Life, 1927-03-31 · page 32 of 35
Life — March 31, 1927 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page comprises **advertisements and humor pieces** typical of 1920s Life magazine. The dominant feature is a **Murad cigarette advertisement** targeting affluent men, using aspirational language ("life's better things"). This reflects the era's aggressive cigarette marketing before health warnings. The humor sections include: - **"Overheard in Arcady"**: A romantic poem about love's paradoxes (appears to reference classical pastoral literature) - **"The Faithful Fireman"**: A New Yorker anecdote where a theater fireman prevents an off-stage trumpet player from performing during Beethoven's "Leonore" overture—satire of rigid bureaucratic rules interrupting art - **"In England—Now"**: A joke about modern women rejecting traditional marital obedience (likely referencing post-WWI social changes and women's suffrage) - **"Don't Ask Me Another"**: A Q&A column with absurdist answers (Gene Tunney, a 1920s boxer, appears as answer to question 6) - **"Freddy Frosh Says"**: An advertisement for Neet hair removal, using slang ("knows her onions," "Charleston") to target young women concerned about underarm hair visibility during the flapper era
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MUR THE WORLD'S BEST/ CIGARETTE x For the ma who feels /e itled to life’ / bette Overheard in Arcady I rove, but could not wed thee, Since wed, I could not love thee, ‘And though they laugh to prove me Doubt's fool—I_ will not wed thee. L have, but dare not hold thee, Lest holding so, I lose thee. There's naught thou would’st refuse me, And yet, I dare not hold thee. Love, ask, ine not, to prove me; For, fearing I might lose thee, I could not then refuse thee, And wed, I could not love thee. —Gwen Clear, in The Spectator. In England—Now Merx Hovsewire (over garden wall): If I were a young bride like her I wouldn't allow him to order me about. But you see I am a pre-Prayer Book reform bride.—London Evening News. The Faithful Fireman Ow the concert program of one of the larger orchestras not long since was Beethoven's “Leonore™ overture, the two climaxes of which are each followed by a trumpet passage offstage. The first climax came, but not a sound from the trumpet. The conductor, conside y annoyed, went on to the second, Again there was ‘This time, the overture being fin- he rushed into the wings. pre he found the trumpet player still arguing with the house fireman, “I tell you, you can't play that thing back here! ‘the latter was saying. “There's a concert going on —New Yorker, “Is Nicaragua a nice place to spend the winter?” “Tt will b —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Don’t Ask Me Another! By Duncan Underhill (Following are the answers to the questions propounded by Inquisitive Clara, the Questionnaire Fiend.) They are bipeds. The taxpayer, An athletic contest between Harvard and Princeton. No. +. Alabammy. No. 5. They are of opposite sexes, Mr. Guest being the male. No. 6. Gene Tunney. Spoiling a Success Story Lire is becoming very complicated for the youth of America. A young man took piano lessons and paid his way through barber college teaching music, so that he might barber his way through the fine arts department of a university. Now if he hadn't neglected to become a good shortstop, he might draw enough salary from a haseball league to support himself until his concerts get under way. —Kansas City Star. NEXT WEEK The TRAVEL NUMBER—an extra-large bundle of international humor. Cover by COLES PHIL- LIPS. Freddy Frosh Says— s HEN it comes to hurtling a Charleston or two, Arabella knows her onions, A mean little looker too. Nothing spoils the picture—not even a wisp peeping out from under arms. I love Arabella.” It pays to use the old bean when it comes to removing underarm hair. Shaving is just too bad. But Neet turns the trick—dissolves hair at the roots and leaves no trace of its removal. It jams the emergency on the further wth of hair. And it’s easy to use. imply a cream. Test Neet. Get a tube fom the druggist’s at the corner. comicbooks.com