Life, 1926-04-08 · page 41 of 52
Life — April 8, 1926 — page 41: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct elements: **Left side:** A humorous short story titled "Accident Happens" by Tom Sims. A married couple experiences a home robbery while the husband is at work. The twist: a female burglar steals the wife's dress, forcing her to wear the robber's clothes instead. When John Henry returns home wearing his wife's dress (using it as a belt), he initially frowns but then laughs—realizing he's actually wearing *her* dress, not a stolen one. The joke plays on marital confusion and role reversal. **Right side:** Perfume advertisement for Caron fragrances, featuring two bottles. The ad includes signatures (appears to be celebrity endorsements) and French names for the scents: "Naimez Que Moi" (Love Only Me) and "Le Narcisse Noir" (Black Narcissus). This is straightforward product advertising targeting the magazine's affluent readership. The page blends satirical fiction with luxury goods marketing, typical of Life's 1920s format.
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| | Accident Happens “RING! Ring! Ring!” That's the way a teleph in print. “Hello.” said John Henry as he picked up the receiver, because that's sounds the way you answer a telephone when it goes “Rin; ing! Ring!” He was married, so it was his wife, so she was excited “Robbers, John Henry,” said John Henry's wife. “I'm comi As his sped through the village policemen They shot at him a few tir quit and went on about their when he told them his home was being robbed. His wife was in the parlor. She was also in tears was a bold affair. After John Henry had to work Mrs. John Henry had up and lounged about kimon hen she'd She believed she would But when she d for her it was gone she said, “it was a woman id left ¢ in our robber. She took my dress a hers. Changed clothes right ! home. Sce, I had to put on the one she left.” John Henry examined the strange dress his wife was wear And he looked He oked again, and again. his fourth look he frowned. This was easy. All he had to do was to wrinkle the skin on his forehead. On his fifth look he laug wasn't so easy. He had to his forehead, pull up the corners mouth, take a deep breath and “You are laughing at me,” screamed Mrs, John Henry The woms ut it at his sweet little was right d,” said John 1 T got up You haven't been r Henry. “I this morni as sleepy Here's y dress. Give me my belt And, honest now, that really was the | case. He was wearing his wife's dress for a belt, while she was wearing his belt for a dress. Tom Sims Anti-Saloon Genius M ODIFICATION maj hibition referenda m t says W. B, Wheeler. This - ment should help Mr. O'Brien in the rities in Pro- labor of selecting the best short stories of 1926. EARD in New York, 1950: “Sure, he says his name is Smittenber- gitchstein, but I'll bet be had it changed from Smith.” LE NARCISSE NOIR (Black Narcissus) 7 389 FIFTH AVE..NEW YORK ‘AIMEZ QUE MOI (Love Only Me) CARON COR comicbooks.com