Life, 1928-04-19 · page 32 of 43
Life — April 19, 1928 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects brief humorous anecdotes and cartoons mocking social folly. Key items: **"Freedom of Speech"**: A man is struck for cursing before a woman, calls police, but the confused officer tells *everyone* to "shut up"—satirizing how authority figures mishandle situations and fail to grasp context. **Dress jokes**: An Englishman wears loud clothing to breakfast; an American host objects. The satire targets British eccentricity and poor fashion judgment. **"Between Dances"**: A woman asks if another would be hurt by whisky; the response "not by a long shot" plays on both drinking tolerance and double meaning. **Roman Warrior/Motorist cartoons**: These mock obsolete thinking (reusing chariot blades) and reckless female drivers who blame police for speeding tickets. The page satirizes pretension, foolishness, and social incompetence across classes and nations—typical of Life's early 20th-century humor format: brief, punchy jabs at contemporary behavior and stereotypes.
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Freedom of Speech Iw the crowded noon hour, within our - hearing a man struck another for saying, = 5 - di | in .the presence of the former's wife, j “Aw, fer blankety-blank!” The profane gentleman, thus chastised, called a mounted policeman, Several persons, in- cluding the insulted wife, tried to ex- plain to the officer the outrageous epithet that had been used. “Aw, fer blankety-blank,” said the con- fused cop, “will y° all shut up a minute?” —New Yorker. Indignaat Wife: avst uke you AND YouR LACK oF INTELMGENCE! gust BECAUSE YOU PEEL TOO WARM, YOU WOULD GO AND CHOOSE TO TAKE OFF YOUR me OVERCOAT OUTSIDE THE DOOR OF A PAWNE ER's SHOP, WHEN EVERY one Is LooKING! —Humorist (London). What to Wear for Every Occasion a oust te dik eNO WETIOW, Ay Englishman with rather bizarre EMIS EARS.” ideas of dress was visiting at the home ikingen (Oslo). of an American, and when he appeared _ one day at the breakfast table clad in = MoiherUlwatalSets We Stage unusuaily loud apparel his host candidly dy said: Miss Nancy Ann Miller survived “Great grief! 1 wouldn't wear that remonies and is now the wife of suit to a dog fight r Rao, the: big outdoor spectacle ‘To which the Briton replied: : i 7 were going to cme to a dog fight.” Interlude,” except that there were no side Bes roséallle Times: remarks allowed. —H. 1, Phillips, in New York Sun. Between Dances a “Mas. Perexty, do you think Virginia Pris eat of erperienee ‘ would be hurt by a little nip of this BS ous PeUUISE whisky?” mever-happened to ey ote id “MISERABLE WreTcit! YOU ARE GOING Cuaverox: Not by a long shot. —Farm and Fireside. To —~Yale Record. PATIENCE, MY DEARS WAIT JUST A , te Loxcer—T. ne com pct self,” says ndicate writer. Gosh! ratieyT” many crimes are committed is landscape Who wants to?—Toledo Blade. —Le Petit Blew (Paris). gardening.—Ohia State Journal. Policeman "AD ME EYE ON YOU FOR SOME TIME, MISS Roman Warrior: say, OLD MAN, WHAT DO YOU DO WITIE Lady Motorist (archly): on, constante! sust rancy! YOUR USED CIHARIOT-BLADES? AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE PULLING ME UP For spErDING! —Passing Show (London). —Tatler (London). i comicbooks.com