Life, 1926-11-18 · page 19 of 44
Life — November 18, 1926 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two unrelated items: **Top cartoon**: Shows a doctor telling an exam-taker to "lay off golf for a while and get a good book kept in the office." The joke satirizes white-collar workers' obsession with golf as recreation, suggesting they prioritize leisure over intellectual self-improvement. **Bottom cartoon & caption**: Depicts men in formal attire with women, with the caption asking why a wealthy man married a poor woman when "he had to have some one to pay his two alimonies." This jokes bitterly about divorce and remarriage—suggesting the man married for money precisely because he owed spousal support to previous wives. It mocks both infidelity and the financial consequences of multiple divorces among the wealthy. Both reflect 1920s concerns about leisure, class, and changing marriage customs.
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“WHAT'S THE RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION, DOC york \LL RUN DOWN AND GET A GOOD LONG MY ADVICE IS THAT YOU LAY OFF GOLF FOR A WITILE REST AT THE OFFICE. Want Ad Department For SALE OR CHANGE: Seven first-class jokes, divided as follows 2 Red Grange; 1 Dempsey, English Chan- nel and bathing girl. All are origi- nal and have never been used or sub- 2 Sesqui each, Jack WZ Joan: mitted to any w zine or news- paper. Reason for selling? Owner is buying a larger car. — Bill Sykes. TER all, it is Jazz that is the Whiteman’s burden. Bedabele Reqrrs —_ Peg: GREAT HEAVENS! WHY DID HE MARRY THAT RICH OLD HAG? HAD TO HAVE SOME ONE TO PAY HIS TWO ALIMONIES. 17 Rhymed Reviews The World of William Clissold By H. G, Wells George H. Doran Co. HOUGH Autumn ruled the gold- en dells I had to sit and ponder this old ‘Two-volume spiel by H. G. Wells About “The World of William Clissold.”” “A novel!” In prefatory exegesis; Yet I should term this work of his An autobiographic thesis. Wells maintains it is It speaks in no uncertain tone Of H. G. Clissold’s pet ideas, The people Clissold-Wells has known And William's social panaceas, This William, trained to think and plan, Pursuing chemical researches Becomes a wealthy business man With little use for thrones or churches. y-nine, no longer young, He calls our planet's case horrific; And when the world sticks out its tongue He gives it Wells's Sure Specific. He'll have this globe of groans and tears Controlled, in spite of fool ob- jectors, By scientitic engineers And men business as sole di- rectors, He talks and talks at great expense Of all the varied thoughts that fill him Till Cousin Wells, in self-defense, Is forced reluctantly to kill him, This egoist who tells and tells, This hard-boiled human alligator, This H. G. William Clissold Wells Remains a most entrancing prater. Arthur Guiterman. That Kind QIRST COMMUTER: arden last summe Srconn Commuter: Ye those Peter Pan gardens grew up. Have a ; one of never comicbooks.com