Life, 1927-06-09 · page 6 of 39
Life — June 9, 1927 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate humorous pieces: 1. **"A Campus Scandal"**: A joke about a college newspaper printer who changed the letter 'r' to 'n' in a story, creating an unintended obscenity. The humor relies on the accidental profanity created by this typographical error. 2. **Diner cartoon**: A waiter refuses to serve salad without dressing, claiming lettuce cannot be served "in the nude"—a play on prudish social attitudes of the era applied absurdly to food service. 3. **"Why I Ride in the Subway"**: A humorous list of reasons for using public transit, mocking automobile culture and traffic problems—parking space scarcity, car theft, traffic laws, and congestion. The final punchline: "Because I have no automobile." All pieces satirize contemporary 1920s-30s American life through lighthearted wordplay and social observation.
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/ WHEN YOU TOLD DAVE THAT YOU'D HE A SISTER TO MIM WHAT DID 1k DO? Saliy: Uk WAD THR NERVE TO ASK TO BORROW MY CAR SO Hk COULD TAKE ANOTHER GIRL OUT RIDING. Polly: A Campus Scandal “ HY did the News editor leave college?” “He ran a story on prexy’s daughter's dance that said ‘her parties always attract great interest.’ ” Yeah—what about it?” “The printer changed the ‘r’ to an ‘n WAITER! 1 ASKED YOU TO BRING MY SALAD WITIL- OUT TILE DRESSING. SORRY, SIR—BUT WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO SERVE LETTUCE IN THE NUDE. Diner: Waiter: The Great American Home According to the Advertisements I" is a private residence and gentlemen's estate and built of certified lumber and Southern Pine, the aristocrat of soft woods bought direct from the mills, and colored stucco, hollow tile, concrete for permanence, sheet steel for every purpose, the inherent charm of stone, and brick that is cheaper in the long run, and it is covered with everlasting shingles, lined with cork insulation, appointed with correct hardware, painted with imperishable colors, heated with an absolutely silent oil furnace and radiators from a world institute of heating that blankets the nation. It has artistic interiors made so with lacquer, beautiful ceilings, screens that last, a modern breakfast nook inspired by old-world eraftsman ship, the secret of lovely oak floors, the last word in’ living- room style that turns into a bed- room at night, the recognized leader of all coal windows, the ut- most in sanitary engineering, in- stant hot water from plumbing fixtures with fin- est quality of brass pipes that contain more copper, and can » bathroom luxury “YE! BILL's A ANAPPY DREsR BUT CARRIES 00 FAR!” used on Park ee RANING W ? Avenue yet MEANING WILICIL priced low enough for the most modest cot- tage, and is desirably located in a fast-growing com munity with rising values and filled with period furni- ture, genuine linoleum, and music from radios, phono- graphs, and grand pianos used by the immortals and bought on the installment plan with a small down- payment or what have you? W.W. Scott, Why I Ride in the Subway RIDE in the subway to and from the office because all available parking space scems to have been rolled up and dumped into the Atlantic Ocean, —Because fire plugs outnumber automobiles three to one. —Beeause auto thieves outnumber fire plugs five to one. —Beeause traffic cops haven't the faintest idea of what constitutes an intelligent discussion. —Because traffic laws are too numerous to be remem bered without a staff of secretaries. —Because traffic is just one infernal jam and jar after another. —Because I have no automobile. Tup. De. \ turt me Th of t wer Itt qua and bod wer had wie! The som suit men sary comicbooks.com