Life, 1927-06-09 · page 16 of 39
Life — June 9, 1927 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three satirical pieces from Life magazine (a humor publication, not news): 1. **"How to Be Kodaked"** - Instructions for posing unnaturally for photographs, mocking how people behaved self-consciously when cameras were present. The humor targets both the awkwardness of early photography and people's vanity. 2. **"Harmony"** - A brief dialogue joke about marital agreement, accompanied by a cartoon showing women at a beauty salon. The humor critiques both marriage dynamics and the emerging consumer culture around cosmetics and appearance. 3. **"The Man Who Writes French Composition Books Visits a Doctor"** - A numbered anecdote (12 items) satirizing the absurd, disconnected sentences found in language textbooks. This was a longstanding joke format mocking the artificial examples in educational materials. All three pieces target early 20th-century social conventions and consumer culture through gentle satire.
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Patron: is tits 1 ght Club Proprietor: Nov to-pAy NENTLY PADLOCKE ) FOREVER EF ING, THIS 18 THE “COPPER CUCKOO,” 008K” WAS PERMA- rk O'CLOCK ‘THIS MORN- Won’? You CoMR IN? HE difference between the girl of to-day and the maid of yester- year is the distinction between “swooning” and “passing out.” Harmony R UB: Do you and your wife Y agree on anything? Dvr: Sure—we both love her! “THESE SLIPPERS YOU MADE FOR ME DON’T FIT—I CAN'T WALK IN THEM.” “PROPLE WHO TRADE HERE DON'T WALK!” How to Be Kodaked Woman REFUSE. Laugh. Powder nose. Laugh. Comb hair, Pull down dress, Pull up dress, Laugh. Powder nose. Look silly. Man Take off hat. Put on hat. Cross right leg over left. Cross left over right. As you were. Throw out chest. Look serious. The Man Who Writes French Composition Books Visits a Doctor (1) MY appointment was for clev- en, and it is now after twelve o'clock, (2) While I was waiting I have read some interesting maga- zines, (3) I came here because I am not well to-day. (4) Here is my tongue, and you can see my throat also. (5) Yes, I have searlet fever, and chicken pox. (6) No, my grandfather did not die sud- denly, but the uncle of my female cousin has had lumbago. (7) Al though I do not drink I sometimes smoke cigarettes. (8) I should like ge if I had some money. (9) May I eat potatoes, carrots, and cauliflower? (10) What is your charge? (11) Here is my pretty watch and all my dollars. (12) I am well now and I shall not be sick any more, measles, a sea Vv WW. Scott. Up from Slavery “I THOUGHT you were going to give up coffee.” “Well, I was, but after trying it for a while 1 decided to give up the substitutes instead.” HAlLING ndbergh’s flight, Mussolini wired that it was due to “a superhuman will.” That makes two. comicbooks.com