Life, 1927-03-24 · page 8 of 38
Life — March 24, 1927 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains humorous satirical content typical of early-20th-century Life magazine. The "Questionnaire Test for Lovers" mocks romantic relationships through absurd questions for both men and women—asking about infidelity, physical appearance, and marriage intentions with tongue-in-cheek humor. "Justice in Gehenna" features Satan complaining to Cleopatra about beauty advice columnists in the *Morning Moon*, sarcastically suggesting their tips (facial treatments, massage techniques) constitute torture worse than damnation itself. This satirizes the era's proliferating beauty-advice columns and their often-ridiculous or uncomfortable remedies. The "Pleased" and "Prince" vignettes are brief romantic comedies about courtship dynamics and automotive restrictions. Overall, the page satirizes contemporary social trends: dating customs, women's beauty culture, and courtship rules through absurdist humor.
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She (coyly): Wave you ForGot- TEN YOU ASKED ME TO MARRY YOU LAST NIGHT? Ile (thinking fast): No, 1npeED— BUT YOU HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T, AVE You? Justice in Gehenna ATAN: Lam pleased to meet you, Miss Cleo Martin, and it oc- curs to me that the readers of your “Be Beautiful” column in the Morning Moan will be in- sulted by their mir- rors now that you have been taken away, but their loss is my gain, for I have been waiting a long time to tell you that dark circles under the dry skin will be in- tensified by sending a stamped, ad- dressed envelope after the bath u less you wish a personal reply ob- tainable by lying on your stomach in a good cold-cream with a pillow under your heels avoiding eyestrain by massaging the hips with brittle fingernails, keeping hands on the knees, and swaying the falling eye- lashes from right to left to insure a thorough soaking in warm olive oil while taking the cocoa butter in the morning because the weight of a pure rice powder should be one hundred and twenty-seven pounds at your age and an average of eight hours in the open air will aid in cultivation of that schoolgirl blackhead at the direc- tion of a flat chest specialist.... Now, Cleo, don't be despondent; gen- uine beauty can- not be achieved in this climate in less than three or four wons; and, as I wa ‘ing, massaging the scalp with but- termilk... (And so on throughout eternity.) Gerald Cosgrove. ) Pe rey ((B “NTT tt HE Congress that has just adjourned may well lay claim to the title of “the Fighting Sixty- ninth.”” I | ZS ill | \ wll ial | [ ALL DRESSED UP AND NO PLACE TO Go Questionnaire Test for Lovers For Her to Answer: 1 DO you sort of like me—a lit. * tle? 2. Do you sort of love me—a lit. tle? 3. Did you ever (a) kiss another man? (b) Love another man? 4. Is your old man a pretty tough egg or does he just like to act that way? 5. How many dollar-and-a-quar- ter table d’héte dinners, including tips, are there in a ten-dollar bill? 6. Do you like Pekingese pups? 7. More than me? 8. Which part of the toothpaste tube do you squeeze? 9. How many sisters and brothers and cousins and aunts and things have you, and how far away do they live? 10. Will you marry me? For Him to Answer: 1. Do you really like me—a lot? 2. Do you really love me—a lot? 3. Which part of the Sunday pa per do you alw read first? 4. Do you wipe your safety-razor blades after every shave? 5. Who was that lady I saw you with last night? 6. Honestly—cross your heart? 7. Do you really think that “the subway takes people any where quicker than a taxi’? 8. How much do you make? 9. Ooooh! Is that a real stone? 10. When? Tip Bliss. Pleased E: You are the pret- tiest girl in the world. Sur: Jack, you certainly give a girlsome- thing to think about. \\ RINCE- TON has forbidden _ stu- dents to drive automobiles. What an open- ing for a Ford agency ! comicbooks.com