Life, 1925-01-29 · page 22 of 37
Life — January 29, 1925 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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**Top Section - "The One Hundred Per Cent. Boob Is":** This is a satirical list defining the "100% boob"—a foolish everyman type. It catalogs absurd contradictions: setting an alarm but not waking up, following health fads then bragging about them, wearing mismatched accessories, avoiding minor social interactions (asking directions, complaining to waiters), and carrying non-functional fountain pens. The cartoon sketch shows a man lounging while his wife fetches an encyclopedia, embodying lazy incompetence. Credited to Tip Bliss, it's gentle mockery of ordinary male hubris and self-deception. **"Just Bumminaroun" Section:** A phonetic transcription of working-class New York slang—likely meant as humorous or condescending representation of immigrants or lower-class speech patterns. The dialogue depicts young men discussing hanging around, bowling, and dating. **Bottom - "Famous Boobs of History":** A cartoon showing Fulton attempting to make a ship move under its own power—mocking him as an impractical dreamer, inverting historical reality (Fulton developed the steamship successfully).
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“WILL YOU BRING ME THE ENCYCLOP-EDIA, HAROLD?” “WHAT DID YOU WANT TO KNOW, DEAR?” The One Hundred Per Cent. Boob Is: HE fellow who sets the alarm clock for six-thirty and actually expects to get up the moment it rings; Who once followed the Hints to Health by taking an ice-cold shower in January, and then proclaimed to the office that it made him feel “great”; Who insists on grapefruit for break- fast on the morning the tablecloth comes back from the laundry; Who spends months in trying to re- member to purchase shaving soap, razor blades and garters; Who wears an attached collar and paper cuff-protectors on the same warm day; Who pronounces the newspaper comic strips silly, but always turns to them the first thing; Who continues to tell a funny story after every one has admitted having heard it; Who never thinks in time of buying a suit equipped with extra trousers: Who owns and carries five fountain pens, none of which works; Who is deadly afraid of asking di- rections of policemen, calling toll oper- ators, complaining to headwaiters, learning new card games and being in- troduced to actresses. A typical example of the species may he found in the undersigned. Tip Bliss. Just Bumminaroun A Lesson in New Yorkese ELLIFFIT taint Hairy! Wa snoo hunh, kid?” “Owidunno, Joey. Ijusbin bummin- aroun ashoesual. Whaddayaknow “Owidunno. Iwasta Annie's acuppalla nitesback. Sheyast faya.” “Annie yast famme disshe? letta ast.” “Wasseatin youwan her, Hairy? Jahavva scrappa sumpin?” “Owidunno. Shesez Iwas alwiz bum. minaroun.” “Wellof alla cas tirun noive “Whaddayamean bumminarow? Isez. *Youknow whattamean,’ shesez; ‘Imean bumminaroun,’” “Maybe shemean youwas now kinda bumminaroun like.” “Sowisez, ‘Awrite, Tannie, iffats sa way yafeel aboutit awrite,’ Isez. Ar beatit annI yaint seena since.” “Aw, sheget toverit. Chasay wee bowlus afew frames “Naw, lyaint gonno_ timeta bowlin an bumminaroun likeat.” “Cuttinouta bumminaroun, areya?” “Well. Iguess maybe ittaint sagood. Naw, ittaint sahot. Iguess maybe yarightin cuttin itout.” “Iguess Lyam.” Well, waste cah, Joey, nosense in bumminaroun likeat bowlin....Besides, Igotta dateta shootafella acuppalla gamesa pool.” Henry William Hanemann “DHILLIPS looks like a new man.” “No wonder. His wife has de- cided to stop changing her mind about letting her hair grow.” FAMOUS BOOBS OF HISTORY FULTON—THE IMPRACTICAL DREAMER WHO TRIED TO MAKE A SHIP MOVE UNDER ITS OWN POWER comicbooks.com