Life, 1925-02-19 · page 28 of 37
Life — February 19, 1925 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **humor pieces and advertisements** rather than political cartoons. **Main Content:** - **"Two Howlers"**: Humorous student translations/misinterpretations (e.g., "Pax in bello" rendered as "Freedom from indigestion" instead of "Peace in war"). These mock schoolboy mistakes. - **"The Vernacular"**: Brief jokes about colloquial speech, including a reference to the WWI film "What Price Glory?" - **Poetry section**: "A Memory" and "A Wet Blanket" appear to be literary submissions, with the latter presenting an ironic anecdote about a concert that was "prevented" by performers. - **Cartoon**: A small illustration showing someone asking about a typewriter, with the caption emphasizing familiarity with the device. **Advertisements**: Van Heusen collars and Wetzel tailors dominate the lower portion. This is a typical **early 1920s Life layout**—a mix of light humor, reader submissions, and advertising, reflecting the magazine's role as a humor/satire publication alongside commercial content.
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“CrTeCeAne fei? Al t AM 6C15§0R5 AVI, Nv es ee J - A bearded man or smooth and bare; Z I never heard my mother call Two Howlers Special notice has just reached me of two excellent schoolboy howlers. The first is a most idiomatic translation of “Pax in bello,” which was rendered “Freedom from indigestion.” The second relates to the well-known historical in cident of Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh’s cloak. After describing the scene, the pupil made the Queen say My father either dark or fair. All I remember is a coat Of velvet, buttoned on his breast; Where I, when tired of fingering it, Would lay my childish head and rest His voice was low and seldom heard His body small—I've heard it said; But his hoarse cough made children think Of monsters growling to be fed. “Sir Walter, Tam afraid I have ‘s dine pear ae ss If any children took that road, “ t mon dr replied Si . - er, which means in’ English: “My ; And heard my father coughing near, J, you are right They whispered, “Hist! Away, a C.J. A., in London Daily News There’s some big giant lives int -W. H. Davies, in The Spectator The Vernacular nw, Fixst Nice Oto Lavy (after secing Gaove A Wet Blanket “What Price Glory?"): Shall we get the Western paper—“At Norton Hall last hell out of here? evening an enjoyable entertainment was Srcoxo Nice Orv Laoy: As soon as t MARE. YOU FAMILIAR WITH. TIL prevented by the Handel Male Quartet find my goddam glasses. TYPEWRITER?” —Boston Transcript —Dartmouth Jack-o'-Lantern “on, YES, SIR, I HAVE SEEN THY AND LOTS OP TIMES.” Pec: I'm engaged. Don't tell. App similes of 19 s restless as a —Le Ruy Blas (Paris). Many: Marvelous. Who shan’t I tell kettle-drummer.—. imes. first ?—Cornell Widow. Lire is published every Thursday. sitaneously in the United States. The foreign trade supplied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls House, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in U.S. Breams Buildings, London, C. Canadian distributor, "The Americas [4 Patent Office. $3.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign News Company, Ltd., 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada, countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Back peer ool baer No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped end addressed envelope. Live docs mot hold itself responsible for the loss or The text and illustrations in Live are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights "on-return of unsolicited contributions. cat Britain apply to Live, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior don, E. C i to the date of issue to be cffected. AATTENN ESTRUS, Y CUSLTO LEAL L EY EEE ? NO LEG EON Wetzel HEN your collar Dandy Hc feelsas good as the NEWYORK other man’s collar looks, both are Van Heusens TAN HEUSEN the Worlds Smartet COLLAR PHILLIPS-JONES Q NEW YORK ETZEL are tai- lors for men de- siring to be groomed correctly in every de- tail—it has ever been their privilege to serve a distinguished clientele. LLL LLALLEA LE SOSA UMPLSPLLUSTLL 12 SSS EOP AYLL I ANSE SSS ae comicbooks.com