Life, 1923-08-30 · page 30 of 36
Life — August 30, 1923 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Life magazine page (circa 1920s) contains several satirical items: **"The Bad Lands"**: A brief editorial joke warning Native Americans against visiting Chicago—implying the city itself is more dangerous than the wilderness. **"The Storm Reaches Auchtermuchty"**: A Scottish dialect joke about thrift during hard times. **"In Batoula's Country"**: A colonial-era joke referencing a French novel about Africa, relying on racial stereotypes common to period humor. **"Anti-Climax" poem**: Satirizes the disappointment of adult life—youthful romance and ambition give way to mundane Monday mornings. It's melancholic social commentary on aging. **The cartoon**: Shows what appears to be a historical scene (captioned about 1775 and "radiophone"), likely satirizing anachronisms or technological imagination. The page is primarily **advertising** (Resinol Soap dominates the lower half), typical of Life's business model. The editorial content reflects 1920s sensibilities—casual racism, Scottish humor, and reflective verse about life's disillusionment.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
eter: Re S94 Anti-Climax Surf and sunshine, pretty girls, Golf and precious lazin Ethel’s novels, fox-trot whirls, Bubbling liquor’s throat-caress— The Bad Lands ir A Leelanau County Indian barely es- caped with his life when attacked by hold-up men on a visit to Chicago. The Indian can not be too strongly urged, nowadays, not to venture too far away from civilization. —E. C. A., in Detroit News. Optional “Ma, I want tional college.” “But, daughter, deal of flirtin, “Yes, but you don't have to take that course.” —Louisville to go to a co-educa- isn't there a good Courier-Journal, The Storm Reaches Auchtermuchty McPuerson: Pit yon candle Mary. Ye shouldna waste guid light- ning.—Punch. oot, Fame is as fleeting as a ferryboat shoe-shine. —F. P. World. IN BATOUALA'S COUNTRY | “AND WHICH IS YOUR LITTLE Roy?” “THAT ONE OVER THERE IN WHITE,” —Le Rire (Paris) hese sweets be; Their poetry The fleeting week-end will adorn; But such lyrics end, ah me, In the prose of Monday morn! Life cajoles us first with Youth— Mere perfection’s all we a: Stainless honor, naked truth, Fame of some heroic task: Then farewell, dreams! ‘Tis dulness streams Through the opening Gates of Horn; Mid-age sets us dreary themes Writ in prose of Monday morn. I loved Eva, she loved me: “Here's a charm to outwit Time!” Life sang most enticingly Fairy tales in golden rhyme Then we wed ; All's done and Ah, tales from “fairy lands forlorn But weep not, Eva is not dead, She’s the prose of Monday morn. aid. —“Kel.” in The Bulletin (Sydne- _Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneous s Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in U. S. Patent Office. $3.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Back numbers cannot be supplied. in the Un rt and illustrations in Lire are copy d. Britain apply to Lire, Rolls Hous London, E. C., England. For Reprint Rights , Breams Buildings, Fetter Keep looking young by having the right complexion The first signs of age are shown in the skin. Remember that a soft, smooth complexion is not to be had after the age of twenty without persistent effort. Cleanliness is the basis of beauty and you cannot be over-careful in the selection of your toilet soap. Never purchase any kind because it is cheap. To save at the expense of your skin is misplaced economy. Give yourself a beauty treatment with Resinol Soap tonight, and you will understand why thousands of women consider it the ideal cleanser. By power of the Resinol it contains, it protects the skin against germ development—the acknowledged primary cause of skin disorders. When skin troubles are already. present, a few touches of Resinol Ointment usually clears them away and restores the natural glow of health. Write to Dept. 5P. Resinol, Baltimore, Ma., for free samples. “Simply perfection for any complexion” ‘The foreign trade supplied, from Litre’ ns_Buildings, London, E. C. Canadian distributor, "The American Company, Ltd., 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope. Lire does not hold itscif responsible for the loss o- non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior to the date of issue to be affectes London Office, Rolls House, TAKE Your worse Home~ WERE BROADCASTING —~ THe ON THE EIGHTEENTH OF APRIL, IN °75, THE RADIOPHONE WAS NOT ALIVE; IF IT HAD BEEN, I'M SURE, MY DEAR, YOU'D NEVER HAVE HEARD OF PAUL REVERE, comicbooks.com