Life, 1926-01-28 · page 15 of 36
Life — January 28, 1926 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon ("Incompatible"):** A man and woman sit awkwardly while a third man stands between them. The caption quotes their incompatibility: he wanted to quarrel about "nothing in common." The satire mocks couples who claim irreconcilable differences over trivial matters—a commentary on marriage discord in the Jazz Age when divorce became more socially acceptable. **"Intelligent Conversation":** A dialogue between two characters about theater, likely mocking pretentious cultural discourse about Broadway shows like "Hamlet." **Other sections include:** A humorous short story about a woman saving money through various minor economies; a "Geography by Ear" radio segment joke; and an advertisement note about the World Almanac. The page reflects 1920s-30s era American humor focusing on marriage, consumerism, and popular entertainment.
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“BUT WHY COULDN'T You “WE Intelligent Conversation at the Theatre NO, Vivian, this door, That is a cigar store The taxi starter, Vivian. Not solid gold, Vivian. Just braid. Yes, Vivian, the second aisle The SECOND aisle, Vivian. VIVIAN! COME BACK! The SECOND aisle. Turn the seat down, Vivian That's right, Vivian Yes, Vivian, the first act is all over. Quite right, Vivian, maybe you did take too long ge dressed. The lead No, Vivian, not a bit like Harold Lloyd. Not even if he wore glasses, Vivian. Well, all right, Vivian, per- haps he does look like Harold Lloyd, at that. I'm man, Vivian? sure I don't know, Because that's the way the author wrote it, Vivian “yes, MA’am! INCOMPATIBLE AND FRED GET ALONG HAD NOTHING IN COMMON TO QUARKEL Yes, Vivian, the curtain, Vivian, There never was a show was a delight comedy “Hamlet,” Vivian, eee The East River, driver Right off the end of the dock, driver W. K. Ziegfeld, Ir. Now, CAN HE?” JAILING THE DRIVERS DIDN'T SEEM TO STOP” V ACCIDENTS, SO WE'RE PUTTING THE CAR IN JAIL NOW. A DRIVER CAN'T RUN OVER ANY ONE IF HE AIN'T COT A CAR— TOGETHER?” ABOUT Thrift $286 by getting her Morning SHE saved groceries at Saturday Special place She saved sixty-two cents by getting her rubbers in a ¢ She saved lunch in a help-yourself She seven cents by cating her using her ffice teleph left a saved five cents by brother three- hundred-dollar diamond in her purse, and the purse on a counter, and which counter or what store she isn't quite nut, but it was most oying LAS. Geography by Ear OTHER (as radio emits “Meditation” from Thais) what that is? Sox xy Sonny, do you know Sure. Pittsburgh. HE new World Alma (free ad) contains every possible sort of infe mation except where to buy good grain alcohol. comicbooks.com