Life, 1925-08-20 · page 32 of 36
Life — August 20, 1925 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising with light humor content**, typical of Life magazine's format. The main advertisement (left side) promotes **Forhan's toothpaste for gum disease**, describing pyorrhea—a then-common dental condition affecting older adults. The copy emphasizes scientific prevention, reflecting early 20th-century marketing that leveraged medical authority. The central humor piece, **"The Boy Who Cried Wolf"** (retold by humorist Milt Gross), uses **heavy Yiddish-inflected dialect** for comedic effect. This was standard comedic practice of the era, though such caricatured "immigrant dialect" humor would be considered offensive today. The story follows the classic fable but renders it in exaggerated accent to amuse contemporary readers familiar with Jewish immigrant communities. The bottom cartoon is a brief **joke about installment purchasing**—the salesman pitches a motorcycle using the "pay-as-you-ride" plan, playing on financial struggles during economically uncertain times. The page reflects early 20th-century American attitudes toward ethnicity, dentistry, and consumer credit.
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LIFE A sig nal of trouble — tenderand bleeding gums the soil nour- ishes the tree- roots the gums nourish the teeth. And as the tree decays if you bare the tee-roots, 40 do the teeth decay if the gums shrink down from oth base, This condition is com- mon. It is_known as Pyorrhea. Four out of five people who are over Forty suffer fromit. Ordinary tooth- pastes will not prevent it. Forhan's Preparation A) does prevent it if used in une and used con sisently, So Forhan’s protects the tooth at the tooth- base which is unprovectedby enamel, On top of this For- han's preserves gums in their pink, normal, vital condition. Use it daily and their firmed tssue-structure will ly fatten through re- ceding gums. Further, | your gums will nei ther tender-up nor bleed. SPECIALIST IN. DISEASES OF THE MOUTH PREPARED FOR THE PRESCRIPTION OF THE DENTAL PROFESSION Gums and teeth | alike will be sounder, and your teeth will | be sciencifically pol {}\ ished. too. a and consuk a cen tust immediately for \}) special treatment. In 35¢ and 60¢ } tubes atall druggists | inthe United States \ \ Formula ot W2Forhan,D.D.S FORHAN CO. New York Forkan's, Led Montreat “WELL, OLD MAN, WHAT are You DOING THESE Days?” ‘OM, VM SELLING FURNITURE.” “WELL, AND WHAT FURNITURE HAVE You sop?” “ONLY MY OWN, SO PAR.” —Excelsior (Mexico City). OUR NOR LISH ONTEM The Boy Who Cried “Wolf!” (ds Told on the I “Oohoo, nize baby, itt opp all de proon-jooze so momma'll gonna tell you a story wot it’s antitled ‘Volf! Volf!" —Vance oppon a time was a boy, wot he had it a job he should mind ‘in a Fourth Floor) pesture a flock from ship. So vas dere a doidy volf wot he used to snick opp und leedle by leedle he used to still foist one ship, den gradually anodder ship, de naxt time a toid ship—(Nize baby, take anodder spoon proon-jooze). So it was decited wot dey’ll gonna take a pre- cussion, so was agridd when de boy shall see de volf he shall geeve queeck a yell—VOLF! VOLF!" So would come ronning queeck de wood-cotters dey should chop opp de volf wid de haxes, Hmm, dot doidy volf.” Wl “So one day de boy was godding de ship so he tut wot he'll gonna play a joke. So he gave a yell, ‘VOLF! VOLF So it came ronning queeck all de wood-cotters out from bratt—poffing wit penting. So dey sad, ‘Where is de volf?? So de boy sad, ‘Hapril Fool!’ so de wood-cotters sad, ‘Is dees a sys- dey wont beck to de woots. So minutes later de boy, dot dope, he gave again a yell—'VOLF! VOLFI So de wood-cotters came queeck, so dey “Where is de volf?" So de boy sad, ‘False alorm! ! I jost felt in de nude to make a leedle joke!’ So de wood- cotters went away.” Mr So one day all from a sodden it jumped opp de volf, Hm, did he stodded in to itt opp de ship, wid de lembs, wid de rems, wid he hews—yi yi yi yi! | Was something hufle! So de boy gave a yell, ‘VOLF! VOLF?!’ so de wood-cotters gave him a henswer, ‘Hm, jokes you making, ha? Tell it to Swinny.’ So de boy’ stodded it to scrim on de top from de longs, ‘VOLF! VOI.F! Halp! Volf! It's itting opp de volf de ship!’ So de wood-cotters gave him a henswer, “Benena Hoil!? So in de minntime dod doidy volf he ate opp de whole flock from de ship!—(Oohoo, sotch a dolink baby! Ate opp all de proon-jooze!)” —Milt Gross, in New York World. No Speed Demon The salesman was doing his best to place a motorcycle and sidecar outfit, but the prospective customer was a bit short in the purse. So the salesman enlarged upon the “pay-as-you-ride” plan of instalments, “TIL take the outfit,” said the prosp “but, remember, I'm a very slow rider. —Motor Weekly (Blocmfontcin). For bury, men, and, women— Abbott's Bitters. a ste- Hightful tonie and invigorator—sample by mall, 25 cis CLAW, Abbott & Co., Haltimore, M Let Georgiana Do It Mas. Ac: T make it a rule never to ask another to do what I would not do myself. Mrs. B.: But, my dear, surely you don't go to the door yourself and tell your caller you are not at home. —Boston Transcript, FEMININE NUMBER DELICATE tribute to our most popular sex—with a striking cover by Garrett Price and illustrations and text by John Held, Jr. T. S. Sulli- vant, Percy L. Crosby, Robert Bench ley, Dorothy Parker, Baird Leona Oscar Fred Howard, Henry \V' Hanemann and others. And Then— The most important event in Lire’s calendar— The Fourth BURLESQUE NUMBER with a cover by John Held, Jr., and a collection of the most glorious non- sense that has ever been deposited on the news-stands, eee ‘OU owe it to yourself to read Lire regularly—every week, More than ever before, Lire is now justify- ing its reputation as the official mouth- iece of the best American humor. ENJOY YOUR TRIP sm = —s ENTIRELY FREE FROM THE NAUSEA of SEAana TRAIN SICKNESS Nothing will contribute more to the comfort and pleasure of your trip than Mothersill’s, No matter how rough the voyage or rocky the ride, you can prevent all symptoms of nausea and enjoy your experiences. 73¢. & $1.30 at Drug Stores ‘or dire on receipt of he Mothersill Remedy Co., New York comicbooks.com