Life, 1927-09-22 · page 13 of 40
Life — September 22, 1927 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main illustration depicts two boxers in a ring, captioned "Say, Joe, what the hell is that stuff you're usin' on yer hair?" This appears to be a humorous boxing cartoon, likely satirizing either a specific boxer or the absurdity of using hair products during athletic competition. Below are three satirical sections about impossible radio developments, including complaints about radio broadcasts and a joke about "matrimonially speaking"—commenting on radio's then-novel role in domestic life. The final item mocks a newly opened "mammoth" Chinese restaurant in Chicago, with the punchline "Damn clever people, these Greeks!"—a period joke about ethnic business ownership and the irony of non-Chinese entrepreneurs running Chinese establishments. The page overall reflects 1920s-30s American humor about emerging technologies and consumer culture.
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i SAY, JOE, WHAT THA HELL Is THAT STUPP VE"RE UsIN’ ON yer ttn? Some Impossible Developments in Radio let me turn off the Weasel Syncopators and tune in on Mrs. Fisheake’s ‘Hints to Happy Housekeepers’—how can a girl of twenty forego such an opportunity of preparing herself for weman’s serious work in life?” oe @ “Well, T put three hundred dollars in this outfit, but Ill swear T hear sets that cost fifty that sound just as good—it’s certainly not worth the difference to much as mine get one that cost as You can? Well, that certainly beats me—I used exactly the same chart and material in building mine, and you know I can't pick up any- thing over a hundred miles away that can be recognized as music.” “No, T haven't the slightest idea what can be wrong with your set I had some trouble with mine that I fixed with a few tools, but I'd probably just) make worse if 1 tinkered with it. your trouble “Oh, yes—T've wouldn't be interested in hearing it tone, but you after your own here; I've never had five minutes’ use of it without a new brand of static.’ “Yes, T built my own set, and it but somehow I does fairly well wish I had just gone and bought « big set complete — I'd have saved money Wayne G. Haisley. Matrimonially Speaking BUSENESS MAN: Why did you leave your last position, Miss? Fam Apentesst: ‘There was no future to it Business Man: Indeed? Fart Avrricant: No; the boss was already married aN MAMMOTH restaurant, the largest Chinese café in the world, has been opened in Chicago Damn clever people, these Greeks! comicbooks.com