Life, 1926-09-16 · page 9 of 40
Life — September 16, 1926 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three satirical pieces about early 20th-century urban life: **"The Expulsion from Eden"** mocks the Alsmith family's misfortunes after moving to New York, playing on the biblical story. An "Alsmith" (possibly a reference to a prominent family) purchases an apple from an street vendor, leading to escalating chaos—eventually requiring them to raid a club and ultimately be evicted. The satire targets the contrast between their pretensions and their actual circumstances. **"Offering Them Shelter"** and **"Futility"** are brief comedic vignettes about housing/tenant issues and insurance claims—typical urban problems of the era. The cartoons reflect Life's focus on satirizing middle-class aspirations, domestic troubles, and the chaotic realities of modern city living.
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The Expulsion from Eden (ds Probably Related to the Little Light Bearers by Bishop Adna W. Leonard of the M. E. Church.) T our last talk, children, we A learned how Adam and Eve, two good one-hundred-per- cent. Anglo-Saxons with not a drop of Latin blood or other nasty fluid in their veins, were ensconced in the jarden of Eden. But now comes a Has any one a hand- kerchief? Thank you, Wesley. There was also living in the Gar- den of Eden a terrible, terrible crea- ture called the Alsmith, who not only was not one-hundred-per-cent. A on, but w even part Trish! Now the Alsmith was very, very envious of Adam and Eve be- cause they were ing such a pleas- ant, simple, innocent time in the n, so one day when Eve was by he said to her, “Psssst!” Eve, in her innocence and guilelessness, stopped and asked him what he wanted and the Alsmith said, “Pssst! Try some of this,” and he handed her an apple. So Eve said, “No, I cannot eat the apple, beeuuse we are prohibited by the Holy Amendment from eating apples, since they might some day become Cider, which would turn Hard and eventuate into Applejack.” But the Alsmith persisted until at last poor Eve said, “Well, I will take just one nibble, but I must be home by ten o'clock sharp.” So she took a couple of nibbles and went home recling, and the Alsmith hissed in Satanic delight. And when Adam saw the condi- tion in which she arrived he said, “Hm, I didn't know you were ac- quainted with any joints in this neighborhood, * Tell me all about it and I'll go down and raid it and we will be guileless and innocent again.” Ss e told him all about the Al- smith and how he had lured her into eating the apple, and she was very repentant and went to bed with a towel around her head, and Adam went down to raid the Club Alsmith, And when he got there the Alsmith said, “Ah-ha, another cash cus- tomer!” And before Adam could make any protest he had bought two apples and the Alsmith was setting up one on the house. And when Adam finally got home he played the Lotto set all night, and the next morning they were thrown out as un- First Typist: now LoNG Wave you B Second Typist: ou, snout TineE Pr desirable tenants andthe next day had to find a furnished room in a ter- rible, terrible. place more than’ an hour out of Eden on the Sodom, Go- morrah and New York Railroad. Tip Bliss. EAN: But if you quarrel all the time, why marry him? Joan: Well, I can’t get even with him by divorcing him if we're only engaged, can I? GOING AROUND WITH FREDDIE? RMANENT WAV, Offering Them Shelter FARMER hurried to chase a small boy out of his wood lot, where the youngster was picking Dos “What are you going to do with those flowers?” he called. “They're wild ones, aren't they?” replied the boy. “Yes, but—” “Well, I just thought I'd like to give a few of them a good home.” Futility “DON'T TAKE IT 80 ITARD. YOU’RE COVERED BY INSURANCE, ARF. “YES, BUT THE THREE HOURS I SPENT LAST NIGHT STRAIGHT! DESK ARE WASTED Now.” comicbooks.com