Life, 1928-08-23 · page 23 of 36
Life — August 23, 1928 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **social gossip and humor columns** from Life's "New York" section, plus two cartoon jokes. The main content is lighthearted commentary on East Coast society—references to summer colonies, social registers, and prominent figures like Henry Canby (editor) and William Lindsey White (running the Emporia Gazette). A recurring joke mocks radio broadcasting's impact on boxing attendance (Tex Rickard's complaint). The **top cartoon** titled "Jun-ior!" shows a man looking at what appears to be a ship's interior with crowds, illustrating a gossipy note about the Queen and King visiting like "any other married couple." The **lower cartoon** depicts two figures on what looks like a boat or ship rigging with the caption about preferring blondes versus marriage—a play on the famous saying "gentlemen prefer blondes." The **"Choosy" section** contains brief jokes: one about exclusive dating preferences, and another about a night-club waiter miscalculating his golf score. The humor targets upper-class leisure activities and social pretensions typical of 1920s-30s American satirical magazines.
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Race to Santander, Spain, writes home to his folks that when the Queen and her husband, the King, came on board the “Nina” they acted just like any other married couple. ‘The new social register, which is a pleasing looking volume of red with the Old Stone Mill on the cover, is having a considerable sale among those with their names in it, who are Iegiog. Even folks in Jamestown and Narragansett Pier are included way over in the back. **The girls of the summer colony have now started leaving off their stockings as well as almost everything clse except their lipstick. “It costs nothing to get your name bere and is well worth it.—Adet. Lloyd Mayer. New York Ast Tratn is up at Bar Harbor in ye old Pine Tree state. ***Anthony Adams of near Lyons Plains, Conn., is going in for pedestrianism. “**The only cinch election bet we know is that our next Gov. won't be an im- provement on A, E. Smith. ***Tex Rickard of here says the radio hurts fight attendance, so he is against “Jun—ior!” broadcasting. We are no radio fan either. The best thing about the radio, say we, is Agnes Smith's remarks in re same. ***Henry Canby and. Henry Noble MacCracken are at their place at Yelping Hill, Conn. A visitor who thought the place was named on account of the noise the children made in the daytime says at night it ought to be called Sleepy Holler. « William Lindsey White is running the Emporia Gazette in his father’s ab- “Oh, I know gentlemen prefer blondes, but I'd rather get married.” sence, and he runs it pretty much in his Presence, too. ***It is almost impossible to open a win- dow on the New Haven road's smokers, especially on the 7:54 from Bridgeport. “It takes a pair of jacks to open,” was the comment of Henry Souvaine, the First Wit of Southport, early last Mon- day a. M. ***°The town is filling up with out-of- town buyers and our bonifaces report business as good. ***We are opposed to having a world’s fair here in 1932, though meaning no dis- respect to the Father of His Country. But if we had a fair it would close up some more streets during construction and tear up others and things are bad enough that way already. F. P. A. CHOOSY “I tHoucHT sure Jim would marry one of the twins.” “No, he said if he couldn't have an exclusive model he wouldn't have any.” A nicut club waiter once added up a column of figures and got a sum that was less than the correct total. He was computing his golf score. comicbooks.com