Life, 1927-11-24 · page 9 of 44
Life — November 24, 1927 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate satirical pieces: 1. **"A Tactless Man Talks to Mayor Thompson"** (top): A dialogue joke about someone recommending a spot in London for "ripping English muffins," with the punchline that they're "jolly good." 2. **"In Florida"** (middle cartoon): Two men discuss driving a Daimler car in Florida, with one complaining about driving on the wrong side of the street—satirizing either tourist confusion or poor local road conditions. 3. **"Looking Ahead"** (right): Commentary on Rev. Albert C. Dieffenbach's Prohibition campaign, predicting it will lead to "pre-war Modernism"—a satirical warning about unintended social consequences of Prohibition. 4. **"Romantic Girl" and "Fat Tourist"** (bottom): Captions about a Caribbean harbor location and Pittsburgh trade, likely mocking travelers' romantic notions versus commercial reality.
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un A Tactless Man Talks “CHEERIO, old bean! 1 say, let's go out and have a spot of tea somewhere. I know a place where they make ripping English muffins. They're jolly good. They're In Florida “you sAy You CAME pow? THE €YCLON “yrs, 1M FROM CALIFORNIA.” simply top-hole. I'm a bit fagged but we can go in my Daimler. Here it is, right at the kerb, “I say, am I driving on the wrong side of the street? How priceless! ERE TO ENJOY Life to Mayor Thompson I'm so used to driving on the left. I get into no end of trouble with your Bobbies. I dare say I'll be in gaol one of these days. “Here's the library. Look here, old chap, would you be frightfully wrathy with me if I just stepped inside a mo? I want to look something up in the Encyclope- dia Bri It’s in the YEW to ZED volume. “I say, old bean, what did you whack me with your. stick for? That's not sporting of you. That's not cricket!” XN. R. J. Looking Ahead HE Rev. Al- bert C. Dief- fenbach predicts a undamen- talist campaign that will rival the drive for Prohibi- tion, so we supppose that we shall shortly be squirting eight drops of evolution into something and trying to kid ourselves that it is pre-war Modernism. y Romantic Girl (in Caribbean harbor): sust THINK, PERHAPS THIS VERY PLACE WAS ONCE THE REN ZVOUS OF FAMOUS PIRATES. Fat Tourist: 1 WONDER 1P PITTSBURGH HAS TRADED CUYLER YET. comicbooks.com