Life, 1924-09-25 · page 5 of 37
Life — September 25, 1924 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct pieces: 1. **"100%—The Ultimate Mammy Song"**: A patriotic poem celebrating American motherhood, with references to regional pride ("Alabama," "Carolina, Maine"). 2. **"A Letter Home"**: A humorous account from a young man describing a vacation to a Western state, including dining experiences and socializing—likely satirizing the earnestness of travel correspondence. 3. **"The Possible Flaw"**: A cartoon showing a couple discussing new neighbors. The husband worries they won't stay, while the wife—sitting in a chair surrounded by potted plants—responds that losing them would be "a big relief to drop my dialect," suggesting she's been adopting an affected accent for social climbing. This satirizes class pretension and performative behavior among neighbors. The page combines patriotic sentiment with gentle social satire about American manners and aspirations.
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100%—The Ultimate Mammy Song ANY coasts, sun-kissed or riven, Bound this mighty land we live Many climes, For our rhymes, ere exist in this broad land; But in spite of all temptation hat is ours in this great nation. iis, my friends, is what I'd have you understand : 1 can sing about your mammy, vitin’ down in Alabammy, Carolina, Maine, or out in [—o- ay—ay: 1 in battle, scarred and bloody, in peace—I'll tell you, buddy, That for me there’s only Mammy U.S.A’ ils may come, 1 and stricken—way out yonder Where the sun, Duty done, rks another soul “gone West”; But through life’s most bitter sadness, here remains the thought to gladd'n us, and pals may wander. that dear old mammy all our hearts love best! wr though we sing of mammy, aitin’ down in Alabammy, Carolina, Maine, or out in I—o—way —ay—ay: et where'er the flag’s unfurled, c're prepared to tell the world— That for us there's only Mammy U. S. A—ay—ay; "Way down deep there’s only Mammy U.S. AL Gardner Rea. Exewse Ytt Pllaese ELEPHONE subscribers in Wales are said to be relatively few. No nder. Imagine calling Llanrhaiadr 86 only to be given Mowddwy 4977! A Letter Home (From a Young Man Who Has Just Finished Two Books of Crossword Pi ‘OND Mater (Lat.): Ego want you to have cognizance re our jaunt to Coney Ait, the noted spa, whither we hied this warm season, lacking sufficient units to journey to one of the Western states (abbr.) as we erst had mapped. my best damsel pro tem. had donned for the nonce a boa, sandals, guimpe, socks, and gauntlets. She part of the verb “to be” (three letters oveded) certainly O. K. A portion of a certain kind of applet Ah! you Eros! At 7 Pp. M., sensing very hungry, we ran to. cating-places (five spaces needed). Here we had melody with our banquet. First a diva reared and chanted an aria, but none hearkened All needed to jazz. Others called for beverages, and if they had good chance discharged into these non-intoxicants, from pocket receptacles for holding monetary us, vodka, or from an Italian province famous for We consumed all to the orts: By this time I had no more mental liquor, gin, saki, neg wine. impression what o'clock it was than a Biblical character, but entrained back st citics in this orb after a fairly not difficult effort We are fatigued, faint, spent and seething at a high temperature, but I am inscribing ye to one of the larg anon, also Papa, for I needed thee to ha knowledge re the agreeable festival we possessed. Your amorous male offspring, The Possible Flaw IF We're going to have new neighbors next door. Husnaxp: Are you sure they stay next door? will N “WELL, UNCLE, I SUPPOSE YOU'RE GLAD THAT THE SUM MER RESORTERS ARE LEAVING.” “YEP, IT'S A BIG RELIFF TO DROP MY DIALECT.” comicbooks.com