Life, 1925-01-22 · page 28 of 36
Life — January 22, 1925 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page from Life magazine (a satirical weekly) consists primarily of **short humor pieces and advertisements**, rather than political cartoons. The humor columns feature brief jokes sourced from various newspapers, playing on domestic situations and wordplay: - **"A Honeymoon Dialogue"** satirizes newlywed reconciliation—a husband admits cruelty only if his wife denies it, resulting in circular logic. - **"Sophisticated"** jokes that a son learned gambling and drinking from his sister, inverting expectations about who corrupts whom. - **"Inherited Weakness"** presents working-class irony: a housemaid's knee ailment is "hereditary" from parents in manual labor and religious mania. The remaining content consists of **period advertisements**: Wetzel tailors (top left), and upscale dining/confectionery establishments (Maillard, Michigan at Jackson). There is **no significant political satire** on this page—it represents Life's lighter content: domestic humor and commercial advertising typical of 1920s American magazines.
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CANT S¢15S0R5,, AVE NvbLy Good Moming Miss Margaret, age three, was up and dressed early on a recent morning and before Lreakfast made a call on her grandmother, who lives nearby on the A Honeymoon Dialogue Perhaps I was a little cruel. Sue: Yes, you were! He (surprised): I wasn't! (Pause.) Well, look here, I'll say I was cruel if you'll say I wasn’t. Site: Very well, peach blossom, you weren't, He: Then I’m sorry if I was. London Daily Express. Sophisticated Fatner (raging): Wd like to know where a son of mine learned to gamble to use such terrible language, to drink, and to get in so much trouble! Tell me! Sox: From my sister. —Cornell Widow Know Her? “What sort of woman is she “Has to break in a new set of friends “you WOULDN'T FOR BONES, WOULD you, DEAR?” “SO, DEAR—NOT FOR ALL TILE NONES: IN THE WoRLD,” Bulletin. (S3 same strect. “Hello, Grandma,” she said. “I've got on my long underwear and we're going to have fried mush for breakfast. What do you know?"—Indianapolis News. Inherited Weakness Mistress: So the doctor diagnosed “housemaid’s knee"—have you had it be- fore? Mato: No, mam. But the doctor says it’s prob'ly hereditary, me father being a pavement hartist and me mother a reli- gious maniac!—London Opinion. Curery Sout (to friend): Lawks, my dear, wot a turn you give me! I fought you was dead—strite, I did. I've ‘eant people speakin’ well of yer lately.—Punch. ARRY ME JUST several every year.”—Louisville Courier-Journal. Marriage is a Correct this sentence: gambol.—American Legion Wee “How out?” “Loud! Lire. is published every Thursday. simultaneously in the United S| Great Britain, Canada aid British Possessions. Title registered in U Patent. Office. $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Back numbers cannot be supplied, The text and illustrations in Live are copyrighted, For Reprint Ri in Great Britcin apply to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Bu Lane, London, E. C., England. Enrabtished 1876 and 4 E Forty: Fourth Street NEW YORK ETZEL are tailors for men desiring to be groomed correctly. in every detail—it has ever been their privilege to serve a distinguished clientele. “Tur wife and I had it out to-day.” —Kansas City Star. A Greex shield recently discovered is said to have an eccentric band round a peculiar central boss. It sounds like an orchestra.—London Daily N The foreign trade supplied. from Lirt's London. Office, Rolls House Breams Buildings, London, E, C. Canadian distributor, The American News Company, Ltd., 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal,’ Canada. y tions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and lope. Live docs not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of eddress should reach this office two weeks prior to the date of rsiue to be ofected. Madison Avenue at 47* Street NEW YORK 4 Spot Bonbonnieres _ Luncheon ~ Tea gMichigan at Jackson CHICAGO comicbooks.com