Life, 1928-03-01 · page 18 of 42
Life — March 1, 1928 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains two distinct sections: **Left side:** A humorous budget breakdown titled "How I Furnished a Two-Room Apartment on Fifty Thousand Dollars," satirizing the absurdly inflated costs of furnishing an apartment—including items like a "$3,000 rug" and "$1,200.50" lawyer's fees. The accompanying cartoon shows a bootlegger selling champagne, mocking Prohibition-era black-market dealings. The joke targets both wasteful spending and illegal alcohol commerce. **Right side:** "Journalistic Portraits" featuring Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, described as consistently opposing whatever position his colleagues take. The satirical portrait characterizes him as predictably contrarian and perpetually absent from Idaho. Below is a brief quip from an unnamed scientist expressing darkly humorous wishes about his wife's loyalty after death.
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16 Life How I Furnished a Two-Room Apartment on Fifty Thousand Dollars (A Budget, with Explanations) LUMBER to build bookshelves....... Chandelier broken taking in lumber Overstuffed chair (for use as saw-horse) . Re-upholstering (after tear made by saw) Doctor's bill for treating hammered finger. Paint oe Refinishing floor after spilling paint..........$ TOTAL COST OF BOOKSHELVES. ...++.++ $6383.75. 2. Unpainted table ... Paid to decorator for copying design ii nue shop Lawyer's fees . Table cover material. a Spread ruined while cutting coy ToTaL cost OF TABLE 8. Rug from “dealer” Fine for receiving stolen goods (fi Taxi fare for taking rug to owner Ne Cost of benzine to clean spot on rug made by brush- ing against wet paint on bookcase +6 B75 Cost of repairing apartment after ben: and Fire Department ruined walls... TOTAL AMOUNT CHARGED OFF TO Cost OF BOOKSIIELVES, TABLE, R Cost OF REDECORATION, INCLUDID VER 3% ee $39,085.76. TOTAL ......00++- 1,000.00 P. G. W., who knows. $4,012.49. 10,914.24. ECORATOR’S ay Boot.eccer: That's not the champagne I want, Woods—this is the stuff we sell to Night Clubs. “Did y’hear Ella had another kid? That makes fifteen she's had now.” “Downright indecent, I calls it—any one would think she was trying to get her picture in the rotogravures.” Journalistic Portraits William E. Borah H E is both Senators from Idaho and the Foreign Re- lations Committee. You always know where Senator Borah stands on any question, for every question has an opposite side. Borah is consistent; he always takes the contrary and sticks to it. He does not need to analyze a proposition, for he is against it anyhow. Borah is the eternal Senator. Presumably he is nominated and elected once in a while, but nobody ever hears of his running for office or visiting Idaho. He is a figure riding horseback in Rock Creek Park in the picture section of the New York Times. He is a man breakfasting with President Cool- idge the morning before opposing him vio- lently in the chamber. And also the morning after. Jim Watson would give a great deal to learn the secret of Borah’s automatic re- turn every six years. Borah has Lodge’s old place as Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and has made a machine-gun nest out of it. He is talked of for President in 1928. If he is elected we intend to find out who the other Senator from Idaho is. McCready Huston. GIENTIST (ill, and far from home): If I should die, I want my wife to carry on! Nice Otp Lapy (soothingly): I’m sure she will. She'll carry on something fierce, I bet. comicbooks.com