Life, 1925-04-02 · page 32 of 44
Life — April 2, 1925 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical short pieces typical of Life's humor section, plus a Cunard shipping advertisement. The cartoon titled "THE ANIMAL ACT EN ROUTE" depicts a streetcar conductor announcing tickets while passengers—including what appears to be a dog—ride inside. The caption reads "ALL TICKETS, LADIES AN' GENTLEMEN, PLEASE" / "WARF! WARF! WARF!" The joke satirizes a proposed law (referenced in the text below) to admit dogs onto streetcars and buses. The humor mocks the absurdity: if dogs were allowed, they'd disrupt service with barking, creating chaos for other passengers and conductors. The other pieces are brief humorous anecdotes: a modernist priest's sermon compared unfavorably to traditional theology; a newspaper's mortifying typo mixing wedding and electrocution details; and a child's lukewarm thank-you note. These mock pretension, editorial incompetence, and insincere politeness respectively.
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Thought for Lent A modernist made us a promi To preach on his views of St. Thomas, But 1 don't think Aquinas Turned out quite as fine as He seemed to our papas and mammias. —The Commonweal. An Apology Ohio paper—"We regret the unfortu nate mixup of two items in yesterday's edition which made us say that ‘the bride. groom took his place beneath the floral bell and 2000 volts were immediately shot through his quivering form.” —Boston Transcript. Out of the Ink-Wells of Babes Candid letter from a twelve-year-old, acknowledging a present: “Dear Aunt Harniet: hank you for your gift, I have al ys wanted a pincushion but not very much."—New York World. Doctox: It's a boy, professor Tue Ansext-Mixveo Pror.: What is? —Hamilton Royal Gabon. Live is published every Thursday Great Britain, Canada and British Patent. Office. $5.00 a year in advance countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a yea numbers cannot be supplied. The text ond illustrations in Lire are co, in Great Bri tre, Kolls How Lane, London, E, ngland. “wane! ware! wane! Be Yourself What, in the name of Heaven, a we to do with the affection of the weak If we scorn and disregard it we are cold blooded devils. And if we regard it too much it drags us down. If we attempt to regulate it for the other person, witl a nice balance between regard and dis regard, we find ourselves living that other person's life, with no time to live our own.—Don Marquis, in New York Herald Tribunc The King of Beasts Watter (to convivial gentleman @ hotel who has entertained friends with realistic animal imitations): Beg pardon. sir, the manager says no gentleman would make a noise like that. Coxviviat Gentteman : Of course not ‘Tain’t meant to be a gentleman—it's a lion.—Punch. Flights of Fancy The children were at play in the nurs. cry. “Don't wish you were a bird and could fly suggested Beryl. “I'd much rather be an elephant and squirt water down my nose,” answered her brother—London Morning Post. J that dogs be admitted way and surface cars. TIKKITS, LADIES AN’ GEMP- MEN, PLEASE,” “IT surrosy this club has a long wait —Le Rire (Paris) ing list?” “Yes—all creditors !"—London Mail. Office, Rolls Ho: n, B.C. Canadian distributor, The Ameri 388 St. James Street, Montreal,” Canada, ned unless accompanicd by stamped envelope. Live docs not hold itself responsible for the loss non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two wee to the date of issue to be affected. XE ORLD'S FASTEST SERVICE DE LUST. segura THE WO! BERENGANI and Seubampton AQUITANTS rats fom Nee $1473009 Teed an #9007 Fiest Class $255 &P . VICE ERPOOL SERV LIV ERP OO acne iq se¥THIA BreeGNIA. LACONIA | fa dese jacenstew RINTHIA F ON eo nee “ veh eg Ne Eee Chass $135 4? Thies Fare Class $198 Y? « JE— GI ICHOR LINE ANCH whe hie great ik busing 2% NIA TRANSYLVANIA CEO. yet fo Londonderry Glatt sas up welt Jom eereed Clos $132.50%0 THN Firse Class $1) LASGOW SERVICE ag new sister ships CAMERONIA s CABIN STEAMER COLUMBIA ASSYRIA : TRIA — CARMANTA, AURANIN te Queenstown (C8) and Liverpoe an i NIA " . CArioion New York 10 Cberbonte 400 Je denry and Glaib™ o 4 cuss $82.30 Cabin $130 8? ~ . ]ON SPECIALS cows com CUNARD VACA aie Fare $195 5 7 rn LINES CUNARD ANp ANCHOR Unt sya NEW YORK comicbooks.com