Life, 1928-08-02 · page 17 of 36
Life — August 2, 1928 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Main Cartoon (top):** A satirical scene of a woman's farewell to her mother at what appears to be a social gathering. The caption—"Goodbye—Mother, dear—bon voyage—and I hope you get a nice divorce"—jokes darkly about divorce as a casual, expected outcome. This reflects 1920s-30s anxieties about rising divorce rates and changing social norms around marriage. **Sidebar Cartoons:** Include humorous anecdotes about Scottish drinking culture and radio noise complaints, plus a section on "The Umps" discussing baseball umpires, specifically noting Charles Rigler's long career as a league arbiter. **"Convexed Question" section:** A joke about Canadian geography, playing on the vast, remote nature of Canada to outsiders. The page uses humor to comment on contemporary social changes and domestic life.
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“Goodbye—Mother, dear—bon voyage—and I hope you get a nice divorce.” A CONVEXED QUESTION Contractor: Today we start building that roundhouse in Tanktown. Assistant: Great! Who's to lay the corner-stone? The Best Is None Too Good Sar the empty gin bottle to his com- rade labeled “Produce of Scotland”: “Say, big bottle, that feller who just drank from you is going crazy. He thinks he’s a whirling dervish. He smashed every glass in the place. He bounced a chair off the orchestra leader's head. He's now down on all fours, taking bites out of the furniture. He claims he’s going blind. What did you do to him, anyhow?” “It’s not my fault,” said the Scotch bottle; “I gave him the best that was in 3B | me. whos “When you see this map of a country of limitless distances, of untamed wilds, what do you think of ?” “Ginger ale!” AL a lage arbiter THERE ARE OTHERS Down in Nicaragua they call Uncle Sam “El Tio Sam.” At least, that’s one of the things they call him. “Does your radio make an awful chat- tering noise?” “Yes, it’s just like one of the family.” SPORTSMEN and SPORTS The Umps Tuere is an umpire in the National League who got his job by killing cattle in a train wreck. His name is Charles Rigler, and he's a good umpire, too, in spite of the popular slogan among ball players: “There are no good umpires!” Many years ago Rigler was a bush He was hopping from Grand Rapids to Fort Wayne and the passenger train on which he was riding left the rails and bi- sected a cattle train on the adjoining track, Only a few comicbooks.com