Life, 1923-05-03 · page 31 of 40
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This page combines humor writing with period advertising, offering no political cartoons. **Content:** "Mrs. Pep's Diary" (continued) presents gossipy, satirical vignettes from high-society social calls and encounters with literati like a Barnum biographer. The humor depends on period-specific details: concerns about cordials in liquor cabinets, taxi incidents, and fashionable salon visits. **Satire:** "True Economists" mocks penny-pinching contradictions—people who save thirty cents on taxi fares while wasting money elsewhere, or who salvage building materials to patch teeth (or vice versa). The humor lies in exposing absurd false economy. **Advertising:** The remainder features luxury goods (Tiffany & Co.), travel services (American Express European tours), household brushes, and Auction Bridge lessons—all targeting affluent readers circa 1923. The page is primarily entertainment and commercial content rather than political commentary.
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Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Continued from page 12) class of chartreuse. Lord! Why is it that the private stock of those who do not imbibe spirituous liquors themselves invariably consists of a stray bottle of cordial?...This day a clumsy taxicab driver did shut the door upon my walking-stick, break- ing it in two, and not neatly, neither. April Forth this day to two 29th — teas, one at the Harrison (Lord’s Day) Smiths’, and there I did meet voung Mr. Werner, who has written Barnum’s biography, and when | asked him how he came to choose such a subject he did reply that one must write about something, which | deemed a fair retort. Thence s Marie Doro’s, where, among many others, were D’Alvarez, thes ress, and Mistress Gert- rude Fogler, the diction expert. And Marie did tell me that instead of going to be X-rayed, as the physician bade . she had laid out the money on five new hats, and was so cheered by them that she felt cured of her malady Baird Leonard. True Economists Tur Woman who forces her child to eat more than he wants because may wish some day that he had : Woman who saves old silk umbrellas for pettic ; the Man who walks ten blocks in the pouring rain to save a thirty-cent taxi fare; the \Voman who saves the cement left over from building a house to fill a tooth; the Man who saves the cement left over from filling a tooth to build a house. BRUSHES For Household and Family re- quirements, Best quality, long |) Wearing, perfect working. Ex- | tensive assortment,—every || brush needed for home life. | Send for Illustrated Literature |) JOHN L. WHITING-J. J. ADAMS Co. BOSTON, U.S.A. for. Largest in the Wor! Brush Manufacturers OW ly, Foarsand the TIFFANY & CO. JEWELRY PEARLS SILVERWARE 25 RUE DE LA PAIX LONDON, W. 25 MADDOX STREET REGENT STREET MAIL INQUIRIES GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION FIFTH AVENUE & 37! STREET RIS NEw YORK = RIT! for this Booklet “EUROPE—1923"—Full information covering 25 AMERICAN EXPRESS CONDUCTED TOURS To Europe Spring and Summer Sailings— Weekl ly to July 28th. Wide range of routes and costs, Small, select parties, Address 65 Bdway, MODERN AUCTION BRIDGE Become a trained player in Thirteen Practical Lessons. You will be delighted. Per- sonal attention given to each student. First lesson is $1. Full course $10. Lessons ar- ranged by W. E. Greenway, president of AUCTION BRIDGE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL POST OFFICE BOX 607, ARCADE STATION, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA comicbooks.com