Life, 1927-12-22 · page 31 of 36
Life — December 22, 1927 — page 31: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief satirical pieces typical of Life's humor: **"A Variety Critic Covers a Wedding"** (top left): A theater critic reviews a wedding as if it were a Broadway show—treating the bride and groom as "performers," noting the "business" (attendance), the groom's "personality," the organ music's "well-known march," and predicting the marriage will have "a run of two years." The satire mocks how critics reduce human experience to entertainment value, and was likely aimed at the pretentious theater criticism of the 1920s. **Other brief jokes** include: - A prisoner celebrating his insanity verdict - Waiters discussing failed schemes to inflate restaurant bills at a convention - A tenant rejecting "Tudor style" housing until shown cheaper materials - A small child choosing between flowers (unclear reference) **Lower half**: Advertisements for Allen's Foot-Ease remedy and Life's Dog Calendar (featuring work by cartoonists like R.L. Dickey), a commercial product rather than editorial content. The page exemplifies Life's format: densely packed short humor pieces mixing social satire with advertising.
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29 A Variety Critic Covers a Wedding Ose of the burg’s wows was the Fitz- ritz-Jenks tie-up yesterday p. ot the First Methodist house on the main stem. Business was near capacity with only a few seats at the rear gaping. A 1 the weather helped to fill r starring in the bride's part, played opposite an unknown as the This youngster will be heard in. He has the personality stuff down fi ad_ carries his clothes like an wuto salesman. The girl has a following in town and got a big turnout. She knew blossoms at the [-will stuff. maids clicked with plenty of the old S. A. and a high-toned wardrobe Hokum talk from the sky pilot went over us per schedule. No stuff. Best man a op, failing to lose ring on cue \ high-salaried organ pounder mopped up with old-time classical hits and the well-known march, The local peasants ite it like hash and voted it a sell Whether the combination will stick is u query, The knowers look for a run of two years at the outside. -W Scott, in New York World. Prisoner (ju k from trial): Hur- rah, fellas! I'm crazy.—Green Goat Hopeless Prospects “Tis nig club me is all shot,” said one waiter to ther. “I've tried half a dozen times to grab off ab extra money by rai the check I've been caught up at it every time Serves you right,” the other waiter replied. “You oughta know better. These men here to. are in town attendin a convention In a Pinch, use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE To Suit Tenant Beivpen: This is the house, sir, in the Tudor style Proserctive Beyer: 1 don't care for the T style Beitper: Soon alter that, s Just bring a pail of wat c those oak beams.—Tit-Bits (London). The Small One: wevone 1 stants OS YOU, WHAT WOULD You PREFER ‘eM YY me—CUNYSANTHEMUMS OR WHITE atvactsT —Tatler (London). How True! “Too many cooks spoil the broth.” “Yes, far too many.” “These directions may be O. K., but they don't go into detail enough.” You’d Be Surprised— at the ever increasing demand for LIFE’S DOG CALENDAR The 1928 edition (Now on Sale) contains some marvelous color reproductions of the those eminent artists and Dickey, Will Rannells anc I Barclay. Y will want these walls 1 keep you Printed in limited edition, LIFE’S Dog Calendar sold out last year. Order yours NOW Price, Prepaid, $1.0 New York comicbooks.com