Life, 1923-09-20 · page 25 of 36
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**"The Higher Polish"** (top cartoon): A film director instructs his assistant to reshoot a scene depicting Delilah cutting Samson's hair, complaining it lacks "punch." He suggests instead showing her giving Samson a manicure—feminizing the biblical strongman by having her polish his nails rather than betray him through hair-cutting. The satire mocks both overly cautious filmmaking and changing gender dynamics, suggesting modern emasculation. **"The New-Voes Are Off on a Trip"**: A humorous piece listing the New-Voes (wealthy socialites) traveling with numerous high-society friends—aristocratic names listed in ridiculous profusion. The joke satirizes the idle wealthy and their frivolous constant travel. **"His State"**: A quartette sings about Tennessee; a weeping guest admits he's not a Tennessean but a musician—implying the music was so bad it made him cry. Simple joke about poor performance. **"Radio Bug"**: Two men compare radio reception; one tuned in Honolulu; the other claims he got "hell"—likely referencing radio interference or poor signal quality as hellish.
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A i THE HIGHER POLISH Assistant): SAY, THAT SC IT AIN’T SNAPPY ENOUGH. ie Director (to OF DELILAH CUTTIN’ SAMSON'S HAIR WON'T NEVER GIT OVER AT ALL. EDS MORE PUNCH. HAVE A RETAKE ON IT AN’ SHOW HER MANICURIN’ HIS NAILS INSTEAD. The New-Voes Are Off on a Trip ITE New-Voes are off on a trip. Just a little trip. e don’t know how long they'll be gone. es, they took a few friends with them. Jost a few friends They took the Balistrees, the Farrows, the de Cour- cey., the Pastertons, the Baron de Chose, the Whitfields, the Maywickes, the Applefords, the Countess Zallotti, the Tippletons, the Sandersythes, the Prince and Princess Lar chenoir, the Conningleighs, old General Gringley, the Wotherinbys, Lillie Grassmere, Jack Herringbone, the De mouths, the Gordon-Armsbys, the Clayrocks, the Evonslands, Willie Fripps, Kate Buttleton . . . . \Vell, anyway, the New-Voes are off. on a trip. His State A QUARTETTE had just finished singing, “Among the Sleepy Hills of Ten-Ten-Tennessee.” hostess noticed one of her guests weeping by, him- self she inquired sympathetically : My dear man, are you a Tennesseean?” The reply came quickly: “No, madam, I am a musician.” rh COUNTY in Pennsylvania has twelve candidates for sheriff. Men hitching their wagons to a tin star. there believe in wate v) Radio Bug: 1 TUNED IN LAST NIGHT AND GOT HONOLULU. “THAT’S NOTHIN WHEN I TURD I GOT HELL.” comicbooks.com