Life, 1928-05-03 · page 11 of 46
Life — May 3, 1928 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a contents/title page for *Life* magazine's "Burlesque Number." The page announces an upcoming serial called "Two Little Girls in Sucker Land" by Aimee Semple McPherson and Texas Guinan—two famous 1920s figures known for scandal and notoriety. **McPherson** was a controversial evangelist whose extravagant lifestyle contradicted her religious teachings. **Guinan** was a nightclub hostess famous for her "Hello, Sucker!" catchphrase, associated with Prohibition-era excess. The joke appears to be pairing these two notorious women as co-authors of a satirical serial, suggesting they represent different forms of American gullibility—religious exploitation versus nightclub hustlerism. The "Burlesque" designation indicates *Life* is mocking both women and the "suckers" they preyed upon. This leverages reader familiarity with these celebrities' controversial reputations.
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With Apologies t p splens * i pologies to @smnopolitan NEXT MONTH Starting a gripping new serial of love and adventure — “'Two LITTLE GIRLS IN SUCKER LAND’? By Aimée Semple McPherson and Vexas Guinan Contents e Burlesque of 1 e Number Nineteen Big Cfeatures The New Yorker Time Cosmopolitan (not to mention Hearst's International) Magazine i! ‘True Story Magazine The New Masses ‘The Saturday Evening Post folkge Hamer The Eclipse Lover's Weekly Arts & Decoration , Harper's Bazar Poetry—a Magazine of Verse , The Nation McCall's The Christian Herald Judge The American Mercury Collier's Scientific American Lariat Story Magazine Contributors to this issue include: Dorothy Parker, John Held, Jr., Robert Benchley, Marc Connelly, F. G. Cooper, Milt Gross, R. E. Sherwood, Henry William Hanemann, Norman R. Jaffray, Herb Roth, W. W. Scott, Perry Githens, Bernice Kenyon, Tupper Greenwald, Heman Fay, Jr., and Lejaren 4’ Hiller. comicbooks.com