Life, 1924-09-18 · page 28 of 36
Life — September 18, 1924 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page contains six brief humorous anecdotes typical of early 20th-century American humor, plus advertisements for men's collars and tailoring services. The jokes mock various social situations: a hermit's isolation from mail delivery, class pretension in classical references, awkward restaurant etiquette, proprietary concerns over suburban development, radio technology gaps, and betting on horse races. "The Rising Tide" satirizes ethnic anxieties of the era—a child's evening prayer requesting maintenance of "Nordic supremacy" reflects contemporary concerns about immigration and demographic change that were prominent in American discourse of this period. The cartoons lack political figures or specific caricatures; instead, they offer observational humor about everyday American life—rural isolation, manners, technology adoption, and social stratification. The advertisements reinforce the magazine's target audience: educated, middle-class men concerned with proper grooming and social presentation.
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A Desert Reaction An old hermit of the Arizona sand hills stopped a rural mail carrier with: ot ‘ary letter for mi “No,” was the reply. : Ketter have one next time you go Classical A descendant of Harmodius was taunt “What is your name?” ing Iphicrates with his low birth. “The ever mind the name, Bub, but have letter or you won't do any more mail carryin’.”"—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. difference between us is this,” replied the latter. “My family begins with me and yours ends with you. Boston Transcript. Table Manners Study in Aplomb " ; On the screen, a husky at a lumber- Nervous Oun Gextirmax: Sir, you \ camp mess table had just pinched the new are sitting on my hat. A waitress on the check, and she had re- Mecu-at-East Visitor: What! Are torted by breaking a plate over his head. you going, then? . “Why, Mamma!” A child’s voice pene- —london Evening News. ’ trated the darkness of the theatre. *That’ ay to act at the dinner F tleman. The Rising Tide , ; : Evening prayer of the ethnologist's : little boy: “God bless Mamma and Papa, Ir every person who owns a suburban NOT SURPRISING lot builds a home on it the next genera- tion will be coming to the city for soli- tude.—Brooklyn Eagle. and please maintain the Nordie su- premacy !"—Saturday Evening Post. “STRANGE THAT EVERYBODY CAN HEAR WITH THIS RECEIVING SET Jup Tunxins says a man who bets on EXCEPT YOUR DAUGHTE sn a horse-race has to guess on the owner, “SOT AT ALL—=MY GIKL IS A TEL? Man’s mastery of the elements is now the trainer, the jockey, the horse and the PHONE OPERATOR,” complete, if nothing happens, feller he bets with.—IWashington —Buen Humor (Madrid) —Ohio State Journal. The forei r d from L don Office, Rotls House 2, 5 Breams Build ¥ . Canadian distributor, ‘The America: Rice. $3.00 a dc Lid, 38 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada E . a s returned uniess accompanied by stamped @ locs wot hoid itself responsible for the loss « trations in Live are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights urn of unsolicited coutribut Lure, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior fi of issue to be effected t ntries i 3 Established 1876 2and 4 E Forty-Fourth Street NEW YORK 39OF ME men wear the Van Heusen eS s) because it is the most stylish collar; iP) others because they scorn the ordi- nary hard collar. @ But the real reason is: The Van Heusen is the only collar with style woven into it—and com- fort tailored into it! @That’s why men who felt Van Heusen ease last Summer enjoy its smartness this Fall. 12 STYLES—SO CENTS VAN HEUSEN Q EVZEL ae ton the Worlds Smartest COLLAR for men desiring to be groomed correctly in Ask your dealer for Van Craft, a new nesligce every detail—it has ever hire with the Van Heusen Collar attached. been their privilege to serve a distinguished PHILLIPS-JONES NEW YORK.*. clientele. ©i24 wen comicbooks.com