Life, 1926-09-30 · page 29 of 36
Life — September 30, 1926 — page 29: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several brief satirical pieces typical of *Life* magazine's humor: **"Discouraging"**: A joke about billiards terminology—Joe, unfamiliar with the sport, asks what the game is called. When told "billiards," he naively asks what they call it where he's from, missing that it's the same game everywhere. **"Couldn't Read Readin'"**: A dialect humor piece (common in early 20th-century publications) about a Black carpenter who cannot read a measurement rule, playing on stereotypes about literacy and education. **"Farm Relief Needed"** and **"Speaking of Nightmares"**: Brief anecdotes about rural life and insomnia, typical of the magazine's miscellaneous humor section. **"A Chair on the Boulevards"**: A French joke about a waiter misunderstanding a customer's request. The page is primarily filler humor between advertisements for W.L. Douglas shoes and Kelly tires, reflecting the magazine's mixed content of satire, advertising, and light comedy.
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Discouraging Couldn't Read Readin’ Two friends went to see a_ billiard Years ago when the big fort at Sulli- match between well-known professionals, / f van’s Island, South Carolina, was b After the match had been in progress built, the foreman of a gang of work- for « while Joe turned to his friend and men told a Negro carpenter to get a sii ( plank 10% inches by 15 . “What do you call this game, Fred?” Seeing the Negro intently measuring “illiards,” Fred replied. Z with a rule, he called loudly: “How long Joe watched a few more strokes, and is that plank, Marsh?” said: “Well, what do they call the Yj Immediately came the answer: “I we play at home Ay dunno, sah—dis ain't my rule.” —Windsor Magazine (London). ; —Charleston News and Courier. Abbott's Bitters:_a ie: meets every require ‘ ment ofa tonic. Sample by mail, 25 cts. (a stat Farm Relief Needed CEW Abbott € Co. Baltimore sd.) 1 SAmP® Fron, farmer was told by his tor to count sheep jumping over a an effort to cure insomnia, ‘The ‘ t price to the circulation department the farmer ¢ back to the 4 of a trade paper: It didn’t work, “ ; i Dear Sir: My subscription run out in rd enough to pay off the indi 4 ’ Aug. 26. Kindly expire. ‘Thanking you nd got so mad because they in haste"—Chloago Daily News t real that T stayed awake all A Chair on the Boulevards . ¢ y heirs. Florida Times-Union, “GARCON, MING ME ANOTHER nocK. —- 1 AM WAITING For A Lapy.” A stan actress in a recent film wears LIGHT OR DARK, MONSIECR? ix dresses, the garments being ie iiepedes ce bes ViLAw AK worn at the rate of nearly one at a time Nepe and) Crazy,” says a headline. vo you?" London Opinion. you imagi an in a worse fix?— —Le Journal Amusant (Paris), ida Times-Union, Yep—nude and Tur only popular detour is the one Sarasota Times, around duty.—Cincinnati Enquirer. The Sanguinary Subscriber Speaking of Nightmares s published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United $ h e pplied_from Lire’s London Office, Rolls House, { Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in U.S. Breams I : : C. Canadian distributor, ‘The American Office. $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage fo toreign m1 hg ¥ 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. es in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents, Back No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and ipplied. addressed envelof joes not hold itself responsible for the loss or ions in Live ave copyrighted. For Reprint Rights non-return of wnsolic 0 lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter c Fer Men $6 1088 MU Gred Valees Ay smar tlucher oxford cut from finegrained, golden brown calfskins of top grade. Seurdily buile with wide edge for street and business wear, yet with unusual tdennese eo wr as A calflined slice which i appearance: comfort and wearing qualities fulEils every essential of satisfactory service at 2 price far below its equal. Semi foft toe and corded triplestitched tip. Also in bright finish imported black calfskin. [ W. L. DOUGLAS WOMEN'S SHOES FOR ALL OCCASIONS $5 AND $6 HOE CO. BRO comicbooks.com