Life, 1928-02-02 · page 27 of 38
Life — February 2, 1928 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces reflecting early 20th-century American humor: **"The Prizefighter" cartoon** shows a boxer giving a woman a ring, joking he was "a sucker for a left"—playing on boxing terminology for romantic vulnerability. **"Sad Song"** parodies sentimental poetry about lost love, ending with crude humor: the lovelorn narrator threatens to kick his departed lover "in the pants"—the anticlimax mocks overwrought romantic verses popular at the time. **"Some Days She's Lucky"** satirizes a pretty girl waiting for public transportation. Multiple streetcars pass while she signals none, until finally a wealthy person in a Packard automobile picks her up—commenting on class distinctions and women's economic dependence. **"Two Extremes"** lampoons conflicting cultural representations of American women: theatrical productions either idealize or degrade her, offering no middle ground. The page reflects period anxieties about gender roles, class, and cultural representation through humor.
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Sad Song [OXELY boy, lorn boy, wherefore do you sorrow? Why are you muttering, and gaz- ing out afar? My wanton one has gone, and I know not where to seck her— Hiding ‘neath a dandelion, or swinging on a star. Lonely lad, lorn lad, where go your footsteps Faltering, failing, as though your heart were blind? My cruel, cruel love has run away with this or that one; Night and day I seek, but she is nowhere to find. Lonely youth, lorn youth, how shall you regain her, Iler that forsook you for one bold glance? I'll roam the weary world till I’ve come to where she’s wan- dered— And when I find the darling, won't I kick her in the pants!! D'’Annunzio Cohen. “He Was So Dumb He—”’ HORTENSE: Jack is the most despicable boy I know. Why, cheated while he was read- The Outline of History.” ster: How did he do that? “He looked at the last page to see how it was going to come out.” was a sucker for a left. Some Days She’s Lucky PRETTY little girl stood on a street corner. A Market Street car, a Broad Strect car, and then a Liberty Street bus went by without stopping. Soon a Euclid Avenue car came along, fol- lowed by an Exchange Place car, a Union Depot car, and a Third Ave- nue bus. Passengers boarded the ones that would take them to their destinations; but not the pretty little girl, After an interval, another Market Street car, another Broad Street car, another Liberty Street bus passed in regular order. The girl signaled none of them. Finally she got a ride to work in a Packard. Bill Sykes. Two Extremes “I don’t know whether to go and see a show that glorifies the American girl or a play that drags her through the dirt.” comicbooks.com