Life, 1927-12-15 · page 33 of 40
Life — December 15, 1927 — page 33: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct sections: **"Imagination Tests"** (left column): A satirical humor piece where readers fill in blanks to complete dialogues. The jokes target familiar domestic scenarios—a husband reluctant to spend money, someone bragging about illegal alcohol (Prohibition era, referencing "seven-fifty a quart"), a man claiming he won't leave work early, and a stepfather boasting about being called "papa." The humor relies on recognizable middle-class anxieties and hypocrisy of the 1920s. **"A Catlike Tread"** (lower left): A short anecdote about a famous burglar explaining his success—he once lived invisibly in a home for six months near a baby. The joke is dark comedy about criminal audacity and domestic intrusion. **"Enviable"** (bottom): A brief exchange mocking a father's claim that his son wishes he had less food, when clearly the son means he wants *more*. **Advertisement** (right): The bulk of the page is an "Add-a-Pearl" necklace ad marketing an incremental gift concept where pearls are added as a girl grows up. The page is primarily **advertising with humor content**, typical of Life magazine's mixed editorial-commercial format.
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Imagination Tests (Readers Will Please Fill In the Questions. We Put You on Your Honor to Grade Yourselves Cor- rectly) UESTION. ean wages Answer. Well, of all the nerve! I should say not! QuesOR ss casersmxamewsereenes Answer. No, don't fill mine up 1. I've gotta go now. The wife is expecting company for dinner. Question. Se dieeecedes Answer. Yes, sir! This is the real stuff—and only seven-fifty a quart, too. Question. .ccesececcccccerseces Inswer, No, this is Bunker Hill 0007. QE ION wesc wsccaracarein'e erase merstesseese Answers. Yes. Yes. No. Yes, dear. No. N Yes. No, darling. Yes. Yes, I from the offic coming straight home Question. . Answer. N Question Answer. It's the bunk! I tainly wish I was single again! Question Answer. fine! He's certainly a great boy Why, would you ,believe it, this morning he ‘actually called — me “papa.” And last night—— Question...... sats awieeaisiaie Answer. No, I won't! I'll get out and walk, first! Frederic Bauer. A Catlike Tread Tur famous burglar had at last been Hrought to justice, Skilled detectives had succeed placing him behind the bars, and for the first time in a year householders breathed easily. As he sat in his cell, the famous bur- glar was besieged by reporters who de- manded the details of his career. How was it,” asked one, “that you managed to enter so many bomes and rob them without awakening the occu- pants?” The famous burglar nonchalantly bit a e from a plu thoughtfully That was the I lived for six months once in a private home where there was a year-old b —Honolulu Star-Bulletin. in rounding him up and ating tobacco, Enviable Tue Faruen: Be so good as to finish your oatmeal. ; should be asha ) ; how many poor wretches would be happy to get as little as half of that ov Mt Tur Sox: Me, too. —Karikaturen (Oslo). | | In time~a completed earl necklace! ©tDyar gift could bring a little girl more a@ual delight than an Add-a-pearl Strand of a few genuine pearls? And as she grows older —as you and others add new pearls to the String — the gift becomes even more precious and more loved. Until—when she has reached womanhood—she wears with pride a magnifi- cent necklace of genuine Oriental pearls. An Add-a- pearl necklace is nota mere faddish giftofa day ora year —it is a possession to be cherished through a lifetime. There's nothing more beautiful than genuine pearls ddd-a-heat PEARLS FOR YOUR Ask | ch Correspondence Hid soe Oddo Or cact paleh pein lers only Buy additional pearls for your Add-a-pearl necklace on this card. It guarantees perfeBion THE ADD-A-PEARL COMPANY 108 North State Street - Chicago comicbooks.com