Life, 1927-10-13 · page 11 of 44
Life — October 13, 1927 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical content: 1. **"Business"** (top): A poem mocking the contrast between poor visionaries who fail and rich businessmen who succeed, suggesting their "vision" is merely luck or circumstance rather than merit. 2. **"What's Wrong with This Conversation?"** (middle): A cartoon showing two men discussing a football game, with dialogue suggesting confusion about which sport or team they're discussing—likely satirizing men's casual, inattentive conversation. 3. **"Mrs. Pep's Diary"** (bottom): A humorous diary entry from September 21st about a social outing with a former teacher, featuring anecdotes about clams, orchids, and naval officers—typical society page fodder that Life frequently mocked for its triviality. The overall theme ridicules American business culture, masculine superficiality, and upper-class social pretensions.
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Business HEN Mr. A is poor and old, A fecble failure on the job, Accounting for his lack of gold, “A visionary!" scoffs the mob. When Mr. B grows rich and great, And people seek the reason why, The wise ones do not hesitate: “He had vision,” they reply. 4A. H. F. What’s Wrong with This Conversation? bY H, boy, wasn’t that some game? O 2—1 in two extra periods! That team of ours sure can play soc be Higgins is going to get all- American for that game. Well, boys, let's drink to the team!...By the did anybody hear whether : there was a football game to-day?” “What Did You Say?” “Yeah, I think there was. I think ? we won.” “Yeah? Who'd we play?” “IT dunno, Notre Dame or Prince- ton or some one like that. Pig. Waitress: WHAT KIND OF SANDWICIL? WE HAVE TOMATO AND GRATED CLOVE; LOBSTER AND COLE SLAW; CRAB-MEAT SANDWICIIES; TRUFFLE SANDWICILES; LAKE STURGEON WITH INDIA RELISIL SANDWICHES; ANCHOVY SANDWICHES; RED SNAPPER ROE SANDWICHES; FRUIT SALAD SANDWICHES; FRIED OYSTER SAND- WICHES; STUPPED OLIVE SANDWICHES; TERRAPIN Diner: Vit Wave WAM Waitress: wuat’s tuat? Mee Los Diary ~ Word come this morning have retained from our education, September that Mistress Bradshaw, putting Mrs. B. in a mild gale, in 21st who did teach especial when I told her that. the Smith College about certain I high spot in my memory of her poets, is in town, so off at n own course was Walte Savage lunch at a publick with her and Jane Landor’s remark, after throwing the Thomson on ham man out the win- and mushrooms f dow, “My God, ind Julienne po- I forgot about tatoes, all very - the violet bed!" fine, albeit God Whereupon she knows I should d 3 did say that Jane have contented Y Y fy and I were two myself with a dish * splendid ex am- of clams and a B ples of the harm- leaf or two of let- lessness of the Much remi- COMMENT BY JACK DEMPSEY ON higher learni nt talk of the GENE TUNNEY's niGHT: “TieRe’s for women, hav- pleasant days in \iote po Tins THAN meets Tim imseome through Northampton, and eve.” it virtually un- they queried my seathed. Out in e recollection of having been wont to the Avenue again, I did meet with . - wear an orchid in the lapel of a five- Lydia Loomis and Nat Marshall, he No Conquest dollar slicker, the garment then in just home from Europe on a nine- Ida: WMEN DID You BREAK Your EN- vogue against rainfall, and it sad- day boat, so that before landing he GAGEMENT WITH HAROLD? dened me a little to reflect how felt as if he had joined the Navy Belle: as sooN AS 1 REALIZED THAT = many more orchids I did happen and was being fooled on seeing the NONE OF THE GIRLS WERE A BIT EN- upon then than now. Jane and I world, and they both were for stag- vious OF MR. did list this and that item which we ing an (Please turn to page 34) comicbooks.com