Life, 1922-07-27 · page 25 of 36
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This page satirizes the proliferation of organizational "get-together" meetings and corporate/civic clubs popular in early 20th-century America. The left side parodies standardized song sheets used at such gatherings—set to familiar melodies like "Marching Through Georgia" and "Tipperary"—where groups celebrate their leaders with saccharine praise. Each verse ridicules a different organization: the Jolly Bachelors' bowling club, the Advertising Slogan Writers' Association, and various company departments and societies. The humor lies in the overwrought sentimentality and the generic, interchangeable nature of these tributes to figures like "Francis X. Bottomley" and "Morris Lipwitz." The right side contains three separate jokes mocking social conventions: one about efficiency methods, one about women's names, and one about bathing suit fashion and religious prudishness. The cartoon illustrations show a child on a swing, underscoring the implied childishness of adults' organizational enthusiasm.
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LIF Standardized Song-Sheet for Get-Together Meetings Air: “Marching Through Georgia” )ME around to the Knights of Pythias Hall, upon next Saturday eve; Bring your friends along with you, do not them at home leave. Come along and join the fun, there’s sure to be a spree Every Saturday night at half-past seven. Chorus: Hurrah, hurrah, you'd better fall in line; ‘ah, hurrah, you'll see a sight so fine. The Jolly Bachelors’ Saturday Night Bowling and Ath- letic Club is out for a rousing good time, Led by our President, Doctor Julius Muhlenfelder. * * x Air: “A Long, Long Trail” There’s a long, long line a-waiting lo join the Advertising Slogan Writers’ Association. For the whole wide world is anxious To get in on the fun, So why be longer hesitating? Fill out your application slip to-day, \nd soon you'll be a member Of that good old A. S. W. A. * * * Air: “Dear Old Pal of Mine” Oh, how we love you, Francis X, Bottomley. You're ever first in the hearts of your employees. \ll your office fo-orce, Proudly hails you bo-oss. That’s why we love you, Francis X. Bottomley. * * * Air: “Tipperary” It's a long time till we'll find another Like our Treasurer, Morris Lipwitz. It’s a long time till we'll find another Who the place so well will fit. Good-by, other treasurers, For you we do not care. Because the Treasurer of the Morrisania Heights Boat- ing Society Is always right there. * * * Air: “K-k-k-Katy” (h-th-th-Throckmorton, Wellington Throckmorton, You're the man who made the Busy Bee Department Store what it is to-day. \Vhen the m-moon shines Over the corner of Maple Street and Evergreen Avenue, There the Busy Bee Department Store will stand forever and a day. * * * Air: “Auld Lang Syne” Should the Class of Naughty-three of St. Aloysius’ Mili- tary Academy be forgot \nd never brought to mind? We'll drink to our principal, Leonard Sturgis-Culpepper, Ph.D., And the days of auld lang syne. DUP: It must have been catfish. Amusement HY did you install those efficiency methods in your office?” “Oh, we had a little spare time on our hands,” Tue first woman was named Eve, probably because her arrival brought an end to Adam's perfect day. Tuere will be only two styles in bathing suits this summer: those suitable for stout women over sixty, and those suitable for denunciation from the pulpit. comicbooks.com