Life, 1924-11-13 · page 8 of 42
Life — November 13, 1924 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two separate pieces of humor: **"Song: Father Knows Best"** tells of Phelim Rafferty Keefe O'Keefe, a college football player whose father advises him that athletic success teaches life lessons better than academics. The narrative follows O'Keefe's football career and later success, validating the father's wisdom. The satire targets the era's celebration of athletics over intellectual development, particularly in Irish-American contexts where the story's ethnic naming suggests commentary on class and social mobility through sports. **"Football Talk" cartoon** shows three men discussing the sport—a visual pun about football strategy at table rather than field. **"A Modern Introduction"** is a brief comedic dialogue about meeting someone through a revolving door, representing modern urban social encounters. The page satirizes early 20th-century attitudes toward education, masculinity, and social advancement.
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Look! OUR TEAM IS GOING TO TRY A FORWARD PASS. He: s-s-su! DON'T LET EVERYBODY KNOW IT. Song: Father Knows Best HELIM RAFFERTY K of brawn and bone, Two hundred pounds on the hoof he weighed and his E O'KEE was a lad muscles were steel and stone. His father gazed at his frame with pride and mentioned his lifelong dream Of seeing his son on old Insertnameof College's football team. “For there you will learn to give and take,” he said, “in the gridiron’s strife The hard, hard knocks that prepare a man for the wallops of real life. It's the man of action who wins to-day—not the bookworm stuffed with lore, So get on the football team, my lad, if in lif score!” you want to FOOTBALL TALK SURE GAIN AT CENTRE Adelbert Arlington lacked the brawn with which O'Keefe had been blessed But he wore a 75¢ hat, though he boasted no 50 chest. His father looked at his merit card with a series of pride- ful snorts And said, “ reports, For it’s brains that win in the game of life—the bright men. not the dull; Don't fret about making athletic teams—develop what's in your skull!” My lad, I'm happy to sce your excellent school So Keefe pranced round on the football field while Adel- bert studied hard. The papers ran pictures of Keefe O'Keefe, Insertnameof's Greatest Guard, While Arlington pulled down a summa cum and won a scholarship twice. And their fathers sa lowed my advic u'll never regret that you fol- Twenty-five years clapse. street. An ice wagon stops on a city e gets down from the step and lugs in a cake to Mrs. Kleet. “Sevenny poun's!” in his cap, Flaps the reins on the horse's back and murmurs a low “Giddap !” Baro: sreian. A Modern Introduction ye: I didn’t know you knew together last night. Sam: Oh. yes! T met her in a revolving door, and began going around with her he roars and Arlington marks a card Edith until T saw you comicbooks.com