Life, 1925-03-26 · page 28 of 37
Life — March 26, 1925 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine comprises primarily **short humorous anecdotes** and advertisements rather than political cartoons. The humor pieces satirize social pretense and marital dynamics. "His Mistake" mocks a woman's claim to join a "Purity League" (likely a temperance-adjacent moral organization) while still drinking champagne—exposing selective morality. "Amateur Night" ridicules a woman's deception about being deaf/dumb for charity. The remaining quips target common comedic targets: spousal finances, tourism boosterism, and 1920s-era concerns (eclipse panic, Prohibition-era "near-beer"). The single **illustration** depicts a ship captain's final request before departure—a visual pun playing on maritime tradition. A **cartoon banner** shows a man declining water, preferring alcohol, commentary on Prohibition-era attitudes. The page is dominated by cruise line advertisements (Raymond-Whitcomb) and a confectionery shop advertisement (Maillard), reflecting typical *Life* magazine content mixing satire with commercial promotion for affluent readers.
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hy Sz _=SNUT SCISSORS His Mistake An English lady heard her host tell his butler not to serve champagne, as she did not drink it. “But I do drink cham- pagne,” she said. “It is not the Temper- ance League that I have joined but the Purity League.” “Ah,” returned her host vaguely, “I knew you had given up something.” —Boston Transcript. Amateur Night A woman who had been collecting money on the streets on the pretense that she was dumb was later heard loudly berating her husband in a room at the hotel. His pretense that he was deaf, it scems, was not nearly so successful. —Detroit News. Next Question Sounds Attractive Exultant gloat of the boosters of Louisville : If cight men started from their, re tive homes in New Orleans, Dalla maha, Minneapolis, Toronto, New Yor City, Charleston and Jacksonville an traveled by the shortest and routes until they met, they wou hands sixteen and one-half yards nort! ‘of the Customs House on Fourth Street Louisville, on a sewer cap midway be tween a trolley pole and a fire plug —American Mercury No Doom To-Day Tt was raining in Los Angeles on the morning of the. eclipse, and one ente;- prising youngster was yelling his wares “Poiper! All about the end of th world being postponed on account of 1) rain!"—Argus (Seattle). “CAPTAIN, BEFORE 1 CO, I HAVE ONE Spanish Philosophy LAST WIsit Toveist: Why do you have such bad “WHUT 1S. UT, “V'D LIKE A DRIN RS roads in Spain? OF WATER.” Native: To kecp out the autos. We —Harvard Lampoon. prefer to die of old age. —La Voz (Madrid) “Hubby, how much do you love me?” Tue Moperx Gree: I'm going to have “How much do you need?” a good cry, and hang the expense! We can stand near-beer, but deliver —Toronto Telegram. from near-Mencken !—Writer’s Monthly. —Louisville Courier-Journal, Lire is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the Uni ited States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in U. S. Patent Office. $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Ooicn, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Back numbers cannot be supplied. The text ond illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. | For Rep fi in Great Britain agly to Lirg, Rolls House, Breams Build Lane, London, E, C., England. rint Rights ngs, Fetter The foreign trade supplied from Lirt’s London Office, Rolls Howse, Breams Buildings, London, E. C. Canadian distributor, The American News Company, Ltd., 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped ood addressed envelope. Live docs not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of unsolicited contributions, Notice of change of address should reach this offce two weeks ” to the date of issue to be effected. NSOBINTE TISDe SA Sk S3 Summer Vacation Plans? PERHAPS RAYMOND-WHITCOMB SUMMER CRUISES Luxurious—Comprchensive 7 SOR MEDITERRANEAN (June 27) Completest Mediterranean route ever devised —30 cities—13 countries—Rome, Venice, Gra- nada, Athens,Cairo, Sc. 20,000-ton“Oronsay” —All rooms outside. 53 days to Cherbourg. $675 & up. MIDNIGHT SUN (June 30) 37 days from New York—Iceland, Norway’s Fjords, Sweden, Denmark, France. 20,000-ton “Franconia” (Cunard). $725 & up. ROUND the WORLD (Oct. 10) Most comprehensive world-cruise — Japan, China, Java, India, Egypt, also Australia, &c. —never cruised to before. Brand-new 20,000 ton Cunarder “Carinthia”. $2,000 & up. Booklets, ship-plans, &c. from Raymond & Whitcomb Co. Exec. Offices: Park & Beacon Sts., Boston New York Philadelphia Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles aa ARI a A) ra} <a —z Confections Luncheon —Jea— NEW YORK Madison Avenue at 47% Street CHICAGO Michigan at Jackson comicbooks.com