Life, 1923-09-13 · page 28 of 36
Life — September 13, 1923 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements and reprinted short humor pieces** rather than original cartoons. The content includes: **Advertisements:** Edison Mazda lamps, Liquid Arvon dandruff treatment, Bellans indigestion remedy, Fisk tires, and Carter garter products dominate the layout. **Humor Section ("Our Foolish Contemporaries"):** This column reprints jokes from international publications (Pearson's Weekly, American Legion Weekly, Punch, etc.). The jokes are gentle social observations: - A clergyman vs. an actor golfer trading insults about propriety - A humorous misspelled mail order ("pun ax" for "penax") - A husband caught in a hairpin discovery - A captain and private's exchange about missing bananas (likely a reference to the 1920s-30s popular song "Yes! We Have No Bananas") - Post-WWI commentary on economic hardship **Context:** These are lighthearted, cross-cultural humor pieces reflecting everyday manners and modest social tensions—typical of Life's satirical approach during this era (appears to be 1920s-30s based on references).
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Other Games, Other Manners A clergyman was playing a round of golf with a v strenuous but had player, who w: an actor. Presently his opponent fired off a round of lurid language. “Look here,” said the clergyman, “even if you don’t respect me you might respect the cloth “Hang it all, d the actor, “we're not playing billiards, are we?” —Pearson’s Weekly (London) A Mail Order Copy of a letter received by a local firm of storekeepers: For God's e nd ome a_ thre pun ax. V and hurrjin Quer storekeepers here won a place in a turtel race sum yeers back and 1, shortwinded cince. —Bulletin (Sydney) OU HAVE THEM in your home—put them on your Wire (insinuatingly): I saw some car. beautiful hairpins in a shop along the front this morning. Huspanxp (carefully): Well, what of that, dear? You knew I don’t smoke a pipe-—Passing Show (London) Edison MAZDA Auto Lamps will give your Ford maximum light with minimum battery drain Ra Easy Way t to Remove Dandruff if you want plenty, of thick beauttal lossy, silky hair, do by all means get ri = of dandruf, for ‘ will starve your hair | and ruin it if you don’t. , The best way to get rid of dandruff is to | You Can't Dodge It dissolve it. To do this, just apply a little The captain entered the officers’ mess Tiquid Arvon at night before retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp, and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four ian more applications should completely re- “Yes,” replied the new and careless move every sign and trace of it. private. You will find, too, that all itching of the “Yes—what ?” roared the captain. scalp will stop, ‘and your hair will look and “Yes—we have no bananas.” feel a hundred times better. You can get Liquid Arvon at any drug store. A four- ounce bottle is usually all that is needed. The R. L. Watkins Co., Cleveland, Ohio, Times Have Changed e German BecGar (pocketing marks): It used to be that when you asked for now when you ask for food you only get ; NEW GARTER FOR INDIGESTION some money H FOR _ —Simplicissimus (Munich). CROOKED LEGS (Patented) a 4 MAKES TROUSERS You have entered the debit item i} HANG STRAIGHT under credit Ml] If Legs Bond In or Out “Yes, sir, I'm left-handed.” Self-adjustable 6 Bracand —Kasper (Stockholm). = Hot water Note z = Sure Relief “Gextieman (little dog) wants home, mi No Metal Springs Own rooms or bed-sitting preferred.” iu —LoGaak: a —Ladics’ Paper. A Plain, sealed envelop? We hope the little fellow will get the 5 No 25¢ ano 75¢ PACKAGES EVERYWHERE kennel he wants—Punch. TRADE MARK REO kitchen. U Seat orr “Do T understand that there will be no dessert to-night?” he demanded —American Legion Weekly. comicbooks.com