Life, 1925-12-17 · page 8 of 40
Life — December 17, 1925 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains humorous sketches and dialogues satirizing 1920s collegiate slang and social behavior. **"English as She Is Spoke by Collegians"** mocks how college students use exaggerated, invented slang ("snakin'," "fling," "guzzler," "Quick and Dirty"). Mac McKnickers describes taking a date to various venues, using period slang for romantic encounters and recreational activities. **"On the Heights"** presents brief witticisms about modern life—sound waves versus electric waves, and a joke about Florida's booming population. **"Concealing the Christmas Tree"** shows a three-panel domestic comedy: a couple struggles to hide an oversized Christmas tree from children by cramming it behind a door, with progressively more difficulty as family members nearly discover it. The overall tone satirizes contemporary youth culture and middle-class domestic situations.
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Ute, \% “SAY, CAN YOU LEND ME ONE OF YOUR ALL-SILK ONES? DO YOU S'POSE I WANT SANTA CLAUS TO THINK [ WEAR LISLE Tops?” OTORIST: What's the population of this village? Native: We have four hundred and seventy-eight regular inhabitants and three boys in the Navy. N the old days, if a man seemed ex- travagant, it was said he had a champagne appetite and a beer income ; but in this radio age it's a five-tube craving on one-tube wages. English as She Is Spoke by Collegians AM STADIUM: Heard you were snakin’ last night. Mac McKnickers: You heard flu- ently—I had a bender with a bag. She took me for a fling in her Jumping Dandruff; she calls it the tin you love to touch, S. S.: Any wrestlin’? M. McK.: the crock. S. S.: Good guzzler? M. McK.: Boy, she knew her goo- losh, and I don’t mean however. S. S.: Have to put the nose-bag on? M. McK.: Yes, but I talked her into the Quick and Dirty and gave her ham an’ mud. S. S.: Where else did you drag her? M. McK.: Went to the All-College struggle, but the band was as flat as the punch, so I resumed my horse and left her with Jack. Ss. Why didn’t you take her to the cemetery? M. McK.: I had enough, and by that time I craved the flea-bag. K.W.G. Sure, after I produced (Dictionary for the Uninitiated « be found on page 33.) On the Heights R. NOUVEAU new radio set): Y'see, the waves ain't sound waves or eléctric waves— they're ether. (explaining his Mrs. Nouveau (correcting him): Eyc-ther, George. N_ Florida: clean, A_ new boom sweeps CONCEALING THE CHRISTMAS TREE comicbooks.com