Life, 1928-12-07 · page 15 of 64
Life — December 7, 1928 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a sketch titled "Hunting Big Game" depicting a winter forest scene with what appears to be a dog or animal in snow. The main text story, "His One Night Out," describes a domestic dispute. A husband named Kris consults old man Kringle about Christmas gift lists. His wife suspects he's planning a trip without her. Kris defends himself against accusations of infidelity, insisting he's "not too Look. Look at this!" The story satirizes marital tension and suspicion around holiday gift-giving and time away from home. A Christmas acrostic poem by Norman R. Jaffray appears on the right side, a lighthearted verse spelling out seasonal references. The humor targets ordinary domestic squabbles rather than political issues.
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Qua sistasGssGta LI PE RL Hunting Big Game His One Night Out “Kaus,” said his wife to old man Kringle, “my suspicions are confirmed by the cover of this Christmas magazine which came this afternoon.” Kris looked up from a late batch of Christmas lists. “What suspicions, my dear?” he inquired, his ruddy complexion turning a trifle ruddier. “That you don’t only visit the little children upon your annual trips, as you’ve Ye telling me all these years,” said his ic. “Don’t be ridiculous!" exclaimed Kris, bending again to the lists before him. |i “I'm rot. Look at this!” She held up the magazine, upon the bright cover of which was Kris Kringle to the life. He was shown standing before a fireplace as he gazed at a beautiful girl dozing in a large chair. She had evidently fallen asleep while disrobing for bed. But the artist had not been too sketchy in indi- cating this fact. The girl was not too ade- quately clothed, and her pretty legs, crossed at the knees, still were enclosed in their silken sheaths. The picture was titled: “Santa Claus finds Two Stockings Already Full.” “Oh, piffle!” remarked Kris, giving the Reute a quick glance, “That's noth- ing but some fool artist’s imagination!” His wife put down the magazine. “All right—maypbe it is,” she said, “but just the same, this year I’m going on the trip with you.” Fred B. Mann, A Christmas Acrostic C is for candles that set things on fire; H is for holly (gets drier and drier); R is for reindeer, a myth for the small; I is the ice that we sip on and fall; S is for Santa, with whiskers so white; T is the trousers that fit him too tight; M is for mistletoe—come and get kissed! A is Aunt Alice, who tied it and missed. S is the sap who composed this acrostic: Norman R. Jaffray. (And isn’t he caustic?) — Page 29 comicbooks.com