Life, 1925-10-22 · page 13 of 74
Life — October 22, 1925 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains humorous social commentary and a cartoon. The main illustration depicts a grocer's shop, with the caption joking about "alligator pears" (an old term for avocados) not being "romantic feeders" in the backwoods—a rural/urban class humor playing on unsophisticated country folk encountering unfamiliar exotic produce. The text sections above include brief satirical observations: one mocks the "street cleaner" as civilization's greatest contributor, another jokes about divorce as "announcement of hope for a good one," and a third quips that wisdom requires staying up all night like an owl. The "Nubbville Spark" section references a local weekly newspaper's anniversary issue. Overall, the page uses gentle satire to mock everyday social pretensions and rural-urban cultural differences typical of early 20th-century American humor.
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From a Club Chair ony SIDER the possibilities for ess and you will realize that 1 man needs genius to fail these days 6s ory is the art of saying the s so nobody can understand it. eee Time is the great healer, but it is the manufacturer of patent medicines who slates a fortune. eee fa man has a large enough family sn't have much time to worry mit posterity. eee Divorce is not so much admission of di marriage as it is announcement ye tor a good one tee li you were to ask me who makes the greatest daily contribution to our zation, L should answer, “The treet cleaner,” James b 2 McGuinness { { 2 RTENERNT “ALLIGATOR PEARS? NO, LADY, WE DON’T CARRY . WE T'S easy to be as wise as an owl, the chief qualification being the ability to stay out all night. FEEDERS IN THIS HERP NECK 0" Woops.” Wl Paternalism NTI-TOBACCO LEAGUE (to Uncle Sam): I should like to marry your daughter, Miss Constitu- tion. Uscie Sas: Can you provide her with the lack of popular support to which she is becoming accustomed? Nubbville Spark V’RYBODY is impatiently waitin’ for the appearance xt Friday of the Tenth Anniversary Nubbyille Weekly World, beea editor has been holdin’ back important local news for months to use in this special issue. all the several ILLIS: What's the matter? look all tired out. Mas, Wits (seauly) just heen trying out ¢ Hints to magazine. You Tam. I've ¢ of those Labor Saving Housewives in the AIN'T WHAT YF'D CALL ROMANTIC comicbooks.com