Life, 1926-11-18 · page 13 of 44
Life — November 18, 1926 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three satirical pieces: **"The Spirit of the Day"** (top left): An editorial essay by L.C. Beatel defending an old-fashioned Thanksgiving celebration that prioritized religious observance over modern convenience, even skipping church services to attend a football game. **"A Prophecy"** (bottom left): A cartoon showing a man in formal dress with a gun, captioned "When people become more stupid, tabloids will be smaller." This satirizes the inverse relationship between public intelligence and sensationalist media. **"Harvard Scouts Vassar Eleven"** and **"Two Blurb Writers Hear a Good Story"** (right side): These pieces appear to be light satirical commentary on collegiate sports culture and literary criticism, with humorous illustrations of young people. The page exemplifies Life magazine's satirical approach to American social customs and media culture.
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Life The Spirit of the Day O we decided that we'd have a J real old-fashioned $Thanksgiv- ing this time. You know, so many of us overlook the real spirit of the day—I mean the Pilgrim Fathers with their piety, and faith, and that sort of thing—we kind of get out of the spirit of that. So we decided on a real old-fashioned Thanksgiving. But it seemed I simply couldn’t get Clarice up before nine to miss the morning serv shouldn't have gone "way out to Mt. Auburn to see the Wilkinses the night before, I guess, but we'd been promising them for so long. . way, by the time we had breakfa and got the kiddies dressed I figured it would be too late for church, so ] just suggested that we hear the service over the radio. Because, after all, it’s the spirit of the thing— T always say a man can worship just as well in his own home. The static, though, was bad, and by the time I got that cleared up, Ed Wilkins dropped in, and it hardly seemed right to be drinking there with the service going on, so we just shut it off for a while. And by the time Ed left the service was pretty nearly over—the Reverend was just offering up the prayer for the suc- cess of the football team.” Well, I always feel a man ought to be out in the open a day like Thanksgiving—healthier, you know —and keeping fit is religion, too, as So by that time it was time for us to start for the stadium, and we had to pass up the special $2.50 Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Dinner at the hotel, but we did manage to grab a sand- wich, and we were lucky enough to get to the game by the end of the first quarter. So, you see, outside of a few slips, we had a real old-fashioned Thanks- giving, and anyway, as I said to Clarice, it’s the spirit of the day that counts. L. C. Beutel. Harvard Scouts Vassar Eleven LIE is exceptionally strong. I great ability for charging. Weak on one end but very good on their feet. Tackles are fearless. Will go after anything from lamb chops to pig- skin. Guards are slow but sure. They know too much, Center is passing fair. Backficld players are well protected by their line. The quarterback shows Having Her Face Lifted more speed than her run- ning mates. The halfbacks, how- Two Blurb Writers Hear ever, are fast cnough. a Good Story The entire team re- veals the best of form. “Darin ” ° “Delicious!” Russell Wilks. Hteaselh Wilks “A serics of chuckle: eems with rich adventure!” Robbery “Bubbles over with pungent dia- ROPRIETOR OF | logue!” SMART NIGHT CLUB: What's that patron up front kicking v about? Strong, powerful, primitive !” Caprain or Watters: “Runs the whole gamut of human He claims one of the emotions!” waiters overcharged him. “It’s great. Say, here’s one about A Prophecy Charged him ninety cents a Pullman car. Stop me if you've WHEN PEOPLE BECOME MORE STUPID, TABLOIDS instead of eighty cents heard it.” WILL BE SMALLER. for a glass of ice water. W. W. Scott. comicbooks.com