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Life — June 29, 1922 — page 30: Life, 1922-06-29

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This page contains miscellaneous short humor pieces typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines, plus advertising. **Key humor items:** - **"Trials of a Namesake"**: A working-class mother asks a vicar to change her son's name from Lloyd George because the child suffers ridicule since his father changed political views about the Prime Minister. This references real political controversy surrounding British PM David Lloyd George. - **"Rather Unusual"**: Jokes about home brew and Chinese origins, reflecting Prohibition-era American humor. - **"His Specialty"**: Austin Aggle is portrayed as someone who rushes to scenes of trouble to appear as an "innocent bystander"—satirizing a recognizable character type. - **Other brief jokes** mock movie stars as lovers, suburban borrowing culture, and Peru's planned Liberty statue as a step toward prohibition. The page is primarily filler content between advertisements, including a substantial Brooks Brothers clothing ad featuring their Madison Avenue store building.

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Great Britain, Canada and British Patent, Office. countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Back numbers cannot be supplied. Lane, London, E. BS. Trials of a Namesake Mortuer (to vicar): Oh, please, sir, T was agoin’ to ask you, could anything be done to change pore little Lloyd Georgie’s name ’ere? The pore little kid’s ‘ad to suffer summat cruel. ’E can’t do nothin’ right since ’is father’s changed ‘is views about the Prime Minister !—London Opinion. Breeding “Why do you think the Smythe girl is so highly cultured?” “Well, I know for a fact that she can see a hole in a newspaper without won- dering what's been cut out.” —London Mail. Rather Unusual Tep: There are still some things we haven’t found out about home brew. Nep: Yes, no one has yet accused the Chinese of making it thousands of years ago.—New York Sun. ——— The Pensive One: “Wuere did you get the plot for your second novel?” “From the film version of my first.” —Nashville Tennessean. LOVE MATCHES lave nowadays you've got to find some reasonable excuse for the benefit of your friends. —Kasper (Stockholm). His Specialty “Well! well!” interestedly ejaculated a recently arrived guest. “Look at that man running with all his might up the street! What do you suppose is the reason for his haste?” “That's Austin Aggle,” replied the landlord of the Pruntytown tavern, “Knowing him as well as I do, | pre- sume he has had a hint that trouble of some kind is going to happen in the other end of town, and he is rushing there to act as innocent bystander.” —Country Gentleman, Limitations BionpinE: I'd like to marry a movie star. Brunetra: Why? “Because they are such wonderful love makers.” “Quite true, but most of them do not seem to know what to do with it after it is made.”—Youngstown Telegram. Speaking from Experience “Say, ma, who said, ‘Neither a bor- rower nor a lender be’ “Some person who never lived in the suburbs, Tommie.” If you marry for —Hamilton Royal Gaboon Peru is to have a statue of Liberty. This is regarded as the first step to- ward Prohibition—Punch. Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, ossessions. Title registered in U. S. $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign . The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter .. England. The foreign trade supplied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls House Breams Buildings, London, . Canadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay, 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. ; No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope... Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of unsolicited contributions. : Notice of change of address should reach this office two wecks prio to the date of issue to be affected. ESTABLISHED 1818 -GLOTHING — #3 _, Gentlemens Furnishing NEW YORK Telephone Murray Hill 8800 Ready made & to Measure Special Garments for Polo, Golf, Tennis Yachting, Riding, etc. Exclusive Shirts, Neckwear & Hosiery Trunks, Bags & Leather Novelties Umbrellas, Walking Sticks, Mackintoshes, etc. Liveries for Stable, Garage or Club We shall soon have ready a booklet of especial interest to all Golfers, entitled “A Box of Matches Containing 40 Ways to Play Golf? A copy will be sent to anyone mentioning LirE BOSTON ‘TREMONTCOR. BOYLSTON in light-weight Woolens, Crash and Shantung Silk Straw & Panama Hats, English & Domestic Shoes NEWPORT 220 BELLEVUE AVENUE Bhs Avert. ods, MADISON AVENUE COR. FORTY-FOURTH STREET Clothing for Summer Sport BROOKS BROTHERS’ Building, convenient to Grand Central, Subway, and to many of the leading Hotels and Clubs comicbooks.com