Life, 1923-09-27 · page 26 of 36
Life — September 27, 1923 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple short humorous anecdotes and advertisements typical of Life's satirical format. The main cartoon shows a couple examining what appears to be a small ring box, with the woman commenting it's "rather small" and the man replying it's "not for your hand, dearest"—a joke playing on the woman's implication about his hand size or masculinity. The page's humor pieces mock contemporary social dynamics: a henpecked husband, automobile salesmen, parachute skeptics, and rural dialect speakers complaining about airplanes disrupting farm life. The "Farm Philosophers" section satirizes rural resistance to modern aviation technology, with farmers blaming planes for livestock ailments. A Dean's Wedding Cake advertisement occupies the lower left, promoting luxury wedding services—representing the magazine's mixed content of satire alongside upscale consumer advertising. The overall tone reflects early 20th-century American middle-class anxieties about modernization, gender relations, and social change.
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’Tenshun! “You are not listening to me,” com- plained Jane Muchmore at breakfast the other morning. “I didn’t know you had said anything, dear,” returned the meek Mr. Muchmore. “I haven't, but I expect to,” said Jane. —Howard (Kan.) Courant. Where the Stars Are Rushlights AuToMoBILE SaLesMaN (in back country): On the roads you have here, sir, you would find this car far better than a better one. —Bulletin (Sydney). Uncalled For An old lady having seen a parachut- ist descend explained firmly : “I wouldn’t go up in one of them things, not even if it was to save my life."—London Daily News. “Caray! How “LOOK, CATHERINE, TURE TAK! Farm Philosophers “Drat,” says the farmer. “Drat,” says 1; “Drat these aeroplanes Buzzin’ by. “The pigs is in fever, The cow’s run amuck, The sow’s gone and stuck herself Under the truck.” “Drat,” says the farm-wife, “He’s scairt my chicks. God never builded us To fly over ricks.” —H. K. Gordon, in Canadian Forum, Much Too Sudden “Lizah, le’s me an’ you git mah’ied ? “Boy, ef you's jes’ gotta be crazy whyn’t you.be one ob ‘ese heah klepto maniacs an’ make it pay?” —Nashville Tennessean. Teacuer: Who was the whe never told a lie? Purit: Ah! Who, indeed ? —Boston Transcript. man I HAD MY PIC- WELL YOU CAME out!” Tue automobile always beats the train to the crossing, barring accidents. —Detroit News. “YES, AND MIND YOU, IT’S THE FIRST TIME I EVER DID IT.” —Excelsior (Mexico). Tue dupes of the oil stock swindlers are always singing, “Yes, we have no bonanza to-day.”—Houston Post. Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions, Title registered in U.S. Patent Office. $3.00 a year in advance. countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. numbers cannot be supplied. The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. in Great tle apply to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buil Lane, London, E. , Englan Additional postage to foreign Back For Reprint Rights ings, Fetter The foreign trade supplied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls He Breams Buildings, London, E. C.-Canadian distributor,.'The Amer News Company, Ltd., 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped addressed envelope. Lire does not hold itself responsible for the los non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks f to the date of issue to be affected. DEAN’S WEDDING CAKE ‘OR more than three generations, Dean’s cake has lent distinction to many of the country’s most brilliant wedding receptions, Packed in boxes richly marked with the proper monogram. The Bride’s Cake beautifully ornamented and containing unique favours. Place Cards; Place Favours; Salted Nut Baskets; Bridal Candlesticks; many other novelties. Prices on Request Delivery Charges Prepaid, East of the Mississippi CORRECT CATERING FOR WEDDINGS WITHIN 50 MILES OF NEW YORK ESTIMATES SUBMITTED sant Exablished 1839 628 Fifth Avenue New York City ” “IT’S VERY PRETTY, JACK. BUT ISN’T IT RATHER SMALL? “NOT FOR YOUR HAND, DEAREST.” comicbooks.com