Life, 1928-10-12 · page 26 of 44
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The cartoon depicts a genie-like figure demonstrating a flying "magic stair carpet" to an Eastern potentate (the "Caliph"). The demonstrator promises the carpet will allow him to transport "wives and kiddies" easily—a joke playing on Western stereotypes of Middle Eastern harems and polygamy. The satire mocks both orientalist fantasies (magical flying carpets as Arabian Nights tropes) and Western assumptions about non-Western family structures. The humor relies on the absurdist contrast: solving the practical problem of transporting multiple family members through a fantastical solution, treating the "magic carpet" as a real product demonstration rather than mythology. The caption's exaggerated sales-pitch tone ("Behold, O Caliph!") parodies both carnival barkers and the period's patronizing Western attitudes toward the Orient.
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24 LIFE — ees that leaves the Democrats one vote and the Re- publicans $1000 ahead. ***Grove Hill Park in Newtonville could stand quite a lot of repairing. If Netcrtrorstooo News's. New York correspondent can get road building done in Connecticut, let's see what the power of the press can accomplish up this way. a Our new sport arena is practically fin- ished. They are going to call it the Boston Madi- son Square Garden, after New York's Madison Square Garden at 8th Ave, and soth St., if you <an follow us. ***John Coolidge is getting along nicely at his new job, according to reports from the day and night wires of the A. P., the U. P. and International News Service. In taking up railroading with the New Haven at $30 a week, John turned down a lucrative carcer as a cigar ette-indorser at $1500 a day. Neal O'Hara. MILWAUKEE “There is quite a nip in the air these days, but we don't believe there's a nip of anything else in town, %% Coach Frank Murray's Marquette University gridiron warriors will meet the Okla- homa A. and M. boys here tomorrow, while the following Sat. the locals tangle with the Holy Cross outfit down to Worcester, Mass. Press them fiercely, lads, is our encouraging cry! ***Mayor Dan Hoan is leaving for Ger- many on Oct. 28, where he will christen the new Hamburg liner, ‘*Milwaukee,"’ with a bottle of water from Lake Michigan. Those Ham- burgers over there will be surprised to sce a bottle of water Milwaukee, ch, Dan? Jan Hartnett, LOS ANGELES Prixce Geo., son of the king of Eng., was in town the other day, hobnobbing with movie folks but passing up local social lights, the City Hall crowd and the key to the city, His visit was strictly secret, so only readers of Neictreor- nooo News and the daily papers know about it. *°*The Warner bros. have put up some new stages that are supposed to be sound proof. They'll know for sure after Sophie Tucker starts warbling out there next month, «> Dr. Robt. A. Millikan of Pasadena is fixing to prove how creation is still taking place in the interstellar spaces. Have you got room on your vest for another Nobel Prize medal, Doc? ***Secretary McCracken, the gov't air chief, was here recently and struck everybody as a real able fellow. He said California leads the U. S. in aviation. «& WANT AD: (Business Opportunity) Will dispose of part interest in annual $200,000 deficit of Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, I hold exclusive “‘angel"* rights at present. Un- usual opportunity for right man. See W Clark, (im 2205 West Adams St. Wm. ]. Pringle, Jr. OTTAWA Birt Kine and his Associated Bowers (i.e., Cabinet Ministers—Eo.) are making their plans for heating the House of Commons with hot air again during the coming winter, as usual. ***Viscount Hardinge’s wife, who was née Margot Fleming of here, has gone to live in England with her husband whose folks have a place in those parts, England’s gain is Ota- wa's loss, say we, by way of extending our felicitations to the Vike and Mrs. Hardinge. Word reaches us from distant parts that Senator George Foster is expecting to lose his son Bunny, of Montreal, betimes, as Bunny has a date to get married during the next few weeks. **°T. Gorman, a local boy who used to sporting edit in these parts, has a good job managing the New York Americans hockey team of Madison Square Garden, N. Y., providing he can get himself some players, this winter. Leslie Roberts. Macic Carret Demonstrator: Behold, O Caliph! What you need magic stair carpet, so you can take the wives and kiddies along. NEW YORK Wit the next issue this dept. will cover local happenings much more fully than in the past, though many of our readers will think the a Herculean assigament. "&%* Geo. H. Lorimer of Philad’a had a birthday Sat'day, Oct. 6, many from N.Y making the pilgeimage to congratulate him, Gey packs a lot of stuff in our contemporary, the Saturday Eve. Post, but that may be because be used to work for P. D. Armour, who knew a lot about packing, too. ***Bob Simon and Lois Arno have new daughters, that is, respectively. The 1928 prize offered by this dept for the most beautiful teeth in town goes’ t Mrs. Matecl Howe Farnam of Gramercy Park the talented daughter of E. A. Howe of Potaty Hill, Atchison, Kan. *We have recd several fonts of new type and can give advertisers anything they de. sire in the way of display. Job work a spe. cialty.—Adet. Never a lovelier day than last Satur- day and our shops crowded with busy purchasers, “It’s a long road that has no traffic light," said Harold W. Ross, 34, of 25 Wes 45th ‘Street, early yesterday morning. Harold is an enthusiastic motor car passenger. «> If Neal O'Hara doesn’t see his name in this column this week he better change clip: ping bureaus, ***Several of our streets are being paved and several more ought to be ***New plays are being produced thick and fast these days, not so much the latter as the former. ‘A lot of us who get up at 6:30 these chilly mornings certainly miss daylight saving. How about it, Jack Hilder? & 436 years ago today Columbus discovered the U. S. A. F. P. A. Pawn sagen te a hundred yards of our comicbooks.com