Life, 1928-04-12 · page 24 of 42
Life — April 12, 1928 — page 24: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate humorous pieces typical of Life's satirical style: **"Studies in Suspense: The Long Cigar Ash"** - A cartoon showing golf spectators behaving like rowdy boxing fans, shouting crude encouragement ("Swing on it!", "Paste it!"). The satire mocks the contrast between golf's genteel reputation and the uncouth behavior of working-class fans who treat the sport like a prize fight. **"Spring Magic"** - A sentimental poem by Arthur L. Lippmann about spring's renewal, interrupted by dialogue between two women (Molly and Polly) whose mundane concerns about hats and ensembles undercut the poetry's grandeur. The satire gently deflates romantic idealism with domestic reality. **"One Hundred Per Cent!" and "Something Else Again"** - Two brief joke pieces. The first satirizes xenophobic American attitudes, with a man boasting about rudely rejecting a French waiter's language. The second makes a veiled political jab at Will Hays (film industry censor), suggesting involvement with Republican politics. The page reflects 1920s-era American humor: class-conscious, mildly xenophobic, and politically sharp.
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Ly, iz Studies in Suspense The Long Cigar Ash The Fight Fans Form the Gallery at a Championship Golf Tournament “ AWRIGHT, big boy, do yer otuff!’,..“C’mon, y’big stiff! Swing on it!”...“Let’s go!”... “Wot is this, a livin’ statchoo act ookit how his ears flap! aste it, y’sap, paste it!”. referee, how about some action?”... “Here we go now!’ Woo0000000! Missed it a mile ‘Somebody hand him a paddle!"’. . .““Wot is this, a posthole-diggin’ contest?”...“If that baby’s a golf champion I’m Lindbergh!"...“’At’s right, kiddo, try another club! Give him a basketball an’ see i ‘big hick! Can the ---“Lookit the tee he's +-“Wot is that, fella? Pike’s Peak?”...“Hey! Why don't you take a tractor over to the beach an’ drag back a coupla more truck- loads of sand?”...‘“‘He’s gonna get it even with his shoulders, an’ then swing on it with a tennis racquet!” ++. "“We're off again!".. .“‘All hands on deck for the sandstorm ! on it, big boy, step on it!”’. Five!"...“Five nine -“Owooo000!"...“Blaaaaa- «“Wooo000!”...““Throw him C.J. “D° you know anything about for- eign cooking?” It’s all Greek to me.” “Not much. Spring Magic THE sleeping world removes its winter coat To bask in soothing sunshine once again; A hymn of praise from every bird- ling’s throat Proclaims the yearly wonder in the glen. And Molly sez to Polly, idly yawn- ing, “I think I'll buy a hat to-morrer mawning,” And Polly sez to Molly, somewhat cheery, “I'd like to get a new ensemble, dearie.”” The Great Magician, Spring, per forms once more. Upon the Cosmic Stage awhile he stays. The rapids down the narrow canyons roar And brooklets sing the star per- former's praise. And Molly sez to Polly, mildly musing, “I wonder what became of Harry Husing. . And Polly sez to Molly, “Don't get sobby, But listen, do you ever hear from Bobby?” Arthur L. Lippmann. One Hundred Per Cent! HEY laughed when the waiter spoke to me in French, but their laughter changed to a look of ad- miration when I slowly looked him up and down and said, with a con- temptuous sneer in my voice: “T don’t speak none of that wop talk, see? Youse Frogs come over here and don’t learn to talk Amer- ican, but pass out this high-hat la-la talk, but that don’t rate with me, see? You're in a real white man’s country now, Bud, and don’t forget boy, I want some How about the rest of youse folks? Something Else Again ILL HAYS looks after the morals of the movies, don't he?” “Yeah.” “Well, didn’t he used to do somep’n for the Republican party too?” “Yeah, but it wasn’t that. somep’n else.” It was comicbooks.com