.”—Nashville Tennessean. An order has been made forbidding the one too many?—Kasper (Stockholm), fiat police of Bristol, Conn., to flirt in uniform. Hat We anticipate, however, that the authori- : I “Ts this a. free country?” ties will soon be obliged to issue a further ture “What is it you want_to do?” order forbidding policemen to take off their you —Louisville Courier-Journal. uniform while on duty—Punch. tech Lire. is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, The foreign trade supplied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls. House, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions, Title registered in, U._S. s, London, E, C. Canadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay, Patent. Office, $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign 386-388 St. James Street,’ Montreal, Canada, cuntries in ine wosialy Unions 31:60 (a yest: fo) Cesads, 0 i cents., “Back No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and numbers: cannot/te: supplte addressed envelope. Lire docs not hold itself responsible for the loss or The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights non-return of unsolicited contributions. . . in Great Britain apply to, Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior ane, London, E. C., England. to the date of issue to be affected. Tha AMMEYER shoes are osten- i sibly made for women of dis- criminating tastes—women who appreciate their innate exclusive- ness and rare distinction. Yet they are not extravagantly priced. Black Satin, with Pat- ent Leather bands gna heals $: AL Patent Leather Cammeyer footwear has a distinct 5 Mrs. Smith bands, straps and.)520 appeal to the woman who realizes Ds : All bright woven Sil,3320 that quality should not necessarily Resinol AML frees: include Tee be synonymous with extravagance. SNE NS OS OE ET ITE SOE OL IIE OD OED: BO NE “We always keep a jar on hand. M M EYE It is the best thing I know for ec zema and similar ills, and it is so ‘ gentle and soothing it is excellent for New York's Most Branch De Luxe Sore Wath, cr atlea Wake Rel rete Beautiful Shoe Shop obi! - iftth Avenue nol Soap also—it’s ideal for the com- bank: plexion and bath. Yes, you can get large Between 53rd and 54th Streets all the Resinol products from yout For druggist.” of B Grow comicbooks.com