Life, 1925-07-09 · page 6 of 42
Life — July 9, 1925 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct sections: **"Main Street Movie Memories"** is a humorous dialogue between "First Old Timer" and "Second Old Timer" discussing how their hometown has changed. They reminisce about old acquaintances and local businesses (hardware store, laundry), noting how people have moved away or changed careers. The joke centers on small-town nostalgia and how communities evolve—people scatter, businesses close, and old connections fade. **"Accessories"** is a brief comedic dialogue between Bobby and his Mother about shaving, playing on a child's eagerness to grow up and imitate adult behavior. The page's illustrations show a staircase descending into a movie theater and a street scene, visualizing the "old home town" theme. This appears to be gentle, relatable satire about American small-town life and generational change.
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* LAE: : Main Street Movie Memories “THE Great Train Robbery” in Odd on the same Saturday night; the op- Fellows’ Hall; Broncho Billy An- erator’s sign, “Just a Moment, Please”; derson and his brass-studded cuffs; Arthur Johnson and his Prince Albert Alice Joyce and Tom Moore; Mauri The Old Home T Town Reunion Ny IRST OLD TIMER: Well, well, well! If it isn't—if it isn't the old boy himself! Say, you haven't changed a bit. How's everything ? Srcoxp Orv Timer: Well, I cer- tainly am tickled, seeing you here! By me everything's fine. How's it by you? You look same as ever. F. O. T.: By me everything's fine, too. Hardware business. S. 0. T.: No!? Well, well, well, hardware, eh? Me, it's linoleum. F, O. T.: Linoleumt!? Well, I sill be hanged! Say, that's great! Linole- um, ch?...Say, who you think 1 was just talking to? Marie McCarthy. She's Marie Kennedy now. Married, you sce. Lives out in Findlay, Ohio. Maric? Well, I'l be.. Ss. O. T.: Costello at the Lyric CYS> 20d Francis X. Bush- [IO man at the Olympic Say, she and I R were crazy about each other once. Ny Had the nicest yellow hair. F. O. T.: No, you got her mixed up. Marie’s dark. S. O. T.: Thass right, too. I guess it was somebody else. I guess I didn't ever get to know Maric. I tell you Maisie Collins, that’s who it was! F. O. T.: Oh, I knew her! Say, she and I were crazy about each other. Big, stately girl. Peach! S. O. T.: No, Maisie’s little. What I mean, not big. Little, you might say. F, O. T.: We-e-ell, mayhe I didn’t (> *) ye | | Coot coat; John Bunny and Flora Finch; “The Million Dollar Mystery”; Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew; Charles Chap- lin in a bakeshop; “Ham and Bud”; the mechanical piano at the entrance ;, the ministers’ crusade for lights in the auditoriums; the fellow who knew a fellow who had seen “The Birth of a Nation.” McC. H. ge C | know her, then. You know how T it is...forget faces...but you can bet T didi forget ly Small chance of that, old Ee man, ha, ha! Nor me yours....Gosh, those were the days! F. O, T.: You said it! Well, old top, got to be moving. Certainly hope you go big in your laundry business. S. O. T.: Linoleum. Well, so long. You said you were herding, didn’t you? F, 0. T.: No, hardware. Well, so long. See you later.... Eacu (to himself): Certainly lucky nobody came along I'd have had to in- troduce him to. Wonder who the devil he was, any’ Tip Bliss. Accessories OBBY: Mamma, when can I shave like Papa does? | Motuer: Not for a long, long time ! yet, Bobby. Bony: Why not? the words already. I know a lot of comicbooks.com