Life, 1923-11-29 · page 14 of 38
Life — November 29, 1923 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical commentary and humor rather than political cartoons. "The Man About Town" describes an urbane socialite who frequents restaurants, cabarets, and hotels while maintaining numerous society connections—a figure of leisure and shallow sophistication. "Creative English" presents a brief comic dialogue where "Buddy" claims he "oversmelled" chicken in the kitchen, using "oversmelled" as an invented past tense—poking fun at creative misuse of English grammar. The two illustrations labeled "RELATIVITY" show contrasting domestic scenes: one depicts poverty or discomfort, the other comfort and leisure, likely commenting on class disparities or relativity of living conditions. The "Life Lines" section contains brief news items and observations about contemporary topics (earthquakes in Japan, honey varieties, New York population projections, subway expansion).
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The Man About Town HE always knows the smartest res- taurant and the newest cabaret, and at dinner invariably insists upon speaking French to the Bulgarian head- waiter. He attends opening nights rather to view the audience than the play itself. His visits to his club are more a mat- ter of form than of volition. . He may be frequently seen passing through the lobbies of the leading hotels. He knows the name of practically every maitre d’hotel in town, and is in- timately acquainted with numberless ticket-speculators, fight — promoters, bucket-shop owners and bootleggers. Now and then he is apt to become in- terested in some concern introducing a new cigarette or soft drink. He possesses an incredible number of colored silk handkerchiefs. He is constantly talking of taking a trip around the world, but never gets farther from town than a couple of hours’ motor run. He is unmarried. Creative English UDDY (aged eight): We're goin’ to have chicken for dinner. His Youncer Sister: How do you know Buppy: I kitchen. oversmelled it in the RELATIVITY Life Lines THE Fascist movement has spread to Japan, where it will deal firmly with the next earthquake. aL Only 130 varieties of honey are recog- nized by the U. S. Government, prov. ing that our popular song writers have exceeded their quota. JL Two professors at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity have estimated that by the ye: 2000 New York will have a populatior of 29,000,000. In anticipation of this growth th Transit Commission has decided to double the number of straps in subway cars. Our club tteasuter reports that the American public is in no danger oi being posted for non-payment of Duse. aL It is suggested that colleges start courses for landlords to teach them how to collect rents. Perhaps it would be simpler, however, to teach tenants how to pay them. aL Holiday supplies from the rum fleet are reported to be coming ashore on a veri- table Yule tidal wave. There are 14,000,000 automobiles in thi United States, 13,988,673 of which are at this moment looking for a place to park. JL The foreign policy of the Coolidge ad- ministration appears to be based on the theory that half aloof is better than none. comicbooks.com