Life, 1925-03-19 · page 6 of 36
Life — March 19, 1925 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains several humor sections typical of the era: **"The Party Line"** features social gossip items about various people's activities and opinions—standard society column satire mocking upper-class chatter and pretension. **"The Party Line" cartoon** shows a father and daughter examining a dead animal, with the caption joking that the daughter has nailed her bed slippers to skis so they won't get lost. This is nonsensical humor typical of the period. **"Recapitulation"** provides character sketches of people named Stella, Margaret, and Anne, offering sardonic personality assessments—likely satirizing how people are evaluated or categorized in social circles. **"They Said It"** is a joke about cities making disparaging remarks about each other (Chicago vs. New York, etc.)—interstate ribaldry. **"Publicity"** contains a brief quip about secrets and exposure. The overall tone is lighthearted, society-focused satire with no apparent political content.
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“WELL, WHAT IN THE NAME OF——' “Y'VE NAILED MY BED SLIPPERS TO A PAIR OF SKIS SO THEY WON'T GET Lost.” The Party Line “TOE says his idea of bein’ inde- pendent is not to have to pass th’ time of day with Banker Ellis unlest you feel Ii t. “Folks scems to be too busy creatin’ gossip to talk it any more. "1 Cooke petitioned th’ Commis- sioners not to fix th’ road by his place till after he'd got in th’ spring haulin’ tourists out of th’ mud. “Kate Hardway’s daughter is run off to th’ city again. Funny how many girls decide they want to live their own lives when ploughin’ time draws nigh. “Miser Franks has taken to stoppin’ in at Bill Way's place to hear Sunday service on th’ radio. Says he feels more spiritual when they ain't a col- lection.” James K. McGuinness. “LJOW do you spell ‘Constantinople’ ?” “Wrong.” Father: p0 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT ANIMAL 1S? Daughter: 0% COURSE 1 D0, IT'S A BANK Recapitulation TELLA loves me. She is very plain. She is highly intellectual and has a fine reading knowledge of the classics. She also has an apprecia- tion of such moderns as Anderson, Dreiser and Cabell. She is intensely interested in music. She understands Stravinsky and Ornstein and still is devoted to Beethoven and Bach. She loves the theatre. cusses intelligently the Shaw, Ibsen and O'Neill. She is an accomplished conversa- tionalist. I hate Stella. She dis- plays of eee I love Margaret. She is very extreme in her dress. She devotes little time to reading. Harold Bell Wright and Robert W Chambers appeal to her. She likes music. She thinks the music of Carrie Jacobs Bond clas- sical, although Irving Berlin is her favorite composer. She enjoys the theatre. She par- ticularly favors Ann Nichols and Avery Hopwood. She is dumb, Margaret hates me. eee Iam going to marry Anne. She is the Domestic Science in- structor in our high school. Wilfred J. Riley. They Said It HE national committce of judges chosen to define provincialism begs leave to report that it is what York says about Chicago that Chicago says about Louisville that Louisville says about Butte that Butte says about Podunk that Podunk says about Butte that Butte says about Louisville that Louisville says about Chicago that Chicago says about New York. HLH. R. Publicity “Of all the many aspects of the very busy life of the Prince of Wales, his horsemanship and his degree of skill in riding have perhaps been commented upon and discussed at greater length than any other."—World Traveler. W ust knew that secret would get out sooner or later. comicbooks.com