Life, 1926-07-15 · page 29 of 37
Life — July 15, 1926 — page 29: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three brief humor vignettes typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines: 1. **"Vignette"** (top left): A man storms into a newspaper office furious about an engagement announcement. The joke's twist: he demands fifty copies—he's actually pleased and wants to spread the news widely, contradicting his initial rage. 2. **"Hear! Hear!"** (top right): A minor actor in a play with a famous tragedian ad-libs an extended patriotic speech about respecting women. When confronted, he admits he did it for his own benefit performance to impress the audience—prioritizing personal gain over professional propriety. 3. **"Ho, Hum!"** (left): A brief note lamenting a missing medical column, joking that readers won't miss it. The satire targets vanity, self-promotion, and the gap between public behavior and private motivation. The page also includes period advertisements for Brooks Brothers clothing and Kelly Balloons, typical of Life's revenue model.
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Vignette Hr entered the newspaper office with a fury of gait and manner that sug- gested murder, He reached the counter and took newspaper from an inner pocket. “[ was intensely shocked this morn- ing to read in this wretched journal an intimation of my engagement,” he said. The clerk behind the counter looked at him with some concern. “Lam almost beside myself with rage,” the agitated man went on, “I cannot vou how angry T am. I am worried. i T am dreadfully My fiancée is dreadfully an- We are wll annoyed. Give me fifty copies of the paper.” —Smith’s Weekly (Sydney). a In a Pinch, use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE Ho, Hum! “\We regret that our medical contributor is J therefore not able to write his weekly © Healthy,” AS DIRTY at preset —Daily paper. \rmue all, perhaps the readers won't iss it very much.—Humorist. “come, DOCTOR, YOU WIL BELIEVE THAT MICROMES CAN LIVE IN WATER As TitaT!”” —Le Petit Bleu (Paris). NEVER MAKE ME Hear! Hear! Aw actor was given a very small in a piece in which an eminent tragedian was playing. The only lines he had to k were, “My lord, the coach is wait- ing.” But, having spoken these, he con- tinued: “And permit me further to ob- serve that the man who raises his hai against a woman, save in the kindness, is unworthy of the Briton.” Shouts of applause followed this sen- tence, but after the performance the tragedian remonstrated with him for in- wa nann v sorry if T have annoyed you,” he replied, “but it’s my benefit next week, and T must make myself popular with the audience.”—Tit-Bits (London), Abbott's Bitters, in sucetcned water, aid to dlgention, Sample Mitte + Abbott Our Modern Domestics If any one calls this after- T shall be out. But I shall be out myself, as Mistres: noon, J Main: —Windsor Magazine ( (London). published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in U.S Da year in advance. Additional postage to for tries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada 80'cents. Back rs cannot be supplied. jons in Live are copyrighted. For R to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buili , England, int Rights 98, Fetter solic Jon Office, Rolls House, a. The American 386.388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. 1 be returned unless accompanied by stamped and Live does not hold itself responsible Jor the loss or ited contributions of address should reach this office two weeks prior ted. ESTABLISHED 1818 reals Dall LOTHING Gs Case Furnishing ods, MADISON AVENUE COR. FORTY-FOURTH STREET, N.Y. © vnc ras gnormans Clothes for Riding, Polo, etc. Send for Brooxs’s Miscellany BOSTON PALM BEACH NEWPORT MITTLE BUILDING PLAZA BUILDING AUORAIN BUILOING Tacmont con. Boreten Ceunty Reae 220 Bruce Avenve For Comfort and Mileage comicbooks.com