Life, 1922-11-30 · page 34 of 36
Life — November 30, 1922 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **table of contents/advertising page** rather than a political cartoon. The page announces upcoming content in Ainsley's Magazine, including Dorothy Parker's "In Broadway Playhouses" column and May Edginton's serial "The Man Hunt," alongside stories by various authors. The only substantive literary content is **Parker's piece** on the left, which appears to be a humorous short story about feet in bed on a cold night—describing the struggle to push frozen feet under blankets. The narrative is deliberately overwrought, using dramatic language ("the very teeth of the cold") to comic effect for mundane discomfort. The right side includes a poem titled **"More or Less True"** (credited C.W.) using comparative metaphors: "As Woman to the Man" concludes a series of analogies. The remainder consists of period **advertisements** for Murine eye drops and Cortez cigars. No political satire or caricature is present on this page.
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32 7 IESIRSE *: “IN BROADWAY a B= them stretched a white 99 world—and how bitter, bitter PLAY HOUSES cold it was! Cold whiteness above them as unfriendly chill as the ex- panse beneath, pressed down and en- closed them in a relentless circum. by ference. Cold, cold, so numbing cold! Side by side they advanced, just the faintest perceptible prog- DOROTHY PARKER ress at every effort, clinging close to each other for such modicum of warmth as each could give the other. Perhaps they might have withdrawn; every month in yet pride, or conscience, or what- ever the impelling power might be, goaded them forward into the very teeth of the cold that drove them back. The very whiteness of it seemed to add to the chill. Yet dark- ness was all about them! They knew that it was white above and THE MAGAZINE THAT ENTERTAINS white beneath, in spite of the pitchy night. At last they stopped. Will power could force them no farther. Cling- MAY EDGINTON’S ing close, futilely intertwining, for each seemed now to add to the chill, rather than to the warmth. of the : other, they reached the point of utter great serial . surrender. It was horrible, hor- rible! The freezing whiteness pressed down from above, pressed ce T H E M A N H U N T 9 upward from below, and the two were naked, utterly naked! They were my feet, and I simply could not force myself to push them farther down into the bed. Begins in December Issue, B.A. More or Less True the South Pole to the North, ALSO STORIES BY the third speed to the fourth, the moonlight to the sun, the butter to the bun, the trimming to the frock, . , Winston Bouvé Arthur Hornblow Jr. eee ae oi As the football to the goal, 1 1 1 As the paper to the news, Fannie Heaslip Lea Beatrice Ravenel ee a eo As the feather to the hat, Anice Terhune Izola Forrester | As the Welcome to the mat, As the label to the can, Austin Wade Rice Gaither So is Woman to the Man. Cc. W. | OPNURIN NIGHT& MORNING & and many others KEEP YOUR EYES CLEAN CLEAR AND HEALTHY WAITS FOR PARE EYE CARE BOOK: MURINE CO. cHICASONAA FOR _g MEN OF BRAINS Now On Sale 20c Per Copy|-mave & al GARS comicbooks.com