Life, 1928-06-07 · page 48 of 54
Life — June 7, 1928 — page 48: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and humor columns**, not political cartooning. **Main Content:** The Chris-Craft boat advertisement dominates, claiming that anyone who can drive a car can operate their mahogany speedboats ($2,235–$9,750). It targets affluent families seeking luxury and leisure access to waterways. **"Thoughts While Shaving"** is a humorous column by Robert Lord—stream-of-consciousness rambling about morning grogginess, silly jokes, and random memories. It's light satirical commentary on everyday absurdity, not political. **Side jokes** include: - A dark children's rhyme about Mary's lamb being shot by a sportsman - A quip about the Pulitzer Prize and Japan's multiple warring Chinese governments (referencing 1930s Sino-Japanese conflict) - An advertisement for a party-planning book featuring celebrities like W.C. Fields The page reflects 1930s American consumer culture and leisure, with humor aimed at affluent readers. There's no coherent political argument—just period advertisements and light comedic content.
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46 LIFE Anyone who can drive a car can drivea Chris-Craft CHRIS-CRAFT All-Mahogany Runabout can be driven moderately or made to vie with the wind in speed. It can be driven long distances, at high speed, for many hours, without fatigue. Women and children can drive a Chris-Craft. All ages enjoy its complete security and riding comfort. Think what a Chris-Craft would mean to your family ! Access to the waterways of the world—thrills, luxury, convenience and comfort. Now that volume production has brought Chris-Craft prices lower than those of a quality automobile, there is no need for any family to be without one. Write for a copy of the Chris-Craft catalog. CHRIS SMITH & SONS BOAT CO. 206 Detroit Rood + + Algonac, Michigan New York Factory Branch, 153 West 31st St. at 7th Ave. Loft Ahris-Craft $2235 to $9750 THE WORLD'S LARGEST BUILDERS OF ALL-MAHOGANY RUNABOUTS Thoughts While Shaving We L, once more here's this funny face looking at me in the mirror. Funnier- looking in the morning than at any other time, if possible. Mornings should be abolished. You could make a fortune if you'd invent some way to abolish morn- ings and start the day at about five o'clock in the afternoon. But night watchmen do that anyhow and nobody in his right mind would want to be a night watchman. Sull, they get paid for staying up all night. I stay up all night and have noth- ing to show for it except a lot of empty gin bottles. Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest, yo, ho and a bottle of rum. My grandfather has a wooden leg. That's nothing. My grandmother has a cedar chest. Terrible. I, didn’t realize that I knew any jokes as awful as that. They all though it was a joke when the waiter spoke to me in French. Wouldn't it be great to be in Paris? Oh, to be in Eng- land now that—what was the name of that cute little English girl Joe introduced me to? She seemed to like me. Bet she wouldn't like me if she could see me with lather all over my funny pan. Robert Lord. Derinition of a real he-man: One who takes his yeast straight. ANOTHER ONE ON MARY Mary had a little lamb— Now she hasn't got it— A city sportsman came alon And accidentally shot it. W\ Tue Pulitzer prize for something. or-other goes to the person who can gy which one of sixteen different Chines 4 governments the Japs are at war with SS Never mind about that mous. trap: just plant grass seed, and see how quickly the world wears a path to you come to the aid of Your Party? BROUN ) ec Mitt Gross Goweerc &) One Nights with America’s Gayest Party Throwers. A few of the others who con- tributed are: Frank Crown- inshield, W. C. Fields, Rob- ert Sherwood and Marion Davies. *What’ll We Do Now?” is published by Simon anpScnusa 7 37 W. $7 St. NYC and is the only ern answerto tbat! modern problem keeping the parv ¢ full cry. Your seller has the sect $1.90 Ss favorit BENCHLEY | =. it out; é choice JOHN HELD JR. © | + Hay In the new book, “What'll We Do Now?” compiled by Messrs. Longstreth and ie Holton,these five“'convivials” *y (and scores of others equally Wal brilliant) trot out their In r favorite games. Atlast Amer- ‘Se ica’s gayest party throwers | wild come to the aid of your party. les The result is A Thousand and Dep comicbooks.com