Life, 1929-03-29 · page 6 of 36
Life — March 29, 1929 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains humor pieces satirizing early 20th-century domestic and social life. The top poem "My Preferred Stock" jokes about a person climbing corporate/social hierarchy by getting jobs on "ground floors," with the punchline that they're now "in the cellar"—suggesting downward mobility despite perceived advancement. The dialogue exchanges mock domestic situations: a cook discussing job prospects after the "ice man" loses work (refrigeration was replacing ice delivery), and a husband caught in infidelity. The illustrated joke "Make yourself at home, Aunt Emma" depicts a woman making an unwelcome houseguest comfortable by literally stretching her bed to accommodate her, a visual pun on the hospitable phrase. The final section references tabloid journalism and Mexican politics, though specifics are unclear without broader context.
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My Preferred Stock got in on the ground floor— (Bought fifty shares from Hewitt) got in on the ground floor— (And goodness, how I rue it!) got in on the ground floor— (I'd like to kill that feller) got-in on the ground floor And now I'm in the cellar! ALL. L. First Cook: What do you do with yourself now that the ice man is out of a job? Seconp Ditto: Well, the man who collects installments on the electric re- frigerator aint such a bad sort! Another good mixer is the laundry. Frrexp: What did you do when you found out your busband was leading a double life? Wire: Oh, I redoubled. 1001 Things A Boy Can Make Remove all of the tobacco. Tue critic: Yes, the color is good; but aren't her calves a bit heavy? They Eat "Em Up Revision: All the tabloids love a lover. An all-secing Providence has come to the aid of humorists. Just as Cool- idge retired to private life, a Mexican revolution started. “Make yourself at home, Aunt Emma.” comicbooks.com