Life, 1923-09-27 · page 6 of 36
Life — September 27, 1923 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top cartoon depicts a golf scene with the caption "Golf Bug: HANG IT ALL, MAN, YOUR BALL'S IN THE CUP. YOU'VE HOLED IN ONE!" with a player's proud response about beating his competitor. This satirizes golf enthusiasts' obsessive behavior and their tendency to boast about minor achievements. The page also contains three sections of humorous letters and short stories: "Letters That Ought to Be Written" (satirizing formal correspondence), a real estate dealer's complaint, and "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" (contrasting urban versus rural life). The "Snappy Turtle" illustration at bottom appears comedic filler. The overall content represents typical early 20th-century American satirical humor targeting middle-class social pretensions and leisure activities.
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Golf Bug: WANG IT’ALL, MAN, Proud No Letters That Ought to Be Written To a Busy Business Man. Sir: I have your letter of the 3rd inst. and even date, and note both the rubber-stamp signature and the footnote, “Dictated but not read.” I am returning it to you marked, as you see, “Opened but not read.” Yrs., ete..— To a Real Estate Dealer. Dear, I MIGHT SAY EXORBITANT, SiR: I wish to call your attention to one of your bright young men who escorted me over your “Marsh Manor” development at low tide last Saturday. Pardon my say- ing so, but he should be in the professional athletic game. From the atoll upon which we stood he assured me that the railroad, ocean, trolley, church, high school, and -village were all within a stone’s-throw of our posi- tion. If he can throw stones that far, think what world’s recards he might shatter throwing the hammer, or putting the shot! Yours for Sport’s sake,— Snappy Turtle: YOUR BALL’S IN THE CUP. TUSH! GIVE ME A GOOD DAY AND I'L To a Firm of Plumbers. GENTLEMEN, IF I MAY USE THE TERM: Thank you so much for sending in that last bill—it’s a yell! I don’t know when I've laughed so, as over the idea of one of your men working 5% hours to put on a washer. And the “helper”; that nearly killed me. How did you ever think it up? Hon- estly, it’s as good as a play. However, funny as you are in ask- ing me for a settlement, it will be even funnier to see you try to get it. He who laughs last.... Your disobedient servant, A.C. M. A., Jr. OH, COME, DORA, BE SOCIABLE! YOU'VE HOLED IN ONE! LL BEAT THAT. The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse ONCE upon a time a New York Ci Mouse went to visit his Cousi: in the Country. He had Milk to drink fresh from the Cow, Cheese right out of the Dairy, Bread that came warm from the Oven and Pics made of Fruit plucked from the O chard. And just because there wer no Electric Signs, no Subways, 1 Noisy Mobs of People and no Dri Stores, the City Mouse told all his friends that his Cousins were t! biggest Hicks and Rubes in the World when he returned to his Hole in the Wall in the City. Moral New Yorkers are so used to Canned Food and Noise that they have lost ail taste for Fresh Food and Peac« Priority ITTLE GIRL (t brother): If you r want to go out and play, y should get down on yo knees and ask God to mal it stop raining. Boy: No, you ask him. [ don’t know him very well comicbooks.com