Life, 1923-06-14 · page 36 of 44
Life — June 14, 1923 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains satirical humor typical of the 1920s, mixing advertisements with social commentary. The **Nesser Golf Bags advertisement** features a cartoon mocking golf enthusiasts, showing "McNaughton" so obsessed with his bag's status that he refuses to let a caddy carry it—satirizing vanity and conspicuous consumption among golfers. The **"Bores" column** is a lengthy comedic rant cataloging tedious social types: dinner party bores, family-history bores, gossips, and people who repeat stories. This reflects post-WWI anxiety about maintaining civilized social standards while enduring insufferable acquaintances. The **"Cards of Thanks"** section uses deadpan humor to describe genuinely embarrassing situations treated politely—a drunk guest, an arrest mixed up with bootleggers, rude dinner guests. This satirizes the social convention of thank-you notes by applying them to mortifying circumstances, poking fun at middle-class politeness rituals. The **Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement** invokes Napoleon and WWI soldiers' hardships to sell foot powder, a comedic juxtaposition of military gravitas with mundane consumer products—typical early-20th-century advertising absurdity.
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combined with the hall mark Nesser Bags are made of stitched—attractively designed and built by lockee Ray 2 ‘There goes McNaughton, he's so fi proud of his Nesser Bag’ that. he won't even let a caddy carry it.” Cy seanies i. YO A bag that holds its shape—rugged sturdiness o! good taste. Bores Bores who invite me to dinner parties composed entirely of other bores . . . bores who besiege me with interminable anecdotes . , , bores who drop in for lunch and stay over the night . . . bores who make after-dinner speeches . , bores who are forever confiding to me their love difficulties . . , bores who are thoroughly versed in all the local scandal .. , bores who read the newspapers aloud . . .bores who unfold to me their entire family history... bores who have just returned from an around-the-world journey . . , bores who relate the same “funny story” several times in an evening . bores who insist upon reciting the name of every state in the Union, the presidents in order, and the complete list of the original signers of the Declaration of In- dependence .. . bridge bores . golf bores .. .Wall Street bores .. literary bores . . .bootlegging bores . . . automobile bores club bores . . . country bores... town bores... breakfast bores . . . old bores... young bores ., bores. The Bright Particular Star Bricut though the movie stars may be In this here world orbicular, Tt suddenly occurs to me They ain’t too darned particular. the finest material skilled craftsmen. Patented Solid Rawhide Bottoms with a Lifetime Wear Cards of Thanks Mrs. Emer Wisp wishes to ex- press her appreciation of the thoughtfulness of certain members of the Maple Street Idle Hour Club who, when they brought Mr. Wisp home last Saturday night, put him to bed on the davenport instead of disturbing the family by bringing him all the way upstairs. #4 Mr. and Mrs, Ambrose Mattress desire to thank their numerous friends who so kindly refrained from telephoning condolences the day Mr. Mattress was arrested for Nesser & Company Chicago, Ill. faulty parking, and the papers got him mixed up with a bootlegging conspiracy. * eK To our guests of the 6th, whose conduct at dinner so shocked my wife’s mother that she went home the next day, my heartfelt thanks. J. ALFRED FoLLANSBEE. xe * In behalf of several families re- siding in the Luxor apartments, we hereby express our appreciation of the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Witherspoon in getting a new mus- ic roll for their automatic piano. Joun Hostetrer AND ASSOCIATES. NAPOLEON ONCE SAID “A Foot-sore Army is an Army Half Defeated” When Our Boys went into the war the Gover ment ordered over One million five hundred thou sand pounds of Powder for the Feet, to make their shoes comfortable and help them on their long marches, This was regarded as the “last word” in scientific outfitting, and emphasizes the testimony of mil lions of people who use Allen’s Foot:Ease for the quick relief of Corns, Bunions, and Cal louses, and for Tired, Aching, Sweating, Smart ing, Tender Feet. It takes the friction from the shoe, rests the feet and makes walking easy. At Night, after excessive dancing or walking, sprinkle Allen’s Foot=Ease in the foot-bath. Those who use Allen’s Foot=Ease have solved their foot troubles. Sample package and a Foot=Ease Walk ing Doll sent FREE. Address ALL FOOT=EASE, Le Roy, N. Y. HOW MANY PERSONS WILL READ THIS COPY OF LIFE? ———= MEN gf OF GRAINS IGARS “MADE AT KEY WEST FOR comicbooks.com