Life, 1922-02-16 · page 30 of 34
Life — February 16, 1922 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief satirical jokes and advertisements typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. The main cartoon content includes: **"Rule Britannia!"** - A retired British naval officer bristles at disarmament proposals, insisting Britain needs naval dominance. The satire targets those opposing weapons reduction, invoking naval tradition (Trafalgar) to resist modern peace efforts. **"He Went Out Bristling"** - A theatrical manager's appointment-seeking agent grows angry after waiting five hours, sarcastically telling the manager he's "grown his last beard in his office" — meaning he'll never return. Other brief jokes satirize everyday absurdities: a porter's sarcasm about luggage, a child's heaven expectations, and drinks served without proper labeling (calling liquor by false names). The page is largely **advertisements** for The Hollenden hotel in Cleveland and a subscription pitch for Life itself, emphasizing humor as beneficial to one's perspective. The content reflects early-1900s concerns: British naval politics and comedic observations of social pretension and domestic situations.
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He Went Out Bristling There is a theatrical manager who is Rule Britannia! A retired naval officer said that he could not understand “all this disarmament non. sense.” No, sir! What would Britain be without her Navy? Had we forgotten Trafalgar? Was it not our glory and our tradition to maintain the freedom of the noted for keeping people waiting in his seast, inted out to him that thi Oh, outer office. The other day a booking agent an attempt —wise or not—to remove “the arrived at noon with his appointment card. menace from the seas. "BR Con He lounged about until five, getting an- “Hang it all, sir!” roared the old sea grier all the while. At six he suddenly warrior, bristling. “What's the confounded Wh flung, the card down on the secretary's sea for?”—Tit-Bits (London) desk. “Tell your boss,” he shouted as he . . flounced out, “that I've grown my last we ov beard in his office.” ° Beginning Early i —O. O. McIntyre in Atlanta Constitution. Littte Girt: Mother, when | get to Sha heaven, will I play with the little angels? J Sha Bon Voyage More Yes, darling, you wi Han PASSENGER (from car window): Hey, aTTLe. Grai: § And don't you fink, Bt Calr you darn fool, here goes the train and you mother, if Pm very. 9779 dood, they will I Do haven’t put my baggage aboard. let me play with a lic! een mean Porter: You're the darn fool; you're IP ayaee te Now on the wrong train—Le Rire (Paris). . . The Spartan Mi . A Hungry Blaze Nurse (returning from juvenile party): St Illinois paper—Mr. Geiger was in an ad- Good gracious, Betty, how sticky your joining part of the house when the fire gloves are! One was discovered eating his breakfast. Betty: So would yours be, if you had The “devouring element” at its work. two meringues and a chocolate éclair inf) One —Boston Transcript. your muff.—Passing Show (London). THE CO-OPTIMISTS —G. E. Studdy, in The Sketch (London). “WILL you have Scotch, rye, or gin?” Mus “Whatever you are pleased to call it, old chap.”—Lonisville Courier-Journal Life Harry: Where were you last night? Harriett: It’s a lie! What were you doing there?—Texas Scalper. Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, The foreign trade supplied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls House, Fy Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in U.S. Breas Buildings, London, Canadian distributor, f. R. Tanguay, f) Spi Patent Office. $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign 386-388 St. James Street,’ Montreal, Canada. Give countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Back No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and numbers cannot be supplied. addressed envelope. Life does not hold itself responsible for the loss orp Thr non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two week L to the date of issue to be affected. et 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. TO THE Keeping Your Funny Eye Open Ther HOLLENDEN In Cleveland, it’s always The Hollenden. When you plan your Cleveland trip you have noworries. RATES You know that The eagle ot dno Hollenden is the first- Double $5.00t0 $7.00 class hotel for first- class people. Twin Beds $6.00 to $8.00 THE HOLLENDEN CLEVELAND is a Secret of Success. Life. Reading Oper Life will help to sharpen your vision. Even the innate depravity of inanimate objects |> ; has its funny side. Learn to see it and laugh at it and your tangles will straighten out. Try it yourself for a year, or, Obey That Impulse, and for a trial trip, avail yourself of our Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.20, Foreign $1.40) Send Lire for the next ten wecks to Open only to new subscribers; no subscriptions renewed at this rate. C in LIFE, 598 Madison Avenue, New York te One Year $5 Canadian $5.80 Foreign $6. 00 R comicbooks.com