Life, 1922-08-17 · page 30 of 36
Life — August 17, 1922 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains several short satirical jokes reflecting early 20th-century domestic and social humor: **"Hindsight"** depicts a mother warning her daughter against marriage, ironically admitting she herself was "struck by lightning" in love with the girl's father—then wishing she'd had a lightning rod. The joke mocks romantic idealism versus marital reality. **"The Crafty Realtor"** satirizes deceptive real-estate sales: a buyer complains the property was promised to be "within sight of the car line," implying he'd need binoculars to actually see it. **"Scripsit"** plays on a mother discovering her daughter writes frivolous books—the daughter admits she didn't buy them, she *authored* them, turning the shame back on the mother's snobbery. Other brief items joke about golf mediocrity, travel disappointments (a Bangkok visitor only saw a Chaplin film), and contemporary oddities (radio weddings). The page also advertises period products: Absorbine Jr. liniment and Bellans indigestion remedy, typical of vintage magazine advertising.
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Hindsight Irate MorHer (to infatuated daugh- ter): Forget your young man, my child. .. . An idiotic marriage! You've been as if struck by lightning, you say? Bah! So was I, long ago, for your father. And how many times since have I wished I’d had a lightning rod that day!—L’Illustration (Paris). The Crafty Realtor “You remember that lot you sold me? You remember you said it was within sight of the car line?” "Yes." “Well, do I have to furnish my own binoculars ?”—Nashville Tennessean. The Voice of Authority SHE (adoringly): It must be aw- fully nice to be wise and know—oh— everything. HE (a graduate): It is. —Boston Transcript. “T pray golf for the exercise only.” “As badly as that?” —New York Sun. “SCRIPSIT” “What is this I have found? Do you actually buy such frivolous books?” “No, mamma, I only wrote it.” —Lustige Blatter (Berlin). i] Second Thoughts When I am walking round my flowers And see their happy faces, I long to share their quiet hours By sometimes changing places. It must be jolly, don’t you think, To sit there in a border, With someone else to bring you drink And keep your home in order? And yet I could not bear to see A rose go to the City, And so they shall not change with me, Although it seems a pity. —Punch, Why Travel? “You've been to Bangkok?” “Yes,” “It must be a quaint city. What did you see there?” “Well, there was a pretty good Chaplin film at one of the movie houses.” —Birmingham Age-Herald. Touring the Highlands “Who's the kiddie in kilts?” “A boy Scot.” —Louisville Courier-Journal A Minnesota couple married by radio now. want a divorce. Old Man Static again—Dallas News Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in. U.S Patent Office, $5.00 a _vear in advance. Additional postage to foreign Breams_ Buildings, The foreign trade supplied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls House, London, E. C. Canadian distributor, The American News Company, 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Back numbers cannot be supplied. 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. England. No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope. Lire does not hold itself responsible for the loss o non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prio to the date of issue to be affected. Was it bruised? Was the skin | broken? Here was need for a liniment or for an antiseptic. But which? Absorbine, Je. combines the bene- ficial properties of liniment, anti- septic and germicide. All in one container for greater convenience in such emergencies. Neglect of the hundred little hurts that occur unexpectedly often means infection, unnecessary pain or slow recovery. Thousands are never without Absorbine, Jr. in their homes. It is safe; of a clean, pleasant odor and without the usual liniment stain. It is powerfully concentrated. Only a few drops are required in all ordinary applications. ist’s, $1.25, or postpaic aed it Geld W. F. YOUNG, Inc. 162 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. Another’ Burlesque Number !! It’s on the way !! Last week we hinted as much. Now we can come out flat footed and issue a positive statement: The date of issue will be September 7th. There will be no advance in price for those who do their shopping early. (Last year the Burlesque Number sold out within a few days at news-stands all over the country. In two weeks our reserve copies were retailing at $5 apiece.) The Second Great Burlesque Number will have something to dowithSunday Newspapers. That's all we can afford to say now. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION Pearl Handle! Those who are particular about details of ap- pearance in all things truly appre- ciate Keen Kutter penknives— designs to suit personal preference. comicbooks.com