Life, 1929-03-29 · page 30 of 36
Life — March 29, 1929 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains multiple short comic gags typical of the era's humor format: **Top cartoon**: A couple argues about a Southern woman the husband introduced. The joke relies on regional stereotyping—the wife understood from the woman's accent ("fierce way she p'nouncin' her words") that she was Southern, implying Southerners had distinctive, recognizable speech patterns. **Other gags** include: an astronomer naming a star after his wife (implying she's dense), a mental patient finding the new doctor "like one of us" (suggesting the doctor belongs in the asylum), a wife discovering her husband's "hope chest" contained only socks he hoped someone would darn, and a motorboat wedding joke playing on absurdist humor. **Bottom cartoon**: A stranded couple in a car—the wife asks if the husband engaged the brakes, a practical domestic comedy about automotive anxiety. The humor reflects early automotive-era concerns and relies heavily on regional accents, gender roles, and marital dynamics as comedic subjects.
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“Dat gotl I innerdooced yer to wuz a Southerner.” “Yeh, I wuz wise to dat foist thing frm de fierce w p has o p'nouncin’ her —Texas Ranger. ££, wr@ls mei 1h) Astronomer (to Ais wife): My dear, congratulate me. I've discovered a star of hitherto unheard-of density, and I'm going to name it after you. v —Tit-Bits. iN) Patient (at lunatic asylum): We like you better than the last doctor. = New Doctor (flattered): How is ! that? e 1 Patient: You seem more like one of us. —Lustige Kolner Zeitung, Cologne. “At the student council last Saturday night my suspenders broke right in the middle of the floor.” 2 “And weren't you embarrassed nearly Wire (to new member of hunt): You're improving, to death?” dear! You've got home before your horse today. “Well, not very. My room-mate had —Passing Show. them on.”"—Oklahoma Whirlwind. Brive—My husband had a hope chest, too, before we were married. Netcusor—For mercy sakes! What was in Brive—A bushel of socks—he hoped some one would darn ‘em. —Montreal Star. A film actress was recently married on a motorboat. It is understood that she had never been married on a motor- boat before. —London Opinion. When the Mayor was three hours aaa 1 late the other day for an important appointment a New York editor de- Hussanp: Well, we can’t stay here all night. We must leave cided the time had come to list Jimmy the car. Come along. Walker under Civic Problems. Wire: One minute, dear. Are you sure you put the brakes on? —Detroit News. —Humorist. comicbooks.com