Life, 1925-01-15 · page 33 of 36
Life — January 15, 1925 — page 33: what you’re looking at
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This Life magazine page mixes social commentary with period advertising. The main satirical content is "What the Average Northerner Knows About the South"—a humorous list of stereotypes Northerners held about the South, including: Southerners drink mint juleps constantly; only Black servants work there; only Civil War colonels remain; Southern mansions are mortgaged; Southern women are mysteriously attractive; the region is soporific; Tennessee produces moonshine and feuds; bloodhounds catch all criminals. The satire mocks Northern *ignorance* by listing absurd generalizations. The list appears designed to be both funny and critical of regional prejudice. The page also features Mrs. Pep's diary (a serial humor column) and advertisements including Johnston's Chocolates, positioned as gifts from "thoughtful" men to "fastidious" women—reflecting early 20th-century gender and class assumptions about courtship and consumption.
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Mrs. Pep's Diary (Continued from page 7) S» off in high spirits to lunch at am Doyle's, finding there many of ¢ s making merry. M., with le at the piano, did give us a Girt That Men Forget” in the ert manner, and was made to gain and again, and then Blair k up my favorite, “Way Up Yon- in the Frozen North,” and we sang veral times, putting such gusto into ding, The Queen's a peach, and I'm in right, rhe King goes out most every night, \nd the nights are six months long! t the man overhead with m M, has a bowing acquaintance ld endure no more, so came down young 1 asked leave to join us....To dinner Abdills’, pinning on my new on to gain dign it next Harry who said, How now, Mrs. Pep! you letting your hair grow? Whereupon cached up and adroitly snatched off © false piece, which Harry, unduly nused, did hide in his pocket. ny are u look ten years older. Out and walking through January 3 7 the town, encountering B. 10th the} 1 Salisbury, who told me how ¢ had come fre her cousin for allowing her young much liberty. I don't ow what must think of me, oth B. T just gave her h—l, and I ve her ninety dollars! So to an inn r luncheon, where we talked of many such as the delightfulness of irlic, and how there is always at least © person with a terrible voice in a ‘ullman car, but the long sleeves of n reading a lecture vughter so. she ‘The Most Popular Stub More Esterbrook Jackson Stubs have been used than any other stub pen ever made! If you like to write with a me- diumstub pen,ratherfirminac- tion, you'll surely like this one. Like all Esterbrook pens, the Jackson Stub is made of the finest tempered steel. Each pen is rigidly inspected, and is a perfect writing instrument. R.ESTERBROOK BCO —JACKSON STUB > the 12 most popular pens in the world, sent on rece:ptef 15 cents. Adsress Department L. Esterbrook Pen Mfg. Co. Camden, N.J. Canadian ‘Agents, Brown Bros., Led. Toronto. Always a FRESH Gstettrock Booklet of 100 famous signatures, and yl THE / THOUGHTFUL MAN lo THE FASTIDIOUS WOMAN HERE is an unwritten law in gift- giving which countenances only the best: - Johnston’s bears the stamp of unobtrusive good taste. Socially correct,itis the gift acceptable,always. The thought{ul man knows this. + + So when be gives, it's Johnson's. Yeu will fnd a Gecial agency for Joba : Chocolates in one of the better class ores in your neighbourbeod. CHOCOLATES ROBERTA VONNS my new Bengaline were so tight and uncomfortable that I could put little heart in the talk, and did dash home the stant the bill was paid to don some- ing which gave me greater freedom. lord! methinks it would be impossible for a woman to stray far from the path of rectitude whilst wearing sleeves that were a perfect fit. I daresay there was a definite connection between the choker collars and the feminine prudery of the nineties....This day did I resume my practise at the pianoforte. Baird Leonard. What the Average Northerner Knows About the South Tuar all Southerners are enormously fond of mint julep. That only darkey servants are em- ployed in the South. That colonels are the only survivors of the Confederate Army. That most Southern mansions are mortgaged. That there is something about the Southern girls—above all, Virginia girls. That one has to struggle to keep awake in the South. That the entire population of Ten- nessee is engaged in the production of moonshine and in settling old scores. TON COMPANY. M That no criminal has a chance to get away from bloodhound That every Southerner loses his bal- ance at a horse race. That Southerners feed perfect strang- ers huge chicken dinners, That the women of Tennessee smoke pipes hat, generally speaking, the South isn't interested in industries other than cotton That swears goat. That the Southern dialect lends itself very casily to mimicry. That Ne tionate t mother. Southern gentleman resembles a every impressively, yet ro mammies are more affec- many a Southerner's own That every Negro considers himself lucky if he contracts the hookworm disease. That the Negro has the greatest sense of humor in the world. That the South is steeped in dreamy romance. That “Dixie” is our common heritage. B. J. K. When Fan Meets Fan “Dipn't I hear your photograph on the radio last night?” comicbooks.com