Life, 1924-11-06 · page 32 of 40
Life — November 6, 1924 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and humor columns**, not political cartoons. The content includes: **Advertisements:** - Cunard cruise line promoting Caribbean voyages from New York (Jan-Feb 1925) - Williams Shaving Cream with a "Hinge-Cap" design - Reedsdale Cigarettes testimonial - Bell-Ans indigestion remedy **Humor Columns:** "Our Foolish Contemporaries" features brief satirical pieces on aging (a man describing feeling "forty-ish"), a wrestler's divorce, and a theological lecture joke. These are lighthearted social observations typical of 1920s magazine humor—poking fun at middle age, absent-minded professors, and courtroom situations. The page reflects 1920s consumer culture and gentle, domesticated satire rather than sharp political commentary. No specific political figures or events are referenced.
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CUNARD. ENTERS the FIELD of | WEST INDIES) CRUISES Ait the comfort and luxury of Cunard ocean travel—the renowned accommodations, equipment, cuisine,service— may be enjoyed on two de- lightful 30-day | CARIBBEAN CRUISES sailing -from New York Jan.22,and Feb.24, 1925 on the S. S. TUSCANIA ‘of the Cunard and Anchor Lines. No more pleasing and en- tertainingly restful short cruise can be imagined than one among the fascinating islands of the Caribbean, visiting under Cunard auspices. Havana, Kingston, Colon, Cartagena, Curacao, La Guayra, Port of Spain, Barbados, Martinique, St: Thomas, San Juan, Nassau, Bermuda. ‘Leisurely sightseeing ashore: | To EGYPT and the MEDITERRANEAN— _S..S. MAURETANIA, Feb. 17, 1925 and ANCHOR Be TEAM SHIP LINES 5 poner é * LIFE - UR_ OLISH CONTEMPOR ARIES When I doze in my chair I look like an alderman. When I go out for a walk I roll just a little, they say. No little boys in the street treat me with disrespect. My twenty-five-ish flat somehow. I'm beginning to remind myself that many men did not achieve anything much before they were forty. I am growing “clubable.” I have begun to give up having “views.” More and more I use the expression, “in my day.” I shall probably be too old for active service in the next war, I begin to feel I carry a forty-ish at- mosphere about me, a sort of label saying, “I'm forty. I'm forty. I'm forty!” I find I like detective stories best. I receive easy-chair priority. And | have been told that when one is fifty one no longer feels forty-ish. —F.M.S.,in London Evening News. pleasantries fall No tonte better than Abbott's Bitters, sample bj mail, 25 cts. C. W. Abbott & Co. Baltimore, Md. The Sparring Partner Zbyszko, the 250-pound wrestler, has received a divorce from his 100-pound wife on the ground of cruel and abusive treatment. Something of the sort occurred in the days when the mighty Fitzsimmons was in bis prime. The freckled prizefighter appeared in his usual haunts one evening with two black cyes. give 'em to you, Fitz a friend. inquired responded Fitz, turning to look at his interrogator as best he could, black both a man’s heyes but York Morning Telegraph. Universal Favorite “Yes, my friends,” said the theological lecturer, Moses, who in- stituted the old law; some, Paul, who spread the new. But after all, which character in the Bible has had the largest following ?” As be pause: bench shouted : —Columbia (S. 6.) State. “some admi a voice from the back Campus Mythology The absent-minded professor jokes are with us again. We are thinking of the prof. who kissed his shoes good night and put his two daughters under the bed. —Wisconsin Octopus. The Happy Isles “Have you heard the news? kins is transported for life.” “What !” “Yes, happily married.”—Brown Jug. Sniff- It can't get lost It can't get lost Youll like it/* Hinge-Cap on Williams ‘Shaving Cream Cm GQ ere ERO O ree Mtn = 5. - og ah a =| 5 Seccem eng it can't get lost “Absolutely a perfect cigarette” ROM Washington, D. C.: “1 have smoked cigarettes for twenty years. I have tried every one sold in the average cigar store, from the cheapest to the most expensive. Never have | smoked as good a cigarette as Reedsdale. Mild and satisfactory; absolutely a perfect cigarette.” (Original letter in our file) Reedsdale Cigarettes are 20c for :wenty! They are put up in a new and specially designed pack- age that keeps them fresh, unbroken and un- crushed to the last one If not at your dealer's, a carton of & pack: ages (100 cigarettes) sent for a dollar. Smoke one package. If not satisfied return remaining packages and et your money Reed Tobacco Co., 126 So. 21st St., Sur re Relief Richmond, Va. : ae FOR INDIGESTION 25¢ AND 75¢ PACKAGES EVERYWHER' comicbooks.com