Life, 1925-12-03 · page 72 of 84
Life — December 3, 1925 — page 72: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements and satirical commentary** rather than political cartoons. The main satire is "We Bow," which mocks celebrity endorsements. It begins with actress Billie Burke's quote praising men who smoke pipes, then extends this absurd logic to ridiculous extremes—praising men for mundane activities like "blow[ing] out his cheeks while shaving" or "turn[ing] flapjacks." The attributed celebrities (Marilyn Miller, Fannie Brice, Peggy Wood, etc.) are being satirized for endorsing trivial masculine behaviors, lampooning the era's emerging advertising culture where celebrities lent credibility to products. "The Premature Birth of Magazines" satirizes *Life* magazine's own practice of publishing issues far ahead of their calendar dates (Christmas issues in November, etc.), humorously suggesting this creates confusion for readers and could lead to complaints about missing holiday-timed content. The page also includes a brief, somewhat unclear joke about a "tackle" between characters Sue and He, and substantial product advertisements typical of 1920s magazines.
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Mother Love in Modern Guise OTHER love, who can sound its depths? The mother will deny herself food that her child may not be hungry; she will go scantily clad that her daughter may not eclipse her. E: Did you that tackle? Sue: Yes, wasn’t I supposed to? YASS] WASHINGTON JEWELRY 00. Beste, Man [FS i XMAS GIFT for MEN] A Gift of Lifetime Pleasure BINOCULARS GIFT ecery man will treasure. They broaden one's field of riston. Open up neve worlds Make objects miles ateay visible. They mul- fiply by 8 the grandeur of naure. Bring people, slews, scenes, games of ACTION right to one's feet Doudie the joy of mo'oring, cam pin: bird and nature study, «ic. pleasure-giting GIFT. tral focusing, "easily Beautifully falshed, supe Umes the area of Field Giaswes, . hundreds of them to U. 8. Army and Navy O! Such ful Binoculars usually sell for $40 to $50. Our price (while they last) complete with genuine leather case and carrying straps | SENDNO MONEY! NOTHING to Pay Postman! See them! 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Which instance of unsophisticated appreciation rather prepares us, in a way, to expect the followin; “I love to see a man blow out his cheeks while shaving.”—Ann Penning- ton, “TI love to see a man start a furnace fire."—Marilyn Miller. “T love to see a man saw down a big tree.”"—Fannie Brice, “I love to see a man board a moving train."—Peggy Wood. “I love to see a man paint a house.” —Irene Bordoni. . “I love to see a man blow the tuba.” —Julia Sanderson. “I love to see a man turn flapjacks.” —Florence Mills. E.J.K, The Premature Birth of Magazines E have already set back our watches; it will pretty soon be time to set back our magazines. They bout thirty days on the rest of the world now, and are still gaining. The practice of daylight saving is more than likely responsible for it. And it is perfectly all right, when you get used to it; language is an arbitrary thing anyway, and there is no reason why the December issue of a magazine should not be called the Jan- uary issue if we like it. There is a justification for it, too, in the fact that the only way to keep up with the times is to keep ahead of them, But isn’t it asking a little too much of the modern memory? You take Lire, for example: here is its Christ- mas number so far ahead of Christmas that some middle-Western school-mis- tress is practically certain to write in about the twenty-eighth of December suggesting that next year it would be nice if Lire could get up a sort of spe- cial number in celebration of Christmas. But the question is, what shall be done about the situation? It would not do to let the world catch up by issuing two numbers, both called, for instance, January; and it would not do to stop the magazine for a month as we would stop a clock. The easiest way, I sup- pose, is to let them go for two or three years more until they have made the complete circuit and issue the January, 1929, number in January, 1928; then the error may be corrected by simply re- ducing the final figure of the date. Berry Fleming. THE apex of fastidiousness will have been realized when a candidate for the announcer’s job at a radio broadcasting station is turned down be- cause he is not the type. Tough Beards or Tender Skins ‘OU will find relief and comfort in a jar of In- gram's Therapeutic Shaving Cream. It rapidly softens the toughest beard and pre- vents shaving irritation. Its exclusive Properties soothe and cool the skin and heal troublesome little cuts. It leaves your skin soft, cool, invigorated and refreshed. Thousands of men_ have told us that it makes shaving a pleasure—no longer a job to be dreaded. l€ your druggist cannot supply you, send $0c. for the blue jar that contains six months of shav- ing comfort. 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