Life, 1921-12-15 · page 28 of 34
Life — December 15, 1921 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page features typical early 20th-century American humor columns and advertisements. The main content includes: **Comic Anecdotes**: Short jokes reprinted from newspapers (New York Tribune, Punch, Birmingham Age-Herald, etc.) covering everyday situations—a theatrical reference, tennis etiquette, hospitality, and a colonial Indian railway misunderstanding where a station master arrests himself. **The Ghost Story**: A small illustration (uncaptioned beyond artist credit "G.E. Studdy") depicts what appears to be a mother cow with calves, likely a visual pun or humorous domestic scene typical of the era. **Advertising**: The Hollenden hotel in Cleveland advertises holiday warmth and rates; Life magazine promotes itself as a Christmas gift subscription ("fifty-two presents a year"). **Context for Modern Readers**: This represents *Life* magazine's original format as a humor and satire publication (pre-1936 redesign), featuring reprinted wit from various publications. The jokes reflect period attitudes about gender roles, class, and colonial situations, presented without apparent irony.
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‘The Diary of Our Own Samuel Pepys . . . To the office, and hastened to finish my stint, and so uptown and saw A. Wooll- cott at luncheon, and asked him whether he had seen Rabelais. Rabelais who? he queried. Mirabelais dictu, was my an- swer, which sent him into cyclones of merriment. Have you seen Theophilus, he said—Theophilus show I ever saw? —F.P.A., in New York Tribune. Speaking From Experience “Pal” “Well, my son?” “What is the last word in hospitality?” “It isn’t a word, son. It’s a hiccough.” —Birmingham Age-Herald. Fast and Furious Keen Tennis PLayer (to partner, after winning. stubbornly contested game): You were absolutely topping, Miss Lovebird. Why, you played just like a—a thwarted woman.—Punch, R: Thank you. Carolina Tar Baby. (London). : THE GHOST STORY A —G. E. Studdy, in the Sketch The Wrong Foot From a telegram recently received by the District Superintendent of an Indian Railway from a Babu station-master: “Coming on duty early in the morning clad in my new and white uniform I per- ceived a man seated on a box in a naked and aggressive manner. Taking him to be an ordinary passenger, I proceeded to slap him, whereupon he hastily arose, unlocked the said box, clad himself in a policeman’s uniform thereout and arrested me. The shoe is thus situated on the erroneous pedicle. Please arrange.” —London Morning Post Precipitous An amateur mountain climber, ri his experience in the Rockies, said: “Goin’ up you can mighty nigh stand up straight and bite the ground; goin’ down a man wants hobnails on the seat of his trousers.” —Vancouver Provin No Others Nortu: Has fashioned virtue: West: I suppose so—most of them are. —Kansas City Star. iting lice any of the old- The Gude Samaritan Otp Scot: Dinna cry, ma wee laddie! If ye dinna find yer penny afore dark, here’s a match!—Wayside Tales. Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, B and British Possessions. Title registered in a year in advance. Additional postage to fore countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. B numbers cannot be supplied. 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 p lhe foreign trade supplied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls, House ‘ i Idings, London, E, C. Cana eS Street,’ Montreal, Canada, i be returned unless accompanied by stamped and Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss or rn of unsolicited contributions, distributor, J. R. Tanguay Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior to the date of issue to be affected. Holiday Warmth There's a friendly warmth about The Hollenden that makes it a welcome haven to traveller around holi- day time as thoughts of home tugat his heart strings. Those re the sort of peo- ple you want to know. Rich and fine associa- ten into the very atmosphere of this hotel of particular guests. THE HOLLENDEN CLEVELAND RATES ‘ith bath Single . $3.00 to $6.00 Double $5.00 to $7.00 Twin Beds $6.00 to $8.00 Christmas and the Joy of Giving, The Best Gift of All. A Subscription to Le means joy in receiving as well as giving, fifty-two presents a year, each different, each a bright spot in the week! The whole family, men and women, children and grown-ups, enjoy reading LIFE, and will race to see it first! Try it and see for yourself. A Christ- mas Card announcing the gift sent upon request. Christmas Offer: Enclosed find Five Dollars (Canadian $5.80, Foreign $6.60). Send Lire for one year to With a Christmas Card from Lire, 598 Madison Ave., New York. comicbooks.com