Life, 1926-01-28 · page 30 of 36
Life — January 28, 1926 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page from Life magazine (1935) combines advertisements with satirical commentary in the "Our Foolish Contemporaries" section. **Main Content:** The satire targets pretentious classical musicians. The piece mocks concert performers who maintain rigid formality while playing—suggesting they'd perform better in casual athletic wear (pajamas, racing outfits) to add "pep." The jokes reference a musician named Moiseiwitsch, implying classical music performance has become stiff and joyless. Supporting anecdotes ridicule theatrical incompetence (actors limping through repeated entrances) and absurd situations (mistaking golf preferences). **Advertisements:** The page heavily features Gastrogen Tablets (antacids), Apollinaris bottled water, and Porto Rico cruise packages—typical 1930s consumer products. **Context:** This reflects Depression-era Life's irreverent humor attacking cultural pretension while promoting consumption. The satire assumes readers find stuffiness in high culture inherently funny—a common magazine stance of the period.
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LIFE They are good for) Digestion as well as for Indigestion HEN indigestion bothers you, the cause, nine cases out of ten, is an over-acid condition of your stomach. And when you take bicarbonate of soda or preparations containing it, you overcome the acidity—but, un- less you take exactly the rightamount, your stomach is left with an alkaline residue. This retards normal diges- | tion. For your stomach should be slightly acid during the process of | digesting your food. | Gastrogen Tablets act differently The minute you take Gastrogen Tablets, they go to work to neutralize excessive acidity. There they stop. Your process of digestion is not dis- turbed. Even if you eat a pound of them, they will not alkalize your stomach. When they have relieved your distress, they pass thru the sys- tem unchanged. Your stomach is “in neutral.” | Nature restores the slight balance of | acidity. Your indigestion—your heart- burn—your flatulence is relieved. Gastrogen Tablets are mild, safe, effective and convenient. They are pleasant-tasting. Everybody likes their agreeable flavor and aroma. And as an agent for sweetening the breath, they can hardly be excelled Your druggist has them in handy pocket tins of 15 tablets for 20c, also in cabinet- size bottles of 60 tablets for 60c. If you wish to try them before you buy them, send the coupon for free introductory packet of 6 tablets. er Co., 1935 OUR FOOLISA CONTEMPORARIES En: a Gingered Sonatas oisciwitsch states that he can play without vest, collar and tic.) When, bored by a classical opus, We sneak to an exit (emergency) With cowardice only to stop us From sprinting with manifest urgency, How quickly resumed were our places If players would imitate Moiseiwitsch, By dressing for footer or races To put a new “pep” in their noisei- witseh ! How tame is the attitude starchy Of those instrumental professionals Who kabor allegro vivace As if in cathedral processionals! Tho’ music, from Bong to Bahamas, Hath charms that can ty owitsch, ‘n away wrath "Tis livelier played in pyjamas While soloists sing in their batho witsch ! —A. W., in London Daily Chronicle. The Ali Baba Handicap At a country theatre they were playing “The Forty Thieves,” and as the com- pany only numbered eight, the entry of the robbers into the cave was augmented by their passing out at the back of the stage and entering again at the front Unfortunately one of the robbers walked with a limp, and when he had entered five times a voice from the gal- lery cried: “Stick it, Hoppy; last lap!" Tit-Bits (London) Glass Ginger Ale with tablespoontul Abbott's Bitters ‘tonic and palatable. Sample Hitters by mall 25 eta. tn stampa. C.W. Abbott & Co, Baltimore, Md The Wrong Ball “I want some golf-balls for a gentle man, please.” “Certainly, madam he like?” “Well, the only time I saw him play he used a small white ball. But I cannot say I gathered the impression that he exactly liked it."—Punch. What sort does A Police Strike in Ulster Statement issued by the Ulster police mutineers 0 give all evilly-disposed ng that we will support rif it becomes necessary.” And there are people in this country who still think they understand Ireland —London Daily News. Fairy Story Once upon a time a car owner decided to repaint the old bus himself, and a couple of days later the neighborhood thought he had bought a new machine. —Detroit News. Exctisn Vistrox: But have you no leisure class over here? is brought to you from the spring bot- tled only with its own natural gas. “The Queen of Table Waters” ‘Co. fork Sole Importers: Apollinaris Firth Avenue’ at dnd Street Island of Enchantment NEW STEAMSHIP COAMO NOW IN SERVICE | 1G, comfortable steamers your hotel for this wonderful cruise, Option of staying at beautiful Condado- Vanderbilt Hotel while in Sen Jaan. Cruise Department PORTO RICO LIN 25 Broadway, New York City BOW LEGS? ‘Our Garter (pats) Makes Trousers Hang Straight If Legs Tend In or Out eit Adjustable It Holds Sox ire Rows Not a Porm” or “Hi ° Xo Metat Springs Free Rookiet—Piain Reaied Envelope THE T. GARTER CO. Dest. ‘NEW LONDON, NEW RAMP, Horlicks ORIGINAL ted Milk Milk and Food For INFANTS, Harp-Boitep Yank: Oh, yes, we have the coal miners.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Children, Invalid Nursing Mothere,etes comicbooks.com