Life, 1928-11-09 · page 45 of 52
Life — November 9, 1928 — page 45: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct pieces of satire: **"People Don't Really Appreciate Her"** (dialogue by Lloyd Mayer): A witty sendup of backhanded compliments and social hypocrisy. Two speakers profess to *adore* a woman while simultaneously criticizing her for associating with "lowlifes" and men of "that type"—coded language suggesting men of lower social class. The satire exposes how people claim to appreciate someone while actively damaging her reputation through gossip, ultimately blaming *her* for the consequences of their own judgment. The repetitive, breathless delivery ("I mean," "do you know what I mean?") mocks affected upper-class speech patterns. **"Movie Mother Goose"** (by Walter J. Adams): A brief joke about Hal Roach, a prolific silent-film comedy producer known for churning out numerous short films. The gag updates the nursery rhyme to suggest Roach runs a factory-like operation employing vast numbers of performers—poking fun at Hollywood's industrial production methods. The San Francisco tourism advertisement fills the remainder of the page.
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“People Don’t Really Appreciate Her” He: I certainly admire her. I think she has a wonderful character, don’t you? Sue: My dear, I think she’s a perfect darling! 1 mean I simply adore her, do vou know what I mean? He: I'm awfully glad you like her so much because I think she’s a swell girl! Sue: Well, I'm certainly glad to hear you say so, my dear, because it shows you've got good taste. | mean loads of peo- ple don't really appreciate her at all! He: Don’t they? I thought she was pretty popular. . Ste: Well, I think she has an awfully good sme and all, my dear, but I wish she knew nicer men, do you know what I mean? He: Really? I thought most of her men friends were pretty good eggs. Sue: Well, 1 can’t understand it but she has loads of men friends that mother would actually never allow me to be seen with! He: Is that so? Sue: Well, | wouldn't want to say any- thing about it, my dear, but she seems to encourage all these /owlifes and what she sees in men of that type is simply beyond me because I think they're absolutely poisonous, do you know what I mean? He: It’s certainly too bad she hasn't more discrimination, Sue: That's exactly it, my dear. I mean itmakes me simply livid because of course people misjudge her when they see her rearing around with all these septic souggle-pups. He: That's too darn bad! Site: Isn't it, though? Gosh, I think it’s the /imit because I mean the result is she’s got the rep for being awfully sezfe be cause | mean men of that type are just after one thing, do you know what I mean? He: Yeah, you bet! Sue: But I honestly don't believe she realizes the consequences of letting men like that take her out and everything, my dear, because | mean she’s the most naive soul in the world only the whole trouble is | wish she wouldn't go barging round with the foul bimbos she does, my dear, because I mean the result is she hasn't any decent men friends and I mean | HON- cstly feel perfectly TERribly about it, my dear, because | mean I SIMply aDORE her and al!—I mean I ACtually DO! Lloyd Mayer. MOVIE MOTHER GOOSE Tuer was an old woman who lived in a shoe And had too many children; but she knew what to do. In spite of their numbers, she didn’t give a hang, For she got them all jobs with the Hal Roach gang. Walter J]. Adams. LIFE Fishermen’s Wharf beside the Golden Gate Always youll remember San Francisco— “There is a diabolical mystery to San Francisco”, Enrico Caruso once exclaimed, “this city of such excel- lent cafes!” To those who can look unmoved upon fairways green and radiant all winter; to those who can saunter without interest the streets of what O. Henry called “the Bagdad of the West”; to those who find no accu- racy in Charles Dana Gibson's de- scription, “a bit of Hongkong and Canton caught in a western frame"; to those who, gazing from San Fran- cisco’s windows, can behold nothing of Sicily in its blue Bay and nothing of Rome in its hills; to such as these, set stranded and forlornina city that has kindled even Mencken, there still remain— The cafes! Inrotisseries conducted by French- men of uncanny art, and supremely supervised by incomparable head- waiters; in Italian nooks and eyries devoted to tortellini and risotto a la Milanese; in restaurants Chi- nese, Russian, Hungarian, Mexican, and Californian, San Francisco can still be discovered as one of the most interesting cities in an otherwise standardized land. This, the next world metropolis on the international highway, is the ideal base for a tour of California in- cluding Yosemite (now easily access- ible in winter), the gay Monterey Bay region, and the age-old, evergreen Redwood Empire. This is also the ideal base for a tour of the entire Pacific Coast, of Hawaii, or of the Orient. All round-trip railroad and steam- ship tickets, routed via San Fran- cisco, grant a ten days’ stopover. Come this winter! No snow, no sleet. Bring your golf clubs, for the fairways are everywhere green. The city may also disclose important business opportunity for you. inCALIFORNIA “Where life is better” A very attractively illustrated book on SAN PRANCISCO will be sent to you, without charge, by Californians Inc. 4 public organization with nothing to sell. Send for your copy now. CALIFORNIANS INC., Dept. 1111,703 Market Street, San Francisco Send me the free book “SAN FRANCISCO” Name Address __ comicbooks.com