Life, 1926-07-01 · page 32 of 40
Life — July 1, 1926 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine collects various humorous short pieces and cartoons mocking contemporary foibles. Key items include: **"Our Foolish Contemporaries"**: The main cartoon depicts two deaf elderly men discussing remedies, satirizing how people offer unsolicited medical advice. **"Night-Letter Novel"**: A parody of serialized fiction (likely referencing Elinor Glyn's romance novels), mocking how trivial conversations stretch across multiple installments. **Various one-liners** skewering: - Judges/legal system (evidence literally consumed) - Job advertisements with unrealistic standards - Movie industry pretensions (seeking "innocent" actresses while requiring experience) - Snobbish cultural aspirations (a Kentucky Woman's Club lecture on operating a phonograph) - Class anxieties (the sedentary law clerk envying travelers) The satire targets early 20th-century American social pretension, bureaucratic absurdity, and the growing entertainment industry. The tone assumes readers recognize references to contemporary publications and social trends—particularly the rise of mass media and the anxieties of white-collar workers.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Our Foolishg€§p/7<eContemporaries — = - First Deaf Old Gentleman (to second ditto): SOMETHIN’ TO CURE YOUR LUMBA IT MESELF THROU “Aut Scissors aut Nullus” ’p Do AIN'T GETTIN’ 1 SAID 1 Wisit Ye BAR *ANGED IF I ’ to you! —Barrett, in The Passing Show (London), Night-Letter Novel THREE Ks RY ELINOR GLYN COUNTESS TAKES MATRIMONTAT. TION VOR THREE WEEKS IN SWE stor Y ENGLISIC TOURIST ACCEPTS IN- VITATION TO TEA STOP TALKS AnOUT WEATHER AND REMAINS FOR DINNER STOP TALKS ANOUT KOOKS AND REMAINS Tor SUPPER STOP TALKS ABOUT WOMEN AND REMAINS FOR BREAKFAST STOP VACA ALet gmx Collier's, The Defense Rests Tur Judge asked the bailiff if the de- fense was resting its case. “Yes, Your Honor,” the bailiff said, “The prisoner and his law while in’ consultation drank a quart of the evidence, and they'll be resting the balance of the day.” —Florida Times-Union, Aberdeen, No Doubt? “Junior clerk required. ..write, ing of crience, aye, and salary re Adet, r incial paper, t Scottish tonch!—Inmorist, “T prove eighty miles this morning, “Pind a place to ] rl —Boston Globe, THE LAND OWNERS “aS YOU SEE, WE IfAVE AISO A FRUIT TREE, YOU'LL HAVE TO COME OUT AND TASTE OUR CITERRIES.” —Le Journal (Paris). A Real Guy Loses His Dog Liven in the Kansas City Times— “DOG—Reward for information as to my St. Bernard pal; no use to any one cle, for he requires much care and eats his head off, but TE love hi —Detroit Free Press. —Le Rire (Paris). Here You Are Prizrs are being offered by the Forum for the best short definition of humor. Never was a prize more easily won, We I sent in the following defi which is air-tight and waterproof: “Humor is what the other fellow has no sense ‘gd —Spokane Spokesman-Review. South of Boston Tuer cultured life in’ Central City, Kentu “One of the most cultural programmes ever given by the Woman's Club was enjoyed by its members at the home of Mrs. Clarence Martin, on Main street, Mrs. Eaves gave, in her’ own fluent way, a very instructive talk on ‘Ilow to use the Victrola.’ ” —American Mercury. Movie Advertisement “Waxtep: An innocent, unsophisti- cated ingenue. Only those with experi- ence need apply.” —Louisville Courier-Journal, “I cor my education at Princeton.” “Sue ‘em, brother’—Columbia Jester. Song of a Sedentary Law Clerk Wues the voyager, returning, tells in vivid words and burning Of the galaxy of wonders he has seen, And his tongue, withal at home in topics English, French and Roman, Prattles easily of Muenchen and of Wie Though at first a mordant envy makes me smart, And I long to pack my traveling bag and start, ‘That my cruises in the law reports are not without their glory Is a thought that soon drives envy from my heart. Cuorvs For I know the law of water rights of Oregon, And when copy I believe I could ing usury Decisions from a States. When the conversation turns to distant scenery I'm as dumb as any could make, But I'm sure that T could chatter all the y on what collateral hank’ may take. York World. ght in Canada abates. muse you recapitulat- dozen Southern creature God —“Ariphiles” in New Modernism in the Movies Tue tale is told around the movie studios of a movie director who was filming « new screen epic, “The Queen of V The sce called for a scene depicting the turning of Lot's wife pillar of salt. idea,” observed the director, ave to be cut out, It's not With Her Fingers Crossed But you promised at the altar te picture hats have been seen hit women seem to be losing a!/ their ‘manhood !—Ere (London), TELLING THE YOUNG RECRUITS “pon’T FORGET THAT THE ARMY 18 JUST ONE BIG FAMILY, AND...AND THAT IN EACH ONE OF YOU THERE 18 THE MAKING OP AN UNKNOWN soxpiER!” —Le Canard Enchainé (Paris). comicbooks.com