Life, 1923-06-14 · page 34 of 44
Life — June 14, 1923 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and humor columns** rather than political cartoons. The content consists of: **Main Advertisement**: ABA Cheques (traveler's checks) promoted by Bankers Trust Company—positioned as convenient for international travel, accepted at 40,000 banks. **Humor Section** ("Our Foolish Contemporaries"): A collection of brief satirical jokes and anecdotes mocking various social situations: - A naive rope salesman's gaffe - A literary critic's backhanded insult to a new magazine editor - Irish dialect humor about road directions - A servant's notice to an employer - A nervous young man's anxiety about a veiled baby (the joke: it's teething, not contagious) - An orchestra conductor's complaint about wind instruments - **KKK satire**: A dark joke where Klansmen execute an Indian, claiming Indians weren't on the Mayflower - Golf humor about sportsmanship The page reflects 1920s-era American humor—much of it featuring ethnic/regional stereotypes and casual references to then-contemporary concerns. The KKK reference indicates the organization's prominence during this period.
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32 LIFE Like a Checking Account At 4o, ooo Banks A:B-A 2888, Cheques -TRAVEL MONEY —accepted by more than 40,000 banks, are as easy to negotiate anywhere as your personal check in your own home town. Your counter-signature in the presence of the acceptor identifies you. Ask for A*B°A Cheques at your bank. The Agent of the American Bankers Association for these chequesis BANKERS TRUST COMPANY NEW YORK “Wait just two minutes and I'll get you a rope.” —Sans-Géne (Paris). Hsga eer angarent ani Fiyat hey declan owt ory mated for your ola od epee salle rowahout -taacs- Ww: a 1600 Miles tn Canadian Wilds" and DISAPPEARING PROPELLER BOAT CORPORATION 323 Robinson St., North Tenawanda, N. Y. The Disappearing Propeller Boat- A Backhander The young editor had just founded a new magazine—one of those high- brow things with pale gray covers and uncut pages—and was eager for applause. “What do you think of it?” he asked the celebrated literary critic to whom he took a copy for examination, “Well,” replied the other, .wearily but warily, “the stuff you rejected must certainly have been rotten.” —American Legion Weekly. Joys of the Open Road Native (in answer to inquiry): Do ye_see this road as far as ye can see? PepestriaNn : No, I'm a little short- sighted. Native: Well, when ye go as far as I can see, ye’ll be getting on towards the place ye want to get to. —Punch, Almost Out Catter: Is Mrs, Brown at home? BrivceT: She is, but she isn’t in a fit state to see anybody—she’s just been givin’ me notice. —Boston Transcript. SPEAKING of endurance tests, there is the wait for an amateur perfor- mance to begin. —St. Joseph ( (Mo.) News-Press. The Susceptible Age Wolverton was a nervous, fidgety young man, and he looked with con- siderable apprehension at the woman next him, who held a baby, its face covered with a thick veil, The baby gave now and then a sharp cry, which the woman evidently tried to sup- press, At last, after many anxious glances, the young man spoke. “Has— has that baby any—anything conta- gious?” The woman looked at him with a mixture of scorn and pity. “It wouldn't be for most people, she said in a clear, carrying ton “but maybe it would be for you. He's teething.”—Ladies’ Home Journal, Nonplused The orchestra was practicing the composer’s very long and tedious piece when he arrived. “What's thi he demanded from the doorway. can hear only the violins, not the wind instruments,” “It's too hard a job for the wind in- struments,” replied the orchestra leader. “They can’t blow and yawn at the same time!” —Der Brummer (Berlin), America for Americans KransMan: Dog, you are about to be hanged as an alien. Naw tell us your nationality if you would have a last. chance. Victim : I am an Indian. KLansMAN: Pull the rope, men! I never heard of any Indians on_ the Mayflower.—Notre Dame Juggler. Unsportsmanlike First Gotrer: ‘I have injured a ligament in my hand, and the doctor forbids me to play golf for th: next month or so. Seconp GotFer (with feeling) : Oh! the bounder—what a shame! —Glasgow Bulletin, Time to Re-tire? FISK comicbooks.com ser