Life, 1924-01-31 · page 8 of 36
Life — January 31, 1924 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two satirical pieces. The upper left presents "My Husband Says," a humorous anecdote by L. Blanche Simpson about a man summoned for court testimony who was asked about a rug—a trivial matter that the author suggests wouldn't inspire American lawyers with the terror that English lawyers in their formal wigs apparently instill. The main illustration depicts "Winter Sports: Catching the 8:15 in the Suburbs," showing commuters desperately scrambling and sliding on an icy hill to catch a departing train. The satire mocks suburban commuting life—specifically the dangerous chaos of winter travel when "an icy hill and a hard-sliding commuter" make catching morning trains perilous. It's social commentary on the absurdity and physical hazard of suburban railway commuting.
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LIFE - My Husband Says when a man is summoned to serve as a witness at yaar court he look the morning room; But id the day was spoiled, anyhow, and he might as well really mist go even if he had promised to the space between the radio room and at a new rug fe we need the rug awfully, too. he s tah me along. So we motored to court and [spent a very interesting day was filled with 1 and there were lots of cases that cam they asked my The courtroon’ pcople and some of up before the one husband the question about He said he and a man didn’t recall the things they wanted to know t that way and my husband and after ed him how he said his sug tien was indelicate a while we came home They paid him four dollars and a half and I think it wonderful to earn so much money in one day It almost paid for our lunch at a charming little inn course we had no dessert but we didn't care f I think that American lawyers would inspire lots more terror and confidence if they wore wigs and gowns as they but my of any do in London, hushand says they inspire sufficient terror now, in their golf clothes. L. Blanche Simpson. The Efficiency Expert Takes Up Golf A HIGGENBOTTOM BROWNE, the * pert, decided that there wasted in golf. Accordingly he took his stenographer to the links and dictated kes The stenographer, having previously been impressed with d the following efficiency ex was too much valuable time nis business letters between st the necessity of exactness, tran My Dear Six “Your letter of the sixteenth instant sliced into the rough! Your letter of the sixteenth instant received. 1 guess I'll aced that niblick Why didn’t you watch that ball? That was certainly the bee's knees ! I wish to say that you're certainly a bone I wish to I wish headed caddy say—hot dog! to say that in the examination of your mid-iron, waste products, I meant, a saving of at least five per cent could be made by a better utilization of the fore! “Lf it get out ¢ s convenient, [Il have to wait for this f¢ the way at the next tee, I'll call at your you can give me my driver, please; you can talk the mat over more fully with me at that time Yours sincerely—Fone !” Tracy Hammond Lewis OTHER Wit What are you children playing now? We don't know till some one gets mad. . WINTER SPORTS CATCHING THE 8:15 1N THE SUBURBS, ONLY THOSE WHO LIVE WITH AN ICY Hitt IN A HILLY SECTION KNOW THIS SPORT IN ITS BEST ESTATE. AND A HARD-SLIDING COMMUTER, IT TAKES A MIGHTY FAST TRAIN TO ESCAPE. comicbooks.com