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This page combines travel advertising with entertainment listings and a humorous sketch titled "At the Fights." **Main Content:** The large illustration advertises Scandinavian cruises via the Hamburg-American Line, featuring a Viking ship and Nordic imagery—appealing to early 20th-century Americans' fascination with exploration and exotic travel. **"At the Fights" Sketch:** This satirical dialogue captures working-class spectators at a boxing match, likely ethnic immigrants (suggested by names like "Hubert," "Abe," and "Annie Laurie"). The humor derives from: - Crude, rapid-fire dialogue with dropped g's and slang - Betting disputes and financial stakes - The contrast between their passionate engagement and refined boxing terminology - References to heavyweight champions and ringside drama The satire mocks both the spectators' uncouth behavior and boxing culture itself, a popular but often criticized sport. This reflects Life's tradition of gently lampooning American working-class entertainment and immigrant communities through caricature and dialect.

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It’s the land of the Vikings! A world of breathless beauty — of picturesque fjords, foaming waterfalls, awesome glaciers. S. S. RELIANCE takes you there in luxury. To Iceland, Spitzbergen, Norway, The North Cape and the Scandinavian Capitals. Follow the pathways of the great explorers—as far as the gleaming Ice Barrier. Leave New York June 30. Cruise 35 days —and you have a lifetime's perfect mem- ories. The moderate cost will delight you, too! Write for interesting details. Six short cruises—from 18 to 26 days— will be made from Hamburg by the ‘‘RESOLUTE ‘OCEANA"’ and “ORINOCO.” HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE United American Lines, Inc., General Agents 28 Broadway, New York Branches in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, ‘San Francisco, Montreal, Winnipeg, or Steamship or Tourist Agents, ASK FOR THEM BY NAME Reddy Tees last longer. Made in one piece of tough white birch, they are hard to split or chip. Sold everywhere. Red or yellow. 18 for 25c. Be sure you get the original and genuine “ AH! trunks. ris, and Abe’ll take the other half.” $ Ya big bum! er left, notcha chin!”... Hubert. There are several women “Yah! At the Fights Sock him, ya big goof! understand. All of them that weigh Knock his teet’ out. Kill him!’ — ovér a hundred and forty pounds are -+-“How do they know which of called heavyweights. Is that right, them has won, Hubert?”...‘Thirty Hubert?”...“If these are ringside to twenty on the boy in the green seats, I’m Annie Laurie.”... You take half the bet, Mor- Nice goin’, Red. Moider the big bum!”...“Oh, Hubert, he’s hurting Lead wit’ him! I can't look.”. . .““Hey ! Quick, ‘Oh, look, listen, Abe. It’s very important— three to one he knocks him out—for here, aren’t there?”...“Seven and a a hundred berries. Do you take it?” half to nine that Bozo don’t go the ! G'wan, fight an’ quit stall- whole distance with Kid Goldfarb. You want it, Abe?”...“Oh, now I _ like this?” Lubert, is ice hockey much EG tlenidGuey Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, readers should verify from the daily newspapers the continuance of the ai- tractions at the theatres mentioned below, More or Less Serious American Laboratory. 222 Fast 5 “Martine,” from the Prench. Direct slavsky, and starring a Robert E. apple tree in bloon € season's final p Civic Repertory. Fourteenth Gallienne and her company keeping work of providing drama for drama-loven at undramatic prices. Six excellently done plays this week. Sce daily papere tor list. ‘i Coquette. Maxine Filiott's—This cynical od town still weeping nightly with He the tragedy of deep young love g Dracula. Fulton—A horror play Bram Stoker's famous novel. A rea The Furies. — Shuberi—La superb acting, in a less than supert demonstrates the unfailing law of compensa Interference. = Lycenm—Lonk Very polite—and all that —but King Henry V. Ham. keeping Shakespear The Ladder. Cort—A pr reincarnation. | Free seats an The Mystery Man. Bayes—N; way of the other. Playing at Love. Republic—To be later. Saturday's Children. Forrest—Lo budget. With Ruth Gordon, as the y winning out on all counts. The Scarlet Fox. Masque—Sergeant “Mounted” pursues his m 1 in in this new W. Not so bad. fo.the, Silent Ho of the seaso cril’s subtle invest relationships. Lyna Fontan The Trial of Mary Dugan. ? Harding in the box and Rex C atte ‘brother reconstruct a th: Story in the courtroom. Comedy and Things Like That And So to Bed. Bijou—One of Mr. Pepys’ wild oats. A bit of amorous dalliance that didn't get into the Diary The Bachelor Father. Belasco—A time in a very mixed-up family. J rey Kerr are the high § comedy The Behavior of Mrs. Crane. Far! ( As the woman who bargains for a husban garet Lawrence manages to insert some ch. a rather silly play. Burlesque, Plymouth—Back-st2 burlesque wheel, with some very fin Robin. Booth—Murd and Beatrice Herford in in speech. A good buy. The Command to Love. Longacre—Dip! goes amorous. Mary Nash and Basil Rat in a delightful and shocking comedy life in Madi Frcess Bagrage. Rit love nthe MV ALE spectacular finale, The Ivory Door. Charles Hopkins—This fimsy—or whimsey, or whatever it is—of M A. A. Milne’s will do nicely if you still believe ia fairies March Hares. Little—Interesting satire 09 temperament, for those who don't ask for too much coherence in their drama, Our Betters. Henry Miller's—Mr. Maugham’s smartly bitter comedy, with Ina Claire to make it even smarter. Paris Bound. Music Bor—Madge Kenely against the always debatable question—ehat about forgiving your husband? Sophisticated comedy of manners. The Play’s the Thing. Blinn in a trifle by Molnar. and very risqué in others—but gentleman. (Continued on page 34) comicbooks.com for so fas ins di sic cg