Life, 1927-02-17 · page 11 of 34
Life — February 17, 1927 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains satirical commentary and humor pieces: **"The Editorial Writer Goes Crazy"** critiques arguments against women's clothing reforms, defending women's autonomy against conservative claims that protective tariffs (not fashion freedom) ensure success. **"Don't Bacilli!"** is a brief comedic exchange where "Pleura" (likely representing lung bacteria) refuses to marry "Jimmy Germ," claiming the creature "has no culture." **"Follow-Up Advertising"** cartoon depicts aggressive door-to-door salesmen hawking products, satirizing pushy advertising tactics of the era. **"We'll Soon Be There!"** and other brief humor items mock various social situations—automotive trouble, dining establishments, and financial schemes. The page represents typical early 20th-century *Life* magazine content: light social satire mixed with topical commentary on women's rights, consumer culture, and urban life.
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Night Club Reveler: vanvoN ME, BUT WOULD YOU MIND CHANGING PLACES WITH Us? WE’RE TIRED OF DANCING ON THIS SPOT. The Editorial Writer Goes Crazy [* us uphold our glorious Con- stitution because women’s clothes to-day are a disgrace to the precious autonomy of the Finnish sweet potato growers and a college education is not essential to success in business where if all the Ford fenders were laid end to end they would stretch from Abraham Lincoln to the necessity of a higher protective tariff but the American girl is the purest sweetest creature on the sub- ject of the recent sewage and drainage scandal moreover civilization will fall asunder unless all the love scenes are deleted from our movies but the Clarion-Bugle has ever been on the side of Truth Justice Charity Faith Hope and The Church we urge that children under fourteen should not drive a car while intoxicated as the facts were so grossly misrepresented by the Morning Trombone it is the duty of every public- Spirited citizen to pay his and remember the immortal words of Our Country’s Father Thomas Jefferson that the Clarion-Bugle prints all the news before it happens. Robert Lord. Don’t Bacilli! LEURA: Bacteria, I can’t under- stand why you refused to marry Jimmy Germ. Bacteria: Impossible! creature has no culture! The AMS HArenson taxes with a cheery smile FOLLOW-UP ADVERTISING We'll Soon Be There! 'M sorry, but I think it must be a molar that aches. You'll have to wait till our molar specialist gets back. I only work on bicuspids.” 8 * “I'm afraid you'll have to’ get towed on to the next town. The trouble seems to be in your car- buretor, and we only fix spark plugs in this garage.” “* @ “No, we only serve soup here. There's a meat-course res- taurant in the next block, and a dessert studio across the street.” WK. Wealth in Sight “U\7HOOPEE!" the promoter. “What now—sell some more bum stock?” asked the caller. cried roared the happy man; “they discovered min- eral water in one of our oil wells.” WORD of advice: Don't give it. comicbooks.com