Life, 1925-01-01 · page 10 of 37
Life — January 1, 1925 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three satirical pieces: 1. **"The Auto and the Good Resolutions"**: A humorous list contrasting January resolutions about safe driving (keeping under twenty miles per hour, not speeding over sixty mph) with April reality—where drivers ignore these pledges and demonstrate their cheap cars outperform expensive ones, with "no lives lost" being the sarcastic punchline. 2. **"The Last Flaw"**: A cartoon about radio technology, joking that while a woman has charm and a good voice, her face "doesn't radio well"—satirizing early radio's popularity and the then-new medium's displacement of visual entertainment. 3. **"Castles in Hollywood"**: A brief note about actors Alys and Horace delaying marriage while negotiating film rights to novels. The page reflects 1920s-30s concerns: automobile safety, emerging radio technology, and Hollywood business practices.
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y “Sh City Parson (to simple country sexton): WOW ARE EVENING CONGREGATIONS UP MERE? THERE AIN'T NOBODY COMES TO CHURCH SUNDAY THEY ALL STAYS HOMF AND LISTENS TO THE RADIATORS, YOUR Country Sexton: NIGHTS, CROSSWORD puzzle is a literary deformity entirely surrounded by Father, Mother, Baby, Sister, Brother, Aunt Mary, Uncle Jack and Cousin Al. The Last Flaw “SVOU must admit she has a charm- ing voice.” “Yes, but her face doesn’t radio well.” “WHAT, MOVING, MRS, TURTLE?” “YES, WE COULDN’T STAND IT ANOTHER DAY; OUR APARTMENT IS SIMPLY FULL OF MUSKRATS.” The Auto and the Good Resolutions (AN, 1—The resolution to keep within twenty miles an hour. Apr. 1—The hurry-up trip to the doc- tor when Johnny ate the pretty berries. Jan, 1—The resolution to go no faster than forty an hour. Apr. 1—The wild ride to deliver Aunt Effy at the station in time for her train. Jan, 1—The resolution not to speed over sixty miles an hour. Apr. 1—The successful demonstration to a_ skeptical brother-in- law that your cheap car can go faster than his expensive one; no lives lost. Jan, 1—The resolution to save up for another car that is guaran- teed not to run over twenty miles an hour, Apr. 1—The new car, and the whole blamed business over again. W. L. Werner. Castles in Hollywood “T THOUGHT Alys and Horace were going to be married this month p Alys says it may not be till June; Horace wants to wait till he’s sold the movie rights of the novels he intends to write.” comicbooks.com