Life, 1927-07-28 · page 9 of 36
Life — July 28, 1927 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several satirical pieces typical of 1920s humor: **"One Man Who Doesn't Worry About What to Do with Old Safety Razor Blades"** shows a rotund man unconcerned about disposable razors—satirizing consumer anxieties about waste. **"The Newspapermen Report Their Own Golf Tournament"** mocks journalists covering a local Press Club golf event, suggesting they exaggerated participants' accomplishments and invented details (like calling one golfer "the Prince of Wales"). The satire critiques how newspapers sensationalize minor events through biased reporting. **Supporting cartoons** ridicule various social pretensions: women's fashion claims, parental ambitions, and domestic scenes. The overall tone mocks both contemporary consumer culture and journalistic integrity.
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Life 7 One Man Who Doesn't Worry About What to Do with Old Safety Razor Blades Sword Swallower from the Circus: TuaT BLADE MUCH TOO DULL TO SHAVE WITH—1 CAN TELL BY WAY IT WENT DOWN, I Have Faith HAVE faith in Massachusetts. I believe that the State that staged the Boston Tea Party; the State that turned back the Redcoats at Concord, Lexington, and Bunker Hill; the State that gave the world Emer son, Hawthorne, and Thoreau; the State that nurtured John L. Sullivan, Boston brown bread, Harvard, Jack Sharkey, and yes! the Watch and Ward Society; 1 be lieve that that State will .be consistent. It cradled American liberty and I believe it will rock it to sleep. Tup. Was THE News to Her ADINE: There goes Mrs. Dash, the best-dressed woman in America. Lucienne: Huh, | know she was chic. didnt even THE current song hit, “Muddy Water,” refers, it should be ex- plained, to the Mississippi River and not to the Scotch whisky now being served in night clubs. Daughter: PATHER, TAM DETERMINED TO HAVE Weary Father: s.v riour. The Newspapermen Report Their Own Golf Tournament \V HAT was said to be the sixth annual golf tourna ment of the local Press Club is alleged to have been held yesterday on the Meadowbrook Links, accord ing to reports reaching here last night More than sixty eight men partici pated in the tour nament, it was learned from con- tidential ind authoritative reports give — the name of the med alist Joseph Zilch, known to police itor of Dispatch Clothes their fondly were smart golfing sources, as city ¢ the which Are rs “PULL Y'R SKIRTS DOWN, GLADYS, WHEN MOTHER COMES. Y'KNOW WE'RE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE LEGS YET.” we imagined togs were dragged out for the sion, it is understood, and at least one man is represented ocea- 1s pulling on a Fair Isle sweater and announcing himself as the Prince of Wales. The in the confidence of newspaper men, was a previous visit to the locker room. Sensational evidence was uncovered last night by confidential investigators pointing to the fact that the locker room, throughout the day, was more reason for this manwuvre, according to one high popular than the putting g The City Room Spokesman, when interviewed at the clubhouse after the ment, would neither affirm nor deny these reports, and the golfers themselves would and ild ‘om Carskadon. tourna- not say a word. A CAREER PICK OUT SOME NICE ONE you'LL AND VLE BUY IT FOR You, comicbooks.com