Life, 1928-05-10 · page 47 of 50
Life — May 10, 1928 — page 47: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of Life magazine's format: **"The Censors" cartoon** (by Tom F. Barry): Mocks film censors who obsessively remove "immoral" content from movies—particularly scenes of physical intimacy. The joke is that these self-righteous censors then request to view the deleted material "held up to the light," revealing their hypocrisy and prurient interest. **"Figure It Out"**: A humorous etiquette piece satirizing modern social conversation—whatever topic one chooses (business, personal life, children, gossip, or art) invites criticism. It reflects 1920s anxieties about social propriety and the impossibility of pleasing everyone. **Advertisements dominate the lower half**, including a Chris-Craft boat ad emphasizing affordable luxury ($1,995), and various other commercial pitches. **"Solicitude" and "Inevitable"** are brief humorous verses about parental worry and domestic interruptions. The page reflects 1920s concerns: film censorship debates, social conformity pressures, and consumer culture advertising.
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— | ._<—e make their wives skimp along with- out a cent!” “It's a damn shame, Joe, that’s what it is... Well, I've got to grab a taxi and get over to my place. . .Say, got a fiver you can spare until I see you at lunch? I know I had a five some- where in my pockets when I left home, bat I can’t seem to find it. ..Maybe I spent it.. .I dunno....Maybe I lost a ‘ “Sure! I'll have Miss Smith get it for you —she handles all the office funds....Miss Smith, draw a check for five and cash it right away for this gentleman, will you?. . ."Smatter, Miss Smith?...Here, now, what're you aying about?... You say our account is overdrawn a hundred and fifty dol- ls and you can’t figure out what's the matter?...Well, well!...Don’t feel bad about that, girlie!.. .Proba- bly you just forgot to keep track of some of the checks!. .. There now, just forget it....." Chet Johnson, THE CENSORS “Certain portions of that film were ar—in fact, some of it was z ly that part where the vil- lin tears off the heroine’s clothes! I positively shuddered!” “And, my dear, that part of it where nember it? It scarred me! Such “Not only on the lips. . .!” “But on the neck! “And on the arms! “And on the lower part of the throat!" “Ugh! “Ugh!” “But we made them delete it, didn’t “Very properly we did!” “Did you confiscate the objectionable parts?”” “Most assuredly!” “You did? Let's see how they look, will you?” “Sure, we can hold them up to the light!” Tom F. Barry. FIGURE IT OUT What should one really talk about? If you talk about yourself you're con- cited. If you talk about your business you're a “shop talker.” If you talk too Buch you're a bore. If you haven't any- thing to talk about you're uninteresting. If you talk about your baby or your club affiliations you're a Babbitt. If you tik about people you're a knocker. If You talk sweetly about a friend you're a bg-roller. If you talk about art you're abhighbrow, and if you don’t talk at all You're a high-hat! —New York Graphic. LIFE 1995 buys a VERY family can now afford the pleasure and con- venience of Chris-Craft ownership. Standardization May we send you this Booklet? Te contains the com- plete Chris-Craft story, with pictures of the eleven 1928 models, specifica- tions and prices. and volume production have brought the price of an eight-passenger, 30 mile-an-hour, All-Mahogany Chris- Craft as low as $1995. Forty-two years of experience in fine boat building, including the creation of ten consecutive Gold Cup winners, is reflected in the design of every Chris-Croft. In addition to the $1995 model there are ten others, |\ ranging in price up to $9750. Each a beautiful example \\ of the boat builder's art—staunchly made, generously '\ powered and luxuriously finished. CHRIS SMITH & SONS BOAT COMPANY 204 Detroit Road cyris Ooh \ abe New York Factory Branch = " Algonac, Michigan 153 West 3ist St., at 7th Ave. “Chris-Craft THE WORLD'S LARGEST BUILDERS OF ALL-MAHOGANY RUNABOUTS SOLICITUDE “Tirear are so many stories of missing girls,” said one of the more careful moth- ers of this neighborhood yesterday, “that I've told Betty she positively must be in not later than 3 a. at. or I'll be worried about her.”—Ohio State Journal, INEVITABLE As soon as day begins to dawn The meadow-lark starts singing. As soon as evening comes, a star— The angel's lamp—starts swinging. As soon as I am in the tub The telephone starts ringing! —M. M., in California Pelican, UMOROUL-ILLUSTRATION Rufeut Parregov Now you can enjoy a really up-to-date training in this attractive field, full of sparkle and dash—a radical departure and pleasant relief from old fashioned courses and antiquated methods | Pre- pare for a career in this delightful, well-paid profession. Write for free illustrated book, “The Last Word in Humorous Ilustration.”” The Russell PattersonSchool Michigan Ave. at 20th St., Dept. 5 CHICAGO, ILL, EUROPE $7.29 aay 200 All Expense Tours $195 up. Booklet Free. Mediterrancan and Scandins comicbooks.com