Life, 1927-03-03 · page 15 of 35
Life — March 3, 1927 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct humor pieces: 1. **"Those Radio Bridge Lessons"**: A narrative about a bridge card game interrupted by radio performers (Wonek, Lightfoot, Eisendrock, Fanning). The joke involves their musical performance disrupting the game, with a xylophone duet providing comedic chaos. This satirizes early radio entertainment's intrusion into domestic life. 2. **"The Dentist"**: A cartoon showing someone terrified about a baseball scandal, satirizing public anxiety over sports controversies of the era. 3. **"Mutual Shock" and other brief jokes**: Quick comedic exchanges about job interviews and car attachments, typical of the magazine's humor-column format. The page reflects 1920s-30s concerns: radio's cultural impact, sports integrity, and employment dynamics—all delivered through light satire characteristic of *Life* magazine's satirical approach.
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Those Radio Bridge Lessons WE had a particularly fine bridge lesson over the radio the other night. Mr. Wonck represented the North, Mr. Lightfoot the South, Mr. ndrock the East and Mr. Fanning the West. The cards were dealt, bidding was brisk, and before you could say “Station WWWW," Mr. Wonck and Mr. Lightfoot were tied up in a tight little three no-trumper, doubled. Mr. Fanning started the play by leading the ten of hearts, whereupon Mr. Lightfoot and Mr. Wonck broke into “Bye, Bye, Blackbird,” and I don't know when I've ever heard it sung with so much feeling. Unfor- tunately, the interlude was used by the Eisen- drock-Fanning combina- tion to snap up four quick tricks, Then Mr. Fan- ning and Mr. Eisendrock went into a xylophone duct and when the last cloying note had died away, Mr. Lightfoot and Mr. Wonck had tied the score. Mr. Eisendrock led the ace of spades, and Mr. Wonck came right back with “She Knows Her Onions.” Mr. Eisen- drock began speaking about the Danube country and that reminded Mr. Fanning of a story about two Irishmen, named the King and Queen of Diamonds. This didn’t seem to be getting anywhere, but that's how it went. Mr. Wonck and Mr. Lightfoot obliged with “All Alone Monday,” a number requested by Mrs. Minnie Glutz of 119 Vermilyea Avenue. Mr. Eisen- drock and Mr. Fanning did some snappy work on musical glasses and more credit to them. And once I think I heard Mrs. Fanning’s voice doing a bit from “Peg o° My Heart.” Or maybe it was Sophie Tucker. I for- get who won the hand. is was equally It seems that the reason Mr. Fanning had led the ten of hearts in the first place was that had repeatedly done nothing to relieve the farm situation which gave the little out-of-the-way principality of Moozges unusual natural resources in oil, copper, milk and the whites of two eggs, thor- oughly beaten. Mr. Light- foot had a major tenace and a gal in Minnesota who is (Continued on page 29) The Dentist: TERRIBLE ABOUT THIS BASEBALL SCA. DAL, ISN'T 17? T dont want to miss the $115 again today Congress “Lt WONDER HOW SI “WELL, § Mutual Shock OSS: Are you the vigorous and dynamic accountant- executive with power, punch and personality who advertised for a job? Appuicant: Yes; are you the fa LIKES BEING A MERMAID,” sighted president of the huge and growing concern who advertised a vacancy ? Charles, I think your hand is about five minules slow. You had better see the doctop IN A FEW HUNDRED YEARS, WILL THE LEFT HAND OF TIF COMMUTER EVOLUTE INTO A WATCH? Incarnate A POLLO, we read in the encyclopedia, was worshiped by the Romans as the god of the sun, medicine, divination, arch- ery tures, music, and prophecy poetry, beauty, pas- youth, fruits His name has recently been changed to Benito Mussolini. UB: I have a new at- chment for my car. Ww t is it? “Sheriff's!” comicbooks.com °*