Life, 1925-09-17 · page 10 of 36
Life — September 17, 1925 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate humorous pieces typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines: 1. **Mrs. Pep's Diary** (top right): A personal column where the author describes nervous excitement about recent satisfactory events, consulting a nurse, and conversations with someone named Charlie Towne about writers' difficulties with autobiographical fiction. 2. **"Art Lovers"** (middle): A satirical anecdote about a nobleman who arranged his paintings before a mirror to protect the floor. The humor lies in the irony that the protective rug has worn thin from foot traffic while the mirror remains nearly new. 3. **"Tea for Twelve"** (bottom): A brief comic exchange between a mistress and maid about tea preparations for twelve guests, with the maid's deadpan response about limited gin supplies providing the punchline. The cartoons use simple line drawings to accompany these humorous scenarios.
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- LIFE - Hee Poss Diary> Awakened this morning in such a state of ner- September yous excitement over all the satisfactory things 10th hich have happened to me of late that I could set my mind to nought nor touch anything without the risk of knocking over or breaking it, so on the telephone for a trained nurse to come and calm me down for a fe days, and did tell the registry man to send me one of attractive personality, adding that if she could run the gramophone and tell fortunes, such accomplishments would not be held against her. So shortly came Miss Munro, who soothed me so effectively with massage and one thing and another that I felt well straightway, and was for keeping the luncheon engagement with Lydia Loomis which I had cancelled, but dared not say as much for fear Miss M. would think me touched in the head. It will do no har however, to be quiet against my inclination, in fact, period- ical retreats of this sort may be a good insurance against my becoming that most abominable of bores, a nervous woman, Charlie Towne come to talk with me, and he did explain that some first-class writers have difficulty in dis- posing of their wares because they are true to life an not true to fiction, which I deemed a happy way of putting it. C. did also remind me that the only things worth while in life are the things that last, which is certainly the (Continued on page 31) Father: Look, SARAH, IF THEY HAVEN'T GONE AND CorIrD THE FARMERS AND DROVERS BANK BACK HOME! Art Lovers I Nv a room of his castle, a nobleman once placed all his fine old paintings, and one very large mirror. Before cach of these masterpieces, and also in front of the mirror. he laid a beautiful rug, to protect his floor in these places. This completed, he invited the countryside to visit this room as an art gallery, and for many years ‘t has served in such capacity. The rugs before the paintings are frayed now, and worn thin with the passing of many feet. The rug before the mirror is almost new. It has just been replaced for the twenty-fifth time. C. 0. P. Tea for Twelve ISTRESS: There will be a dozen people to tea to-day, Mathilde. Is there anything we need? “HIS GOLF BAG IS PADLOCKED, M BEEN CARRYING LIQUOR Marin: Well—we only have six bottles of gin, ma’am. IN IT, 1 SUPPOSE.” OG ho G40 DE~ comicbooks.com