Life, 1927-07-07 · page 7 of 42
Life — July 7, 1927 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page advertises upcoming court trials as entertainment for readers. The main illustration shows a customs inspector discovering contraband "knickers" (British term for underwear/shorts), which he mistakes for teddy bears—a joke playing on post-WWI fashion anxieties about women's clothing becoming more revealing and scandalous. Two trials are promoted: 1. **Ginsberg vs. O'Toole** - an assault case presented as comedic Irish-Jewish humor 2. **State vs. Butch Burke** - a murder trial featuring real legal figures (Judge Smith, District Attorney, newspaper reporters) The page treats serious legal proceedings as spectator entertainment, reflecting a 1920s perspective where sensational trials were popular public amusement. The "humane invention" image jokes about a cello as a device for "flat-footed bull fiddlers"—music industry slang humor.
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Customs Inspector: PARDON ME, BUT ARE THESE YOUR KNICKERS? Miriam: No; THey'RE TEDDIES. Show Business Hits the Courts of Law AT this court house beginning next “aM GINSE . O'TOOLE A mirthquake of laughter, A riot of clean Irish-Hebrew fun. You'll snicker, chuckle, laugh and roar at this side-splitting trial Ginsberg suing O'Toole for assault and battery. The very thought makes you howl. Beginning next Monday with Moe Ginsberg, Danny O'Toole, Judge Zipser and an all-star supporting cast. No advance in prices Also, select murder trials. Remember our policy: The best show for and divorce » least money. JOR three days only beginning xt Thursday JONES VS. JONES Oo lala! Whoops! Sshhh! You ain't seen nothing Till you see this deli but nice divorce tri Featuring Doris Jones, Jim Rubye LaRue, Judge Glontz and others. You'll love it, you'll adore it, you'll at it up. ama_ parties, us, naughty Jones, gin, night clubs, limousines, love and lingerie! It’s naughty but it’s nonchalant— Come and bring the children, A Humane Invention BULL FIDDLE WITH RUMBLE SEAT FOR PLAT-POOTED BULL FIDDLERS SPECIAL, inary super-feature coming soon TE VS. BUTCH BURKE You'll be chilled, thrilled, horrified, terrified, hypnotized By this dari divine sledgehammer He's dangerous but The one courtroom: Butch Barke, Buddy Hamlin, the ting District Attor th and more than newspaper reporters The treat waiting for magnificent, extraor dauntless, dapper, derer. he’s different greatest ¢ ever assembled in Judge « hundred you've been anxiously Positively no advance in prices Remember and tell your friends: The b st, the best, the sational trials most sen- Always at this courthouse. t Lord. A Word to the Wise ASEBALL COACH (to college Now rew r, fellows go into this game to win for Old Backwash; to vold her ideals, her athletic traditions, her standards of sportsmanship. Give of your best, ht your hardest, but do it like don't a Cincinnati scout team) amateurs and gentlemen! Ar forget—there'll be watching you. comicbooks.com