Life, 1924-11-13 · page 36 of 42
Life — November 13, 1924 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising and humor page** from Life magazine (undated, but likely 1920s based on styling). The page contains several **brief satirical anecdotes** about contemporary life: - A landlady's malapropism ("barth" for "bath," offering to move coal from the bathroom) - A traveling salesman retiring after circling his small county 16 times in 400,000 miles—mocking the tedium of sales work - A Black man locked out of his clothes trunk as a joke about poverty/thin wardrobes - A reference to **White-robed Klansmen** giving money to a Black preacher, sarcastically questioning the utility of money to a frightened man—this is **anti-KKK satire**, criticizing the Klan's racial terrorism The bulk of the page is **product advertising**: Razo-Nife pocket knives, Williams Shaving Cream, Cortes Cigars, Allen's Foot-Ease, and Abbott's Bitters. The Klan reference is the most historically significant content, reflecting Life's satirical stance against 1920s racial violence.
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LIFE for Christmas R4zeo -NIFE The Ever Keen Knife with the Razor edge. So simple—yet_ so effective—its blade is one of your cast-off safety razor blades. E replaced in a jifly—no screws or fasteners— just snaps into place, giving you a keen, razor edge at all times. Know the joy of having a really sharp pocket € knife at the other end of your watch chain. Get a Razo-Nife. Handsomely made of solid jeweler’s grade nickel silver, with neat design on handle. Can also be had with emblem of any national nization etched on handle. A wonderful Christmas gift for anyone. ric’ silly niet aen $1.00 With fraternal emblem on handle. $1.50 each. Packed for Xmas in holly boxes if requested. Business Executives: Razo-Nife makes a wonderful Ss present. Give them to your customers. Can be made up with your ad and trademark on hanile, Write for quantity prices THE GREENDUCK CO. 1728-41 W. North Ave., Chicago. Gentlemen: Enclosed find $ Danger! New York newspapers are discussing the question, “What is an adventures?” An adventuress is a woman you and your husband met a while ago, and your hus- band remarked, “Why not have her out to our house to dinner sometime?” —Kansas City Star. Lyrics in the Wash Launpress (to literary man): Please don’t write your poems on your cuffs, sir—my husband is getting jealous. —Humoristické Listy (Prague). Is he a nice boy? ‘o, dear, I think you'll like him.” —Oklahoma Whirlwind. UR. FOOLISA ONTEMPORARIES Rixa “With or Without ae The landlady was showing the pros- pective lodger over the house. “I think you'd find everythink com- ferable,” she assured him. “This'd be the livin’-room.” He poked his head inside, and nodded. said the landlady, conduct- ing him down a way that was dark, “this is the bedroom. Good an’ hairy, you assented the victim, with- drawing. “An’ this,” proceeded the dame, “is our barthroom. Nice little room, ain't in?” The young man stared blankly. “Yes,” he agreed; “but——' “Oh,” broke in the landlady, “if you should ever want to use the barth, I dessay we could find another place for the coal."—Tit-Bits (London). Ina Pinch, use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE Mileage After a number of years in harness, a traveling man for a small jobbing house decided to quit the road and retire. As he was still keen and vigorous, his boss wanted to know the wherefore. He was perfectly willing to explain. “It is this way,” said he. “I've traveled 400,000 miles, or enough to have girdled the globe sixteen times, all in Pequod County.” —Louisville Courier-Journal. Tablespoonful Abbott's Bitters tn sweetened water, after meals, ts great aid to digest ple bitters by’ mall, 25cta in'stamps. C. W. Abbott & Co. Baltimore. N Standing in His Wardrobe “Ah’s gwine go to de pahty night, but fust Ah’s gotta go home an’ change mah clothes.” “Change yo’ clothes? Boy, when yo’ buttons yo’ coat, yo’ trunk am locked!” —American Legion Weekly. Wnite-rorep klansmen visited a Negro church and gave the preacher twenty-five dollars. But what good is twenty-five dollars to a man who is scared to death? —Houston Post-Dispatch. The daily shave with Williams leaves yoo face feeling as cooland Tefreahed as your bod). does after a bath. Williams is good for tl. skin, And it's the quickest beard softene: too. Try it. Atall dealers’. Large size tube 8% size tube S0c, containing twice as muc cream. With the Hinge—Cap you can’t lose —S ES THE COLLEGIAN. HAVE THAT MADE-TO-ORDER LOOK FOR_g MEN OF BRAINS GARE “MADE AT KEY WEST= The Philosopher utters The Magic Phrase, ‘*SUBSCRIBE TO LIFE” For the Clergyman—Brief—but short sermons are best remembered. Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.20, Foreign $1.40). Send Lire for the next ten weeks to “Open Sesame” is out of date. LIFE, 598 Madison Ave., New York One Y: $5.00 Canadian $5.80 (UL) “Foreign $6.60 comicbooks.com