Life, 1923-03-22 · page 30 of 36
Life — March 22, 1923 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains primarily **humorous short anecdotes and advertisements** rather than political cartoons. The main content includes several comic vignettes satirizing everyday situations: - **"Mental Work"**: A dialect-heavy story about an elderly Black man (Uncle Dan'l) who claims mental exhaustion from *thinking* about a new job before even starting it—satirizing the absurdity of overthinking. - **"Still Wakeful"**: A joke about a musical mother whose lullabies are so bad the nurse has already used them as threats to discipline the child. - **"A Gesture"**: Brief commentary on modern pedestrians' only remaining "fun"—waving traffic along after narrowly avoiding it. Other items mock hotel managers, motion picture actresses' contradictory statements, and Soviet leadership. The page is dominated by **period advertisements** for refrigerators, foot powder, and Fisk tires. The overall tone is lighthearted social commentary typical of 1920s American humor magazines, with no serious political agenda visible.
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Ay : Ware Mountawn Refrigerators ONS ‘The Chest With The Chill In It” NS) Built on scientific principles and tested by use IN OVER A MILLION HOMES We manufacture over 200 different styles and sizes and we please the most exacting purchaser. Send for beautiful catalogues and booklets. Maine Manufacturing Company Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION Hot water Sure Relief ‘king! Willie wanted to play ball with the other boys, but his mother wanted him to carry in some wood—in fact, as quite decided that he should. V demurred, but mother prevailed. The final scene was stormy, and as Willie came out of the wood-shed, he danced with wrath. “Darn! Darn!” he cried. “If_T had a moving picture of the way I feel, I'd never get by the censors.” —American Legion Weekly. Ina Pinch, Use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE Still Wakeful MusicaL Moruer (to nurse): If baby won’t go to sleep, bring her here; I'll’ sing her something. Nurse: Oh, madam, it won’t do any good. I have already threatened her with that—Le Rire (Paris). A Gesture About the only fun a_ pedestrian ever has nowadays is to step out of the way of a big truck or a limousine and wave the driver to come ahead, which the latter intended to do anyway. Mental Work Old Uncle Dan’l had lived long and peacefully on the fruits of his wife's toil at the washtub, until one day Miss Lucy, fresh from a Northern college, planted a bombshell in his quiet exist- ence by finding him a job as watchman on a neighboring estate. The day be fore he was to begin work he presented himself, a woebegone figure, before his benefactress. “Miss Lucy,” he began, “Ah reckon I’se got to retiah f’om dat job you done got me.” , “Retire!” said the astonished Miss Lucy. “Why, you haven't begun yet.” “O} co’se, in a manner 0’ speakin’, I ain't, Miss Lucy—but you see it's dis a-way. All dese weeks Ah ben settin’ dere studyin’ and studyin’ ebout dis-here job Ah’se gwine take an’, Miss Lucy, Ah tells yer der truf, Ah ben wukkin’ at dat job so much in mah mind dat Ah'se jes’ plumb wo’ out.” —New York Sun, A Quiet Meal Trasciste Diner: Understand, now, when I am dining I don’t wish to be disturbed by anyone—not even if it’s the Pope. Waiter All right. And you want me to tell that to the Pope, if he should happen to drop in? —Le Journal Amusant (Paris), How to Talk to Guests Prosrective Guest: Why, this room reminds me of a prison. ASSISTANT MANAGER: Well, all a matter of what one is u —Hotel Manageme Tue motion picture actress who ad- mitted that she was married and then denied it an hour later may have been right both times. —Jndianapolis Ncws, As we understand it, Trotzky the Soviet and Lenin is the cetera—Dallas News. U sear orf Time to Re-tire? Buy FISK 25¢ ano 75¢ PACKAGES EVERYWHERE —Kansas City Star. comicbooks.com