Life, 1926-01-21 · page 15 of 36
Life — January 21, 1926 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct pieces: **Main Article/Cartoon (left):** A humorous account of a football game at a new $400,000 stadium in Florida. Red Grange, a famous football player, is the central figure. The text describes the stadium's construction and endorsements by various companies (Scaulding & Co. for uniforms, Sportland Cement Co., Arrow Picture Corporation). The accompanying cartoon shows a young man in football attire labeled "Standing Room Only." **"The Boss" Cartoon (right):** Depicts a chaotic office scene where a boss discovers pigeons have filled desk holes, leading to a situation requiring employees to find elsewhere to play. **"Busy Males" Section (bottom right):** A brief satirical piece about husbands and domestic life, including a quip about the King of Siam divorcing his wife for spending too much time with radio. The page exemplifies 1920s-30s satirical humor targeting commercialism, sports celebrity culture, and gender dynamics.
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- LIFE - 13 Endorsed on the Whitewashed Line GREAT crowd was gathered in the new $400,000,000 Stadium which Florida had crected especially to accom modate the crowds that would want to see Red Grange play football. The Stadium was nearly full in spite of the fact that there weren't enough people in the whole state to fill it. Many had come from Mississippi orgia and Maine, but still there were unoce Red came running onto the field and the crowd cheered. Red politely cheered back at them and then, holding up his hand for silence, remarked “Friends, I just came to the field from the Quiltmore Hotel, which I think is a very fine hotel, in my new Paddle- wack Eight, which I think is a very fine cight, and I hope you'll enjoy the game which I am going a complete football uniform furnished by Scaulding & Co., who I think make very fine complete football uniforms T think you have a very fine state and I think for players who care. that this particular property upon which we expect to play te game is the best there is in the state, and it is owned by Mr. Benjamin X. Birnh man. The concrete Stadium was furnished by the Sport- land Cement Co., whith I think is a very fine cement company, and I hope um, who I think is a very fine sed in. this you'll come and see me ain in my forthcoming moving picture which is being made by the Arrow Picture Corporation, which I think is a very rporation. that by endorsing all these things I approximately $152,971,001.50, I accepted in certified checks on American Spank N I think is very fine paper.” The crowd cheered ag: The whistle blew and the game. started. Grange caught the kick-off and made a spectacular run of eighty yards for I wish to say at fine picture ec ¢ Paper, which a touchdown, While the teams were lining up for the next kick-off, Grange stepped for- ward and spoke again “Howdy, friends, I only want to say again that the field upon which I made this beautiful broken-field run is owned by Mr. Uriah J. Heathcote, who just bought it from Mr X. Birnbaum for $21,954,201, of which I got ha T think it is a very fine field.” The game continued. It was give and take for a little while. Every one rushed to give Grange something and he didn’t hesitate to take it. In the middle of the second quarter a road gang entered at the North Gate of the Stadium and started to build a road and wreck the stands. “We're put- ting a 3,000-foot highway through this land,” explained the foreman of the road gang. “The New Liveryaira Develop- ment just bought it and condemned it for a public utility STANDING ROOM ONLY Benjamin and that The Boss: WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA? ALL THESE BIRDS IN MY OME OF THE Pt HOLES IN YOUR DESK WERE EMPTY, SO 1 COT PIGE NS TO FILL "EM You boys will have to go somewhere else That's a good idea,” play spoke up Grange. “I think the new Miami Liveryaira Development will be a very fine boys. Fe me all filed out of 961 levelopment. Come « The team and the and followed Gran ad been built by the ay for the trouble they'd caused ig bowl 200,00. n which a Development to game continued un- eventfully, except that Grange changed his hotel, mobile, his uniform and his speech. At the end of the game Grange made a few remar t football n't think game to wit “LT just want tc he just wanted is just like life and whether of the monet fight. I en United States Marines are very fine fighters. Now I mus policy and I thi rush home and do some work on my memoirs being publishe by The Harold (Red) Grange Publishing Cc For advertising rates in this book please Mr CC. Pyle.” Carroll Carroll. © my Busy Males man work, Mrs. Wagg yes; he peddles bal Dey parade in town. What does your hy ds He sells smoked glasses during eclipses of the sur HE average American husband, « » reading that the Ki Y ach f Siam has divorced his wif time with the radio, is impelled to T were comicbooks.com