Life, 1927-02-24 · page 30 of 39
Life — February 24, 1927 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects brief satirical pieces from various publications. Key cartoons and jokes: **"Landlord to Prospective Tenant"**: Mocks slumlords advertising terrible living conditions—damp, airless dungeons—as desirable features, charging premium rent. Social critique of exploitative housing. **"Ups and Downs"**: Theater folks were offended by a newspaper calling an actor's career a "reversal"—implying acting is a step down from honest work. Self-aware theatrical humor about actors' social status. **"Real Newspaper Beat"**: Mocks absurd birth announcements, satirizing tabloid sensationalism. **Various quips** target: drunk artists, gender role contradictions, the wealthy's indifference to promenading (they use Hispano-Suiza cars instead), and social pretense. The recurring theme: satirizing human foolishness across class lines—whether landlords, actors, the wealthy, or society women. The cartoons use exaggeration and irony typical of 1920s-era satirical magazines.
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Our Foolish Landlord (to Prospective Tenant): COULDN'T HAVE A NICER LITTLE DUNGEON For ¥ CAP ¥ WITHOUT AIR, NICE AND DAMP, 1 SHALL AVE TO T FIXTURES, —Humorist (London). TIVES. ARSOLUT! FOR A CROWN A MONTII, OF COURSE CHARGE A LITTLE oR TIE EXCE Ups and Downs Broapway Thespians playing in Boston are all heated up over a press dispatch printed in that town the other week. In telling of the death of a prominent man, it said, “He was at one time an office boy, but met with reverses and became an actor."—New York Morning Telegraph. A Real Newspaper Beat Stranoe phenomenon recorded by This Week in Sarasota: “Mr. and Mrs, Lee Brown (Miss Reaves) will le interested to learn have a son who was | pital Monday afternoe —American Mercury. . this for the tabloids: They're making it difficult for anybody to burlesque them.—New York World. Tueatmicat. Maxim: He who laughs last is not an usher.—Detroit Neics. STARTLING REVELATION OF ONE ME- DIAEVAL WORKER WHO DID NOT PUT A LIFE-TIME INTO HIS JOB, —Yale Record. in a New York hos “Aut Scissors aut Nullus” His Own Object Lesson A wett-Known artist rolled into a London club bar obviously under the influence of drink. A friendly member took him in hand and told him he would have to pull himself together. The budding genius answered, “Yes, Lam a darned fool. In fact, I am one of those chaps my father always warned me against.” —Tatler (London), A Dual Role Avorner thing a girl can do that yo would be a physical im- possibility actually demon- strated is to act masculine and independ- ent and feminine and dependent at prac- tically one and the same time. —Ohio State Journal. D ALL. WHEN “euumsy roo! Let tr VOu'RE THROUGH STEPPING ON MY ,. —Le Rire (Paris). That Was a Good Party Jounxxy had been the guest of honor the day before at a party to which his little chum Tommy had not been invited. After hearing all about it Tommy said to Johnny: “Have a good time, Johnny “Did I! answe I'm not hungry yet “Why, The Tender Leaves of Hope “Young orient lady went travel Europ, wishes to meet a really gentleman very rich for promenade and to have enjoyment together with good relations. join, photo please. Write Waste to the Sourire wait a month for ansower."—Adv. in Le Sourire (Paris). Gmur, the rich ones don’t promenade; they Hispano-Suiza—New Yorker. “Are they poisoning the liquor up your “Naw. ‘They don't have to.” —Lehigh Burr. A Scorrisn biographical reference book is contemplated. There is some idea of calling it “Wha’s Wha?” —Eve (London). ontemporaries “oll, 1 BEG YOU, DON’T STAND oN CEREMONY; DO TIAVE LUNCHEON without me!” ‘atransigeant (Paris). Moderate Enthusiasm As the audience was departing from the Bach program which Stokowski and his Philadelphia Orchestra gave at Car negie Hall recently, an enthusiastic young miss asked her male escort, “Didn't you just love the concert?” . “Well, I didn’t love it exactly,” he re plied, “but I respected it.” —Musical Courier. Bright Sayings of Betty Litre Enizanetit (as silence becomes oppressive at her mother’s reception): Mummy, why are all these people so dull? Why don't you tell them some of the funny things T say? —Boston Transcript. “Turar is one thing about having gone to college,” said the capitalist as. the nineteenth classmate that day was leay- ing. “I'M never have to buy my bonds from a stranger."—Out look. We gather from a lady's fashion paper that girls will be wearing their legs longer this summer.—Punch. Wife: pormen 17, V'LL WAVE TO GO INTO TOWN AGAIN TO-MORROW! THIS DRESS 1 SIIOPLIFTED DOESN'T SUIT ME A SCRAP, —Smith’s Weekly (Sydney). comicbooks.com