Life, 1924-10-16 · page 30 of 36
Life — October 16, 1924 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and humor content**, not political satire. The main elements: **"A Broker's Will"** is a satirical humor piece mocking a wealthy Wall Street broker's contempt for his family members through his will bequests. The joke lies in cruel, cynical observations: he leaves his wife "knowledge" she was fooled; his son the burden of earning; his daughter money because her husband's only good deed was marrying her; his servants the items they've been stealing. The humor targets both the broker's bitterness and his family's moral/financial failings—typical of 1920s satirical magazines. **"That Chummy Army"** is a brief anecdote joke about a Black soldier who responds to a sentry's challenge with dialect ("Ah's a citizen...wif mah lady frien'"). The humor relies on racial stereotyping common to the era. The page also contains advertisements for Patrick Overcoats, cruise lines, and Williams Shaving Cream, with period-appropriate illustrated ads. The content reflects 1920s attitudes toward class, family, and race without irony about those attitudes.
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A Broker's Will The following is an excerpt from th: will of a Wall Street man, which has been recently probated in the New York courts: “To my wife, I leave her lover an. HAND the knowledge that I wasn't the fool thought I was. TAILORED “To my son, I leave the pleasure of carning a living. For thirty-five year he has thought that the pleasure was OVERCOATS all mine. He was mistaken, “To my daughter, I leave $100,00 She will necd it. The only good piec of business her husband ever did wa to marry her. “To my valet, I leave the clothes th Patrick Overcoats he has been stealing from me regular! for the past ten years. Also my fi are Distinctive! coat that he wore last winter when I ws in Palm Beach. . sch “To my chauffeur, I leave my cars You recognize them on sight. He almost ruined them and T want bir s to have the satisfaction of finishing th Because of the skilled hand- job, tailoring, correct design and the To my partner, I leave the sugges perfect fit, they have earned their tion that he take some other clever ma th in with him at once if he expects to « place among the foremost any business."—IWall Street Journal. STYLE COATS of AMERICA |Ina Pinch, use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE Their exclusive feature is the That Chummy Army beautiful Patrick Cloth which A sentry in an army camp dow: : h i ma South heard footsteps and roared hi gives such unusually satisfying challenge. From the darkness came th ‘wear. quavering reply: “Ah's a citizen of de United State See them at the leading clothiers. wif mah lady frien’.” Write for samples of thie wonderful Instructing the colored rookie as t the proper way to challenge, the sentr sent him on his way. A few minut later a form approached and in answ« Address Desk 14, to the challenge came: “Ah’s de man yo’ tol’ to say Ah ws a frien’ of yo'-all.” American Legion Weekly. F.A.PATRICK & CO. DULUTH A Fitat actress is to adopt her hus Makers of both Cloth and Garment hand's name. It seems hardly wort “PURE NORTHERN WOOL AT t ht while for such a short time—Punch. from sheep that thrive in the Snow"? SgpNaay SF MEDITERRANEAN (Jan.31)AROUND fe THE WORLD (Jan. 30) NORWAY and MEDITERRANEAN (July 1) Seasonal cruises by superb, specially chartered. new, ofl-burning Cunarders. Reasonable rates taclude botets, Grives guides, feca ete. Furopean stopovers, LONGEST EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT Expert staff. ited membership, (OUTH AMERICA. Small 1 22 . ppt ae oye a Super-Feature CLARK’S TOURS Times Bldg., N. Y. At Norfolk, Va, they are going to Glove-smooth! burn 218 wooden ships, built by the Ship- ping Board at a cost of $235,000,000 for Get that well-groomed look. use during the war. This should give the Men who shays with w ‘llama movie directors a great chance for a film Bare per eritocfiene f “Casabianca,” opening with 218 boys Smccti aad supple: And it sctens Conns : pis ecenecaaninees) : ; the meanest beard almost instant- most pleasure Leeder quickest i standing on 218 burning decks, whence ly. Atall dealers’, Large size tube opportunity for profit because all but them had fled. S50; double size tube 0c, contain- they are easiest to play— beautiful X —F.P.A., in New York World. ing twice as much cream. in tone — perfect in scale—hand- QW : es Pebebie Dai some in design and finish. Glass Ginger Ale with tablespoonful Abbott's Bitter> e Sead or Free Books," Succersta Muse SE 28'Eu' In stampa” G'w: abbott Co., Baltimore, Nid, i ia ms foam god others — oe Supplicating Work a ‘Conn inserument. tion instrument. Proressionat. Beccar (to clerk in hat shop): I'd like to see something in a J very light hat—it’s to be held out, you Wi . know——Le Rire (Paris). ith the Hinge-Cap you can’t lose Cloth—also our interesting Overcoat Style Booklet and name of the nearest dealer. Conrad Nagel “Coldwyn™ Star comicbooks.com