Life, 1922-03-30 · page 30 of 34
Life — March 30, 1922 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Life magazine page (page 28) is primarily a **humor/comics section** featuring brief jokes rather than political cartoons. The content reflects early 20th-century American satirical humor: **Main cartoon**: Shows two dogs at a bargain sale—one complaining he's been waiting while his mistress shopped inside for hours. The joke mocks endless retail sales and women's shopping habits. **Other jokes** include: a woman so unhappily married she needs theater for crying; a fire extinguisher inventor whose product exploded; and a dean asking a troublesome freshman what *he'd* do—receiving the reply "I'd resign." **Social references**: The humor targets women's shopping behavior, marital dissatisfaction, failed inventions, and student discipline—typical 1920s magazine comedy. The page also advertises ocean cruises and a Life magazine subscription offer. **No identifiable political figures or events**—this is purely social satire through lighthearted jokes reflecting period attitudes toward gender roles and everyday life.
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“She Look Good” “The following letter from an incipient distiller to a company offering electric washing machines for sale might be taken Her Little Diversion They were talking about women friends. “Do you see Emma often,” one inquired: “Oh, yes, quite frequently,” the other re- plied. “Is she happily married ? “Is.she? T’ll say she is. Why, that girl is so happily married she has to go to the theatre for a good cry.” —Indianapolis News. Blooey! “I hear young Browne has started man- ufacturing the new fire extinguisher he invented. How’s he getting along?” “Not so well. One of the extinguishers exploded and burned up his factory.” —Nashville Tennessean. Which Couple? Sign in a Loridon shop—To celebrate the engagement of our Princess. Sausage Roll and Glass of Bitter, 4d God bless them both, —Boston Transcript. “How old is this stuff?” “Four years.” “How time does fly!” —Stanford Chaparral. \ VILE THE BARGAIN SALE First Dog (fed up with waiting): They say this sale’s going to run for three Second Dog: Oh, golly!—and my mis- tress has only been inside a couple of hours. —Londen Opinion. to indicate that vendors of washing ma- chines are overlooking a fertile field,” re. ports the Howell County Gazette. “The, letter says: ‘Puritan, Mo. Dear Sir: your macheen she look good to me. How many galons will she hold and how much money will it cost to put pipe for cooling. Does she work on wheat or bar- ley or corn. You work great bluff on wash macheen. I laf. You let me know what it take to fix me up.’ ” —Missouri Notes, Kansas City Times, Wrong Tack The Dean had a hardboiled Freshman on the carpet. The Dean decided to take a fatherly attitude. “If you were in my place,” he asked kindly, “what would you do?” “I'd resign.”—Wesleyan Advance The Music-Lovers “Why do you go to the concerts if you don’t know anything about music?” “T like to watch the faces of the people who don’t know anything cither.” Fliegende Blatter (Munich). CUNT. “Ise Kreme Saylune” over the door of a Cincinnati establishment is probably the coldest spell of the season. —Chicago News. Lire_is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in. U._ Patent, Office: $3.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to, forcign countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Back numbers cannot be supplie The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apely 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. ‘anadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. No contributions will be returned unless accompanicd by stamp addressed envelope. Lure does not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior to the date of issue to be affected. Untrammelled Luxury on the North Cape Cruise Aboard the luxurious S. S. “Osterley” (18,100 tons displacement) with excellent accommodations and superb service. Pervaded with the atmosphere of a private yacht, this exclusively chartered ship affords all the opulence of an exclusive club. A remarkable cruise visiting Iceland, the North Cape, Lofoten Islands, the majestic Fjords and notewort laces of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium ‘and England. Rates $675 and upward Because of the necessary limitations we strongly counsel early application. European Travel in 1922 Advance reservations are essential to perfect Euro- pean Travel. Our Tours insure advance reservations; best accommodations; comprehensive itineraries. Two Round the World Cruises—1923 Jan. 9 and 16 on new oil-burning SSs. Resolute and Volendam We will gladly send our illustrated Booklets on any of the above Raymond & Whitcomb Co. Beacon and Park: Streets, Boston NEW YORE-PHILADELPHIA~CHICAGO-8AN FRANCISCO-LOS ANGELES: Paris London For an Easter Gift a Subscription to Le Easter giving is a pretty cus- tom and one rarely carried to extremes. A subscription to LIFE will give pleasure to the entire family. Try it for six months, or, Obey That Impulse, and for a trial trip, avail yourself of our a> Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.20, Foreign $1.40) Send Lire for the next ten weeks to Open only to new subscribers; no subscriptions renewed at this rate. LIFE, 508 Madison Avenue, New York Canadian $5.80 One Year $5 Foreign $6.60 comicbooks.com