Life, 1922-07-13 · page 28 of 36
Life — July 13, 1922 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page mixes advertising and humor content typical of Life magazine's satirical format. **Main Advertisement**: A Colt firearms ad dominates the left side, using the slogan "With a Colt at hand you have the protection of the World's Right Arm"—appealing to early 20th-century American masculinity and self-defense. **Cartoon Content**: The page features several short joke submissions from international readers: - **"Double-Dyed Deceiver"**: A woman complains her reputation is damaged not by a false kiss rumor, but by its untruth—satirizing women's social vulnerability to gossip. - **"The Return Trip"**: A Berlin publication's quip comparing American and German culture (specific comparison unclear from OCR). - **Short humor pieces** about a Hawaiian servant using nicknames, baseball terminology misunderstanding, and a child's definition of "seniority" as job security for railroad workers. The page reflects Life's formula: combining consumer advertising with gentle social satire drawn from readers' contributions, representing early 1900s middle-class American anxieties and humor.
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Ask your dealer to show you the genuine COLT ine from which you can select a model adapted for your particular, purpose. Send for *"The Romance of a Coli,” a booklet that will interest you COLT’S PATENT FIRE ARMS MEG. CO. Pacific Coast Representative, Phil. B.Bekeart Co., 717 Market St., SanFrancisco, Cal. Double-Dyed Deceiver First Sue: That awful person goes around telling everyone he kissed me. Seconp SHE: Well, there’s no harm in that, is there? First Sue: No, but it isn’t even true! —Kasper (Stockholm). THE RETURN TRIP “The Germans have the advantage of America in one thing—the American —Lustige Pitter (Berlin). With a Colt at hand , you have the rotection of the | World's Right Arm’ | Embarrassed His Mistress “Sandwich Island help,” writes a Bos- ton woman, “have a curious habit of calling their employers by their first names, as ‘Yes, John’ and ‘Very well, Mary,’ instead of the conventional ‘sir’ and ‘ma’am.’ My husband and I, on hiring a new cook, planned to obviate this by refraining from mentioning each other’s names, substituting common ter- Hi minal endearments. ‘If he doesn’t hear me called Mary,’ I said, ‘he won’t know that’s my name.’ “It happened shortly after that we had some officers to dine with us, and the cook entered and said to me, ‘Sweet- heart, the dinner is served.’ “What! I stammered aghast. “ ‘Dinner is served, dearie,’ answered the new cook.”—Boston Transcript. A Good Game PitcHer: They robbed me of a no- hit_ game yesterday. Frrenp: What did? Pircuer: Johnson’s single, Thomp- son’s triple, Smith’s double, Wells’ two singles, Jones’ three singles and Browne’s two home runs. —Nashville Tennessean. FIRE ARMS Density Visitor: What's that thing, Oswald? Artist: I’m going to call it “The Por- trait of a Flapper.” “Why don’t you finish the head?” “Can't, the paint’s not thick enough.” —Grinnell Malteaser. An Atchison little boy asked_ his father what “Seniority” means. “Si ority, my son,” replied the father, what keeps your dad a brakeman.” —Kansas City Star. HARTFORD, CONN. The Great $800.00 Picture Contest is now running in ye To keep track of it, why not enter a Six Months’ Subscription, and be sure of see- ing the answer as well? 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 weeks to Open only to new subscribers; no subscriptions renewed at this rate. LIFE, 598 Madison Avenue, New York One Year $5 Canadian $5.80 Foreign $6.60 81 comicbooks.com