Life, 1926-01-21 · page 28 of 36
Life — January 21, 1926 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several short humorous anecdotes ("Aut Scissors Aut Nullus") typical of Life's satirical format, followed by a large Hotel Del Monte advertisement. The cartoons mock everyday absurdities: a boy's flawed logic about tiger stripes (confusing appearance with camouflage), a college patron's skepticism about his son's professional prospects, and a London policeman lost in fog despite claiming to guide a visitor through it. The "Revived" section notes the reappearance of an old joke about a now-respectable Broadway hotel that once had only two rules: guests must bury their own dead and no opium in elevators—satirizing the hotel's former disreputability. These are gentle, universal jokes requiring no specific historical knowledge beyond understanding early-20th-century urban life and hotel culture. The bulk of the page is advertising for Hotel Del Monte in California, promoting its Spanish architecture, golf courses, and recreational facilities opening in April.
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