Life, 1923-07-12 · page 32 of 40
Life — July 12, 1923 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple short satirical jokes typical of early 20th-century Life magazine humor: **"Playing Daddy"** shows a child imitating his father by pretending to offer a baby bottle to friends, mimicking adult conversation about obtaining alcohol. This satirizes Prohibition-era culture, where adults speak euphemistically about obtaining liquor ("the real stuff"). **"A Case of Jealousy"** jokes that a stenographer left her employer after catching him kissing his own wife—inverting expected scandal by suggesting marital fidelity is grounds for dismissal. **"Slump in Trade"** depicts a vendor complaining that the public won't buy his products because they can't perceive their actual quality, blaming consumer ignorance rather than merchandise. Other brief jokes mock: convicts as baseball umpires, Dutch farmers escaping taxation only to face American taxes, and a movie theater "human fly." The page is primarily advertising for U-All-No mints and Life magazine subscriptions, with the humor serving as editorial content to attract readers.
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Playing Daddy Danny was playing. His mother could hear only the sounds of his voice from the next room. She went into the room and beheld “We are all ready to start the game,” said the captain of the first convict team. “So are we,” responded the captain of the second convict team. “But who will umpire the game?” " “Well, let’s get the game warden,” suggested the captain of the first con- vict team.—Ohio State Sun Dial. A Case of Jealousy “So Jobson’s pretty stenographer has left him. What was the trouble?” “She caught him kissing his wife.” —Boston Transcript. Firty Dutch farmers have come to America to escape taxation, Ah, they little know.—New York Evening Mail. | TRADE? “I saw a human fly yesterday.” “Where?” IT “On the screen, of course.” WANT! Disgusted Vendor: OF COURSE SLUMP IN TRADE! DO YOU EXPECT WHEN YOU OF- TERS THE PUBLIC EXACTLY WO’ S, AND THE K PUBLIC DON’T REALIZE IT! —Humorist (London). him, He had on an old coat of his father’s, and his father’s hat, and from his father’s coat pocket he was taking the baby’s empty bottle and was re- peating to an imaginary collection of friends: “No; sir, don’t have any trouble about getting it at all. No, sir, not the least. Can get all I want and the real stuff, too."—New York Sun and Globe, For Safety’s Sake Cautious MorHer (at the Zoo): Albert, you'd better finish yer bun be- fore we go into the lion ’ouse; the sight of food always maddens them wild animals!—Passing Show. “He’s a witty lad, don’t you think?” “Heavens no. We both subscribe to the same humorous paper.”—Le Rire, SLUMP. THERE'S WHAT ELSE BLIN Every time an old bachelor picks up a young baby it bends in a new place—Country Gentlemen. —Yale Record. Lire_is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, anada and British Possessions, Title registered in U.S. Patent Office. $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to forcign countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Back numbers cannot be supplied. The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apply to V.tre, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, E. C., England. trade supplied from Lire’s London. Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, London, E._C. Canadian distributor, ‘The American News Company, Ltd., 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped ond addressed envelope. Lire dees not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior to the date of issue to be affected. |B eras MINTS are packed in air- tight, sealed tin boxes in ten- and twenty-five-cent packages. This method of packing preserves the fresh- ness of the delicate peppermint flavor and makes it possible for you to have these creamy, fresh little minty cubes in the house all of the time. For after dinner, or for tea, or between-times. If your dealer hasn’t them, send your order tous direct. Dept. G., Manufacturing Com- pany of America, Philadelphia, U.S. A. ‘U-ALL-NO-: “AFTER DINNER MINT: Smiles Every Week The Whole Year ’Round if you read Life regularly. It is the leading humorous weekly for you and your family. Every Tuesday it will bring you editorial com- ments on events of the day, pages of clever illustrations and subtle humor, reviews of books, stage and screen—it is a magazine which should be in every American home. We make a special offer of ten copies for one dollar. Send in the coupon below, you'll never miss the dollar—Obey that Impulse NOW. On sale at all newsstands. Special Offer Enclosed find, One Dollar (Canadian $1.20, Foreign $1.40). Send Lire for the next ten weeks to LIFE, 598 Madison Avenue, New York One Year $5 Canada $5.80 Foreign $6.60 comicbooks.com