Life, 1923-11-15 · page 16 of 40
Life — November 15, 1923 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct humor pieces: **Top Illustration**: "Nurse: Bobbie, you shouldn't tease your little sister. Bobbie: I'm sorry. I'm just amusing myself." A sketch showing children in what appears to be a teasing scenario—basic domestic humor about sibling rivalry. **Main Content**: "How to Reach the Big Game by Motor"—a humorous step-by-step guide satirizing the complications of an early automotive journey to a football game. The joke catalogs typical 1920s car troubles: engine problems, radiator issues, tire changes, getting lost, requiring farm assistance. **Bottom Illustration**: Shows Mr. Smithers from Harvard '88 with his wife, captioned that her "tackle prevented a touchdown and won him a hundred dollars"—likely joking that her intervention in his football betting proved financially beneficial. The satire targets early automobile culture's unreliability and spousal dynamics around sports gambling.
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Nurse: BOBBIE, YOU SHOULDN'T TEASE YOUR LITTLE SISTER. Bobbie: 'M Not. The Season Ahead VALPARAISO, IND.—With one date open on Ku Klux Kol- lege’s football schedule for next sea- son, the athletic authorities here in a quandary. Five prospective op- amoring for the game, only are ponents are and the Koach is finding it difficult to make a choice. Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Fordham, Georgetown and Boston College are the rivals for a place on the Ku Klux schedule. Notre Dame's offer to devote its share of the receipts to a fund for the families of those who will be disabled is considered the most generous of those received, although some of the football board of strategy look with favor on Fordham’s proposal to limit its line-up to four O's, three Mc’s, one Cassidy and one Reilly, the two remaining po- sitions on the eleven to be filled by men whos least, suggest neu- trality. It is felt that Boston College’s guar- antee that no member of its team will be equipped with brass knuckles is not entirely in keeping with the spirit of the game. Georgetown and Holy Cross are popularly believed to be out of the running. The former suggested that only the referee be retained as an names, at VM Just {USING MYSELF. official for this game and that his duties be limited to counting “ten” whenever it became necessary. The latter was dropped from consideration when it was rumored that Jack Kearns had been asked what terms he would accept for Dempsey for one game. J. K. M. HE prodigal scn made the first home-run. How to Reach the Big Game by Motor LEAVE home, late. Return home, for tickets left in other suit. Start again. Engine acts queerly. Wife asks if you remembered to fill radiator. You reply that you did. Wife repeats question. Stop car, unscrew radiator cap to show wife she’s wrong. Proceed to nearest farm house and fill radiator. Detour. Jog left, straight ahead. Stop to change tire. End of detour. Skid right, barely leaving blasphemous pedestrian on curb, Stop to change other tire. Garage half left. Insert gasoline in tank. Detour. Lose way. Guest asks if you've lost way. Wife asks if you've lost way. Wife asks if you've lost way. Guest and wife ask if you're sur you know the way. Cut out muffler to drown in- quiries. Pass under R.R. and over chicken. Arrive unknown town, from which you can telephone news paper and learn result of game. Return home by train and de- grees. A.C. M. Azoy, Jr. fifteen minutes then bum; MR, SMITHERS, HARVARD ’88, SHOWS HIS WIFE THE TACKLE THAT PREVENTED A TOUCHDOWN AND WON HIM A HUNDRED DOLLARS. comicbooks.com