Life, 1927-11-17 · page 34 of 48
Life — November 17, 1927 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects brief humorous anecdotes from newspapers and magazines, mocking everyday human folly. Key items: **"The Will to Live"**: Two jealous actors meet and exchange cold pleasantries—satire on professional rivalry and forced civility. **"The Professor as Raconteur"**: Jokes about an absent-minded professor telling stories about absent-mindedness—absurdist humor about circular logic. **"In the Danger Zone"**: A woman threatens suicide by train; the punchline (a man's response) dismisses her threat—dark humor about melodrama. **"Disarmament"**: The cartoon criticizes international peace conferences (likely post-WWI League of Nations efforts), joking that delegates speak Esperanto but cannot understand each other anyway—mocking the futility of diplomatic language barriers. The overall theme: satirizing human pretension, professional vanity, melodrama, and international political naivety through brief, witty anecdotes.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
“vor cop's sak charged with rii and th that bh tooth out. Moot “1 was or “puNNo- realism mance.”—Detroit News. GWE ME TIME TO THINK “IP YOU WON'T LISTEN TO ME, LL THROW MYSELF IN FRONT. OF THAT TRAIN THAT'S COMING Now!” THERE'LL BE ANOTHER TRAIN IN FIVE MINUTES! Meggendorfer Bitter (Munich). The Minute that Seems a Year A Mippir-acko oman was dlerst In the Danger Zone RED A JON YESTERDAY.” “coop ‘cx? DIDN'T THRAR.” —Bulletin (Sydney). recently ing a front-door beil n running away. We t had fully intended to have morrow’s “ro- Straight from the ‘Alls AN with his audie brother actor told him that he would do better to next line, your. pli Tribu “I kNow that lights said Alic “Whe from plied Alice. we buttons it” Tavention. “Aut Scissors aut Nullus’ tnglish vaudeville tor was singing “Baby ce? only he pro- need it “Biby Five. This was not Immanent icity comes from does it come queried her aunt. From the wall, nts a light she un- The Will to Live Two actors who were exceedingly je each other met in a hos- telry much favored by “the profession.” They exchanged frigid nods. you getting asked one pres- lous of Hi along?" ently. “Pretty wel the othe ing alive The first man eyed his rival steadily for ond and then said casu- What's your mo- Sporting and Dramatic News. w are "replied Still keep- The Professor as Raconteur Tues the Ab- sent-Minded Prof. who told the story of the Absent- Minded Prof. who wound the clock and let the cat out Dart- mouth Jack-o'-Lantern. “A pepesteian stood up fer his rights almost five minutes here t'-day.” Abe Martin, i Indianapolis News. “HOW DID YOU LEARN TO STAY SO LONG UNpDeR water?” “Y ONCE LIVED AT THE SAME BEACH WITH ONE OF MY Worst CReprrors.” —Kasper (Stockholm) The Mysterious Stranger rom New York has been he Atchison pool halls for omery (Ala.) Times M Tuar’s funny, we haven't missed any- body around ‘here.—New Yorker. Panis has a beauty shop for dogs. Up till now the dog's life has been entirely too easy. sing it) in “Tike Chicago where the our house,” “When Ma Neience and A critic poor poet tential potential? ys that a always a po- nal. Why Disarmament ESPERANTO, GENEVA STYLE—EVERYRODY SPEAKS IT AND NO- BODY UNDERSTANDS IT IN THE SAME WAY. —Ottawa Journal, —Le Rire (Paris). comicbooks.com —————————