Life, 1927-12-08 · page 17 of 40
Life — December 8, 1927 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **humor/joke page from Life magazine**, not political satire. The content includes: **"Financially Inclined"** - A brief joke about a girl's amateur mathematician boyfriend proposing marriage for fortune. **"In 1937"** - An advertorial section promoting the magazine's upcoming content, listing various articles and features. **Two cartoon jokes:** 1. A dialogue between Phil and Jill about a woman "always begging for cigarettes" - suggesting she's a gold digger or financially dependent. 2. A domestic scene where a mother disciplines a child for standing in the corner, with the child's cheeky response about being counted out. The page reflects **1930s social attitudes** toward gender roles, romance as financial transaction, and child discipline. The satire targets shallow materialism and behavioral expectations rather than politics. The cartoons are simple gag-format humor typical of Life's miscellaneous entertainment content.
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Financially Inclined IRL FRIEND: Could that ama- teur crystal-gazer tell vour fortune? Heimess: I guess he could. He asked me to marry him, SSOCIATE: Chief, we are being sued for a two-hundred-and- fifty-thousand-dollar bibel Eprror: Thank God! at last. Recognition PHIL: She's always begging for cigarettes, isn't she? Yes, she’s a regular Old Gold digger. JILL: REPORTER: I suppose that when the plane started to fall all your sins flashed before your eyes? MOVIE ACTRESS (though¢fully); Oh, dear, no! Why, we only fell two miles. In 1937 The Progress of Advertising, as Revealed by a Newsstand Announce ment of the Immensely Popular Magazine, the “Saturday Night Host”) ON’'T Miss This Week's Issue! An Amazing Array of the Great est Minds of the Age! Thrilling, Entertaining, Edifying! Here Are Some of the Features: Cover Design by the Asco Roofing Company....Tenth Installment of the Brilliant Serial, “The Psycholo gy of Listerine,” Inspiring, Stimu lating, Deodorizing!...A Short Story, “They All Laughed When the Waiter Spoke to Me in Chinese,” by the O'Brien School of Snappy Language, Gripping Yarn of Oriental In- trigue and the Yellow Peril Part Three of That Brilliant Novel of the Thirst for Power, “The Seven Keys to Coca Cola,” Engrossing, Sparkling, Refreshing!...A Mystery Story, “Find the Body!" by Fisher Bodies...A Visionary, Prophetic Article of Vast Sig- nificance, “When Better Cars Are Built,” by General M. Buick. Yi Tender ranger in a Great City, “Fresh from the Farm,” by the Snider Catsup ..A Smart, Pro- phisticated Story, by the Compan voking, § “What a Pair of Legs!” Phoenix Hosiery merous Other Stories and Articles of Unusual Importance....For Sale at All Newsstands and in Stores of th Better Kind Nathaniel F Company....Nu MODERN version: Let bygones 4" be biographies Cy “Edna, you're a bad girl! in the corner while I count one hundred.”’ You can stand h! 'N' I suppose you'll give me a long count!’ comicbooks.com