Life, 1927-05-19 · page 19 of 42
Life — May 19, 1927 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three unrelated humor pieces typical of Life's satirical format: 1. **"True Friendship"** – A philosophical dialogue between a man and woman debating whether true friendship exists. The joke plays on the difference between their definitions: she argues real friends sacrifice everything; he cynically notes most people are selfish. The humor lies in their conflicting worldviews about human nature. 2. **"Feud"** and **"Such a Help!"** – Brief joke exchanges about social scandals (a Harvard man's dancing partner, broken engagement rumors). 3. **"There Goes $50,000!"** – A Colonial-era scene satirizing wasteful letter-burning, mocking the frivolous destruction of expensive correspondence. The squire's dismissal of "boring letters from Button Gwinnett" is the joke's punchline. These are society-humor pieces reflecting upper-class concerns of the 1789-1790 period.
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een vot- lave her else nto uch wits MAGNOL STRE Marie Antoinette: wuy CAN'T THEY GO TO A NIGHT CLUB? “True Friendship” XHIE: There is really very little true friendship, isn’t there? He: I guess that’s true, all right. Sue: I mean I think there are ry few people you know who are fond enough of you to make s for you or anything. s Because most people you know are terribly selfish, don’t you That's true, all right. Sue: But when a person has really true friendship for anybody I think they are really fond enough of them not to consider themselves or anything, don’t you? He: Yeah—that’s true friendship. Sue: But I think it’s frightfully depressing when you think how really few people you know have really true friendship for you in that way, don’t you really think it is? T mean I can’t think of a single person T know who isn’t just think- ing of themselves. L. M. A. D. 1789 | Be | WAS compelled to leave home and live at the Hotel Crillon in Paris,” says Mrs. W. K. Vander- bilt, suing for divorce. The Poor Little Ritz Girl! Colonial Dame: wuat’s THAT You'RE Colonial Squire: ou—st’s sust aANoTH BUTTON GW There Goes $50,000! Feud IRST HARVARD MAN (outside tightly packed ballroom): Aren't you dancing with Ruth any more ning? s Np Crimson Mare: No, she stepped on my foot twice in the first scrimmage and we've severed ath- letic relations. Such a Help! Bakara: Helen is so sympa- thetic, isn’t she? Mopsy: Yes, if you're in trouble she'll always tell everybody about it. THROWING INTO THE FIRE, DEAR? OF THOSE BORING LETTERS FROM ETT. comicbooks.com