Life, 1929-07-12 · page 46 of 48
Life — July 12, 1929 — page 46: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Main Advertisement:** A Marlboro cigarettes ad features Miss Betty Page Peren of Greenwich, Connecticut, who won third prize in a March 1929 Marlboro contest for "Distinguished Handwriting." The ad emphasizes cigarette quality ("Every Marlboro full, firm and round"). **Political/Social Cartoons & Humor:** The bottom cartoon depicts an Arab and Western traveler in a desert. The Arab prays for rain to end their thirst; the traveler cynically asks for Flit (an insecticide brand) to kill mosquitoes instead—satirizing Western materialism and priorities over genuine hardship. **"Jumping at Conclusions" Section:** A humor feature inviting readers to find absurd sentence fragments where magazine articles continue to other pages. Examples include: "Joseph Cohen's fish store is bombed in Chicago and he is continued on page 2"—creating dark comedy through accidental juxtaposition. **"Laws Have Odd Wording":** Excerpts from an 1849 constitution highlight accidentally ambiguous legal language, particularly one permitting weapons "except for the purpose of killing...a police officer"—presumably meant to exclude officers but grammatically problematic.
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Miss Bewty Pace Denn Greenwich Conn, THIRD PRIZE WINNER March, 1929 Marlboro Contest for Distinguished Matters _ G Gaqanetts Jo. Thome lRo Can Gi{end Qo* Jon Uv Bear Every Marlboro full, firm and round MARLBORO Created by PHILIP MORRIS & CO. LTD. INC. NEW YORK | “Take your spoon out of your cof- fee.” “What's the matter? Afraid it will rust?” —Harvard Lampoon. If baseball fans won't refrain from throwing things at the umpire it may be necessary to sell the refreshments in hot-water bottles—Detroit News. Smart Boy: Daddie, what do you call a man who drives a car? Fatuer: It all depends on how close he comes to me. —Answers. A bridge expert says a lot of card- sharpers live in Mexico. Yes, but not for long! —Passing Show. Arab: “Oh, Allah, send a generous shower of rain to quench our sunbaked thirst!” Traveler: “Yeh, and how about a shower of Flit to quench these damn mosquitoes!” —Adet. Jumping at Conclusions Note—When reading a story that breaks over to another page, include the “continued” line with the last line and see what you get. Lire will pay five dollars for each one printed, but remember other people read the same magazines you do and the first one in gets the five. Send them to the Conclusion Editor, Lire, 598 Madison Ave., New York. Conclusions must be clipped from newspaper or magazine. None will be returned. Continued from page 54 under a considerable mental strain. —Collier’s. Joseph Cohen's fish store is bombed in Chicago and he is continued on page 2, column 1. —San Francisco Examiner. And wine, and brandy, and more wine.” Continued on page 54. —Sunset Magazine. He was strictly temperate; he never continued on page 106. —Saturday Evening Post. “Heavens!” Miss Munn gasped, “that’s the first remark you've made that hasn't continued on page 75. —Saturday Evening Post. “Bess!” Hugh’s voice was gentle and lover-like. “I’m so sorry! I tried to get continued on page 14. —Detroit News. “I wonder at you!” she says to him. “No, I don’t, neither, when I think what continued on page 124. —Saturday Evening Post. Laws Have Odd Wording Excerpts of humorous nature from the constitution of 1849. The first one reads: “It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of horses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats and hogs to run at large.” “No one shall carry any dangerous weapon upon the public highway ex- cept for the purpose of killing a nox- ious animal, or a police officer in the discharge of his duty.” This would be a tough situation to get in: “When two trains approach each other at a crossing, they shall both come to a full stop and neither shall start up until the other has gone.” —Beverly Highlights. Tus Panton Paras Co, CLEVELAND comicbooks.com