Life, 1926-10-21 · page 19 of 44
Life — October 21, 1926 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three satirical pieces satirizing religious hypocrisy and morality: **"Kayo for Satan"** mocks a real religious controversy in Milburn, New Jersey. Dr. Frisbee's church organized competing Sunday events (a golf outing, dance hall, and motion-picture theater showing "The Road to Hell") on the same day as a rival sermon on "Pauline, the Girl Who Wanted a Reckless Ride." The satire suggests the church inadvertently promoted worldly temptations while claiming moral authority. Satan reportedly "rejoiced" at this confusion of values. **"Her Gift to Him"** depicts domestic life with a cynical caption about divorce. **"Model Medico"** offers brief comedic dialogue about a physician's pretense. The overall theme critiques how institutions claiming moral guidance often undermine their own messages through hypocrisy and misplaced priorities.
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‘- t- r 0 1, i, The Trusting Heart H, I'd been better dying, Oh, I was slow and sad. A fool [ was, a-crying About a cruel lad! But one there was that found me, That wept to see me weep, And had his arm around me, And gave me words to keep. And I'd be better dying, And | am slow and sad. A fool | am, a-erying About a tender lad! Dorothy Parker. Kayo for Satan HE. war between Satan and the T Rev. William Frisbee, in the village of Milburn, was a lop- sided atfair, Dr, Frisbee, presiding at the little church on the corner, spoke often to empty pews. Satan, throug!: the golf links, the dance hall and the motion-picture theatre, drew all the Sunday crowds. “SABBATH GOLF, THE DEV- IL'S LURE!” the sermon advertised for Sunday, October Srd, was de- livered to exactly fifty-nine people, the rest of the ten thousand inhabi- tants of Milburn having gone to the links, the dance hall or the picture show. “THE DANCE HALL, THE ROAD TO HELL!” was the topic for the following Sunday. Forty- two people (all officers of the church) came to hear it. On that date, also, the dance hall had the biggest crowd in its history. Her Gift to Him “DID SHE GO TO PARIS JUST TO GET A DIVORCE?” “NO—THAT WAS AN APTERTHOUGHT—SHE FELT THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK ONE THING THAT HER HUSBAND WOULDN'T KICK ABOUT.” “SUNDAY MOVIES, THE HIGHWAY TO DAMNATION!” was slated for October 17th. It was Dr. Frisbee’s supreme effort. Unfortunately, on the same date the local theatre put on a tremendous bedroom drama entitled, “The HELL YOU SAY!” and only twenty-eight people came to hear the sermon, some of the church officers having gone over to the picture show. Dr. Frisbee went home in disgust. THE INVETERATE GATE-CRASHER GOES TO HEAVEN Satan was so highly clated that he resolved to visit the village the fol- lowing Sunday. So, on October 24th, he put on his Sunday suit and came up to Milburn to look over his possessions. He went first to the golf links. They were deserted. Then he went to the dance hall. Not a soul was there. Puzzled, he walked on to the n-picture thea It was closed. w, I wonder what the Devil is going on,” muttered Satan, Down the street, several blocks away, a great crowd was collecting. Satan joined it and shouldered his way to the center of the mob. Here he found the little church on the cor- ner. The ten thousand inhabitants of Milburn were trying to get into it to hear Dr. Frisbee’s sermon on “PAULINE, THE GIRL WHO WANTED A NECKING, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HERIN THE PARKED CAR.” Asia Kagowan. Model Medico HE: I've never met a physician who was so strictly professional as Dr. Smalley. He: He’s a graduate of Cornell; that’s why he’s so Ithacal. comicbooks.com