Life, 1923-06-21 · page 28 of 36
Life — June 21, 1923 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains several brief humorous items typical of early 20th-century satirical publications: **The humor pieces** are light, punchy jokes about everyday situations—a couple of chickadees claiming to live cheaply, a child waking her aunt saying "the world has begun," and a young man searching for a song he only dreamed about. These reflect the magazine's style of gentle domestic and absurdist comedy. **"In Three Generations"** satirizes how people explain heredity through a child's circular logic: if your grandfather had no children, your father wouldn't exist, and therefore neither would you—a tautological but amusing definition. **The military humor** references WWI (the phrase "go over the top" refers to trench warfare), with a soldier joking about his sergeant while under fire. The page also advertises *Faultless* pajamas and promotes an anthology of light verse from *Life* itself, edited by Oliver Hereford and Charles B. Falls. The content reflects *Life*'s identity as a magazine of "humor" and "satire" aimed at educated middle-class readers.
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The Taussig Bluebird Two chickadees sat in a tree, Enjoying the warmth of the sun; Said one, “We will show all the people below That two can live cheeper than one.” —Harvard Lampoon. “Tomorrow” A lady was visiting her sister in the country. She overslept one morning and was awakened by her little niece, three and a half years old, who ex- claimed, “Aunt Annie, get up; the world has begun!” —Christian Register. Juvcr : Have you ever been convicted before? Prisoner: No, always after. —Karikaturen (Christiania). NotHING is more imitated than an nimitable style. —Ohio States Journal. Gallery Humorist: PepRo.—London Mail. Tue Victim (in bookstore): I want “Here,” remarked the playful foot- a book for a boy of seventeen. Tue Cierk: Studio A Dream Song A young man went into a music store the other day and said to the clerk: “Have you got a song called ‘You Carry Your Barnacles Hither and Thither’?” “Do you know who wrote it?” The young man shook his head. After a search that lasted a quarter of an hour, the clerk said: “I'm afraid I can’t locate it. Do you know the publisher?” : “No,” the young man replied. “In fact I am not certain there is a song like that at all. I dreamed about it the other night and I just wanted to find | out.”—Youngstown Telegram. In Three Generations Teacuer; Jimmie, define and give an example of heredity. Jimmie: It means that—that—that if your grandfather didn’t have no children your father wouldn't have none neither—and neither would you, —Nashville Tennessean. Y'LL ’AVE A WING, pad as he frisked the first sergeant, “is or normal ? where I go over the top.” ” York Sun. —American Legion Weekly. —N Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Patent Office. $5.00 a year in advan numbers cannot be supplied Lane, London, E. C., England, Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Title registered in_U. -_fidditignal postage to. fo countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply to Lire, Rolls Howse, Breams Buildings, Fetter The forcign trade supplied. from Live's London, Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, London, E. C. Canadian distributor, ‘The . News Company, [td., 386-388 “St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stam addressed envelope. Lire dees not hold itself responsible for t urn of unsolicited contributions. tice of change of address should reach this office two twccks prior to the date of issue to be affected. Why Henry Was Always So Fresh The hotter the night, the fresher he was in the morning. Others com- plained of sleeplessness, but Henry, he always slept fine. ‘Henry wore Faultless Pajamas, hence Henry was always fresh and fit. Wise men, since 1881, have slept in Faultless Pajamas, Night Shirts and Sleepcoats. Faultless Nightwear, since 1881, has nm cut to conform to the lines of the body from shoulders to ankles. There is ample room at the shoulders, elbows and knees. No binding, chaf- ing or pinching anywhere. The but- tons stay put. Faultless itwear made of durable exquisite fabrics to fit any stature, any pocketbook. Ask for Faultless Nightwear and sleep in comfort ever after. Zz FAULTLESS NIGHTWEAR CORPORATION ution: |“ Ntw'vone” cemtcaco “The NIGHTwear of a 2 Nation!” Pajamas Sleepcoats Nightshirts An Anthology of Light Verse POEMS of flappers, fashion, fancy which have brought you the joy that comes only FROM reading the best in America’s foremost magazine of humor— “SLIFE” With Introductory Words by Otiver Herrorp and Orchestration by Cuartes B. Farts The names included in the list of authors are such exceedingly familiar ones as Arthur Guiterman, Christopher Morley, Carolyn Wells, Dorothy Parker, James Whitcomb Riley, Ted Robinson, Franklin P. Adams, Richard Le Gallienne and John V. A. Weaver. “Not only is the editing clever, but the poems them; selves are. It is a veritable feast of unreason.’ —Boston Transcript. $2.50 Lire PusiisHinc CoMPANY 598 Madison Avenue New York comicbooks.com