Life, 1923-09-20 · page 30 of 36
Life — September 20, 1923 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and humor columns**, not political cartoons. The main content includes: **Advertisements:** Redfern corsets, Bellans indigestion remedy, Cortez cigars, Forhan's toothpaste (for gum disease/pyorrhea), Allen's Foot-Ease, and Fisk tires dominate the layout. **Humor sections** feature short anecdotes with social commentary: - "A Surprise Expression" mocks overly proper upbringing when a schoolgirl shocks her teacher with crude language - "Little Willie" jokes about a well-behaved boy's politeness despite smoking - Several brief jokes about honeymoons, seasickness, and a child's illogical observation about summer fires The page reflects **early 20th-century middle-class concerns**: women's appearance (corsets), digestive health, dental hygiene, and proper deportment. The humor gently satirizes rigid Victorian propriety by showing it comically break down in everyday situations. No specific political figures or events are referenced.
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AROUND | E your figure is of the“average type,” this Redfern Wrap-around, N/83, a corset with panels of unseamed silk elastic in place of lacings will fold softly about you, blotting out every imper- fection of contour. Once on, it is invis- ible—and forgotten In brocade, $13.50 In coutil, $6.co Send for booklet illustrating Redfern Wrap-arounds for stout-type, slender- type, average-typeandcurved-type figures. it Avefgpe Curve; Type ry re ll Fey Wrap-arounds are made only by che Warmer Brothers Co., 347 Madison Ave., New York; 367 W. Adams St., Chicago; 28 Geary Sc., San Francisco. SureRelief FOR INDIGESTION 6 BELLANS Hot water Sure Relief 25¢ ano 75¢ PACKAGES EVERYWHERE FOR _g MEN OF BRAINS IGARS -MADE AT KEY WEST! A Surprise Expression A lesson on “Expressions of Sur- prise.” Scholar—a little girl—asked to demonstrate before the class. Teacner: Now, Janet! You come out and make up a little story and show the others an “expression of surprise.” Now, go on. CHOLAR: I went into the garden. Good, go on. And I stood by a rose bush. # Very good. What next? S.: And a great big giant looked over the bush. Yes, And—— : And I looked at him. And you were surprised. along, your expression Now, come of sur- pri se! And I looked-at him. “Well! I'm d——d!” Collapse of teacher. —London Daily And I said, News. In a Pinch, use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE “Smiling, the Boy Fell Dead” Little Willie was the best brought up youth in his community, but there were times when his training was strained. On one occasion his mother detected the odor of tobacco on his breath. “Willie, you naughty, naughty boy !” she exclaimed. “You've been smoking. You'll be sick.” To which the polite child replied wanly : “Thank you, Mother, I'm dying.” —American Legion Weekly. Relapse He: What do you say to a honey- moon in Europe? Sue: But, you know afraid I am of seasickness. , but you ought to know love is the best remedy for that.” “Perhaps—but—think of the return trip.” dearest, how that Korsaren (Christiania). Unseasonable A little boy rushed up to his mother one sweltering summer day, and cried out: “T believe ther I go out and see? “Don't be so stupid,” replied his mother. s if there’d be a fire on a day like this !"—Humorist (London). "sa fire, Mother! May Modern History “Why do your pupils look so tor- tured?” . “They have to memorize the names of towns where peace conferences were held after the Great War.” —Nebelspalter (Zurich). Peruars the foreigners with the un- pronounceable name wanted to change it to Cabot so God could talk to them. —Philadelphia North American. warnin bleeding gums RE tender? Do they bleed when brushed? IF so—waich out This disease of the gums, which afficts four out of five people over forty, not only destroys the teeth, but often wrecks the health. i InPyorrhea the gums become spongy, then recede; the teeth decay, loosen and fall out—or must be extracted to rid the system of the infecting germs which breed in ‘kets about them. These germs yer the body's vitality and cause many diseases, You can keep Pyorrhea away. Visit your dentist often for t and gum inspection, and use For- han’s For the Gums. won For the Gums pre- ts Pyorthea —or checks its | Bowes if used in time and stently. Ordinary den | tifrices ae do this. Forhan's keeps the ‘and healthy —the tet white and clean, Start using it today. If ns have receded, use For- 's according to directions, | and consult a dentist ean imme | diately for special treatment, |. 35¢ and_60c tubes in U. S. and Canada. TRADE wane mS wu sear onF Time to Re-tire? Buy FISK comicbooks.com