Life, 1927-11-10 · page 38 of 44
Life — November 10, 1927 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **multiple brief satirical items** rather than a single cartoon. The main content includes: 1. **Fatima Cigarette Advertisement** (top): A large ad claiming younger crowds prefer this brand, using an illustration of a football player surrounded by spectators. 2. **"A Little Chat with a Well-Informed Man"** (W.W. Scott): A joke mocking someone who contradicts every statement with "I happen to know"—claiming Coolidge didn't mean his nomination refusal, the stock market is weak despite recovery, depression is coming, the game will be thrown, attendance is falling, and the fishing lake is fished out. The humor lies in this contrarian's absurd omniscience. 3. **"More Economy"**: A satire on wealthy industrialists preaching thrift while living luxuriously—a movie executive eliminates office staff but refuses to stop using his expensive limousine. 4. **"Matty's Vacation"**: A brief anecdote about a Black household employee postponing her employer's party because she needs time off—likely satirizing employer entitlement. These are typical Life magazine humor pieces from the 1920s era.
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(OOK around you at the big game —and see the Fatima packages pop out! No gathering of the younger set, large or small, fails to extend this ex- traordinary record. Unquestionably, Fatima has pleased more smokers for more years than any other cigarette. More Economy “Sir,” asked the secretary, “shall I telephone your home to have Gherkins drive over in the Rolls-Royce?” stuc “Posit no! thundered the cellu- ty-y reduction wrestled with — loid capitalist. “In- my campaign of the plan to get more mileage out of each — cconomy L must suffer as well as my sheet of carbon paper, Make-up men humblest employ Let it not be said that I saved a few dimes and wasted a Tue movie magnate was ¢ omy rampage. There we real anguish from every corner ¢ ». Stenographers faced with a ty recent w were busy making up a system of usi less make-up, Film stars were order w dollars riding home in my expensive to star with the use of less film. limousine. Inform the pub lepart- As the plutocrat of the pictures paused — ment of my refusal to ride home in my after eliminating three office boys, his usual fashion, and call me a taxi!” secretary entered the magnificent office. —Jac., in Brevity (Philadelphia). | A Little Chat with a Well-Informed Man “H OWDY, old man. Funny thing about Coolidge passing up the nomination, wasn’t it?” “Yes, but I happen to know he didn’t mean it.” “Well, it doesn’t make much dif- ference anyway. I see that the stock arket recovered.” xcuse me. I happen to know that it's very weak.” “Is that so? We should worry, though—business will be good.” “There you're quite wrong. I happen to know that we're in for a depression.” hat’s too bad. Are you going to the game this afternoon? It ought to be great.” Not me. I happen to know that it's being thrown “Perhaps you're right. — But there'll be a big crowd there.” “Not at all. Not at all. I happen to know the attendance has been falling off.” “Maybe so. Well, I'm going fish- ing next week. Great sport. I guess they'll be biting some up at old Peach srry to disturb you. I happen to know that the 1: is all fished out.” “You don’t mean it? you got any friends left? “Oh, yes. I happen to know that I'm very popular.” have WwW. W. Scott. Matty’s Vacation Tue Suburban Woman depends upon Matty, a good-natured colored woman, to give her apartment a thorough clean- ing and dusting every Friday. Last week she was to give a party on Monday night, so she arranged with Matty to come on that morning and assist with the extra work. Early Monday morn- ing the telephon and it was Matty, who announced: ‘II sho" have to pos’ pone yo" pahty, Mis’ Roberts, ‘cause ma man’s done ge dan’ it’s goin’ to be the onliest time we got to go to the movies together."—New York Sun, There, but for the Grace, etc. “Anovt nine-tenths of our population must have felt like a sheep-killin’ dog when that Michigan feller gittin’ life at hard labor fer havin’ a pint o° gin.” —Abe Martin, in Indianapolis News, a $2500.00 prize contest starts in next week’s Life comicbooks.com