Life, 1927-06-02 · page 12 of 46
Life — June 2, 1927 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct humor pieces: 1. **"Song for This Elizabethan Weather"** - A nonsense song mocking ornate musical composition styles, with elaborate syllabic sequences ("toodie, oodlie, fal fal de") rather than coherent lyrics. 2. **"Selective"** - A brief dialogue where an Ancient Mariner claims he took ten books to a desert island. The joke plays on the classic Coleridge poem reference, creating absurdist humor through unexpected answers. 3. **"Lie"** - A short piece about a Prohibition debate, using the educational excuse "I ran out of stamps" as an ironic non-sequitur. The large illustration shows women in a bedroom scene with dialogue below about marriage and knowing one's partner—typical early-20th-century domestic satire aimed at married couples or courtship customs. The overall tone is lighthearted wordplay and social commentary on contemporary manners.
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He: iF you’Lt Give ME YOUR TELE- PHONE NUMBER, I'LL CALL you UP SOME TIME, She: it’s iN THE BOOK, He: vine! witat’s your NAME? She: TUAT’s IN THE BOOK, TOO. Selective NCIENT MARINER: Yes, when I was a young man, I was cast a on a desert island. Pu : Really? What books did you take with you? ten Life Song for This Elizabethan Weather HE Roc, he is a monstrous bird; With a fe, and a fi, and a fum, fo, fa. An alate giant, ‘pon my word; With a do, re, mi, and a fa, sol, la. But when his flight is five miles high, With a rum, tum, tiddle, and a he, hi, ho, He seems a speck against the sky, With a vo dio do vo dio do do. Now distance lends enchantment; true. Sing toodlie, oodlie, fal fal de roodlic, pip pip pioodle hur- ray. A saw as plain as two and two. Sing whifflety, pifflety, mush mush tediffety, yip i addy i ay. Then is the Roc, we're fair in guess- ing, Sing willow, tit willow, pish, tush, pedillo, my own cockadillo, doo doo, The closer, the less prepossessing; Sing whoops, my dear, la de da, fol de rol rah rah rah, hey nonny nonny nah poo. J. K. Jessup. PAINT has been invented which renders an object invisible at a few yards. We suspect golf ball manufacturers of using it. ~ “1 BELONG TO THE ORDER OP K. K..” “you MEAN THE KLAN?” “NO, KOLLEGIATE KUT KLOTHES,” Lie NCE there was a_ Prohibition debate which firmly convinced somebody who wasn’t firmly con- vinced already. “T)ID you finish your educati “No, I ran out of stamps. Mopsy: pon’? You THINK YOU OUGHT TO KNOW A MAN PRETTY WELL BEFORE YOU MARRY HIM? Flopsy: you ovat To KNOW HIM SO WELL THAT YOU WON’T. comicbooks.com