Life, 1929-01-25 · page 16 of 36
Life — January 25, 1929 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page contains international news briefs with satirical commentary. The main cartoon shows a man and woman at what appears to be a jewelry counter—he's asking about a "diamond platinum choker" to keep a baby quiet. The satire mocks wealthy parents who use expensive gifts as substitutes for actual parenting. The "Life Abroad" section reports on various international incidents: a dynamite bomb at a Lisbon restaurant, Berlin's "Ever Loyals" organization releasing thugs who injured carpenters (dismissing it as a "prank"), and Bangkok authorities banning radios to prevent espionage. The humor derives from the absurdity and hypocrisy of these official explanations—treating serious crimes or security measures as trivial matters. A technical drawing shows a proposed "fifty-fifty cruiser" warship design for Congress, combining military and peacetime functions.
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Ss Headlines of the Week FRENCH CONGRATULATE BRIAND FOR PEACE PACT EFFORTS—KING ALEXANDER SEIZES DICTATOR- SHIP OF JUGO-SLAVIA—GERMANS STILL BOIL AT REPARATIONS RE- PORT—PRESIDENT OF NICARAGUA REVIEWS MARINES WHO HELPED AT ELECTION-TIME — BUTLER’S MARINE CORPS EVACUATES CHINA—MANUFACTURERS URGE PARLIAMENT TO GIVE THEM BET- TER TARIFF WITH DOMINIONS— REBELLION STILL ON IN AFGHAN- ISTAN. aoy 2y39IL ZIMAL & “T'd like to get something to keep th’ baby quiet.” “Yessir—how about a diamond platinum choker?” PARIS—Samuel Goldwyn, movie pro- ducer, interviewed by a Paris newspaper, said the qualifications essential for a film star were: . Personality, Love of Work, Imagination, Intelligence, a Sense of Humor, Youth, Modesty and Distinction. The only one we know with those quali- fications is Rin Tin Tin. PEKIN—The Rev. F. J. Griffith, of the Church of England mission at Tatungfu, has reported to the international famine relief that 17,000 women and girls of Suiyan have been sold for $100,000. Profi- teering again. LiffeAbroa PARIS—The Silverwings of Peace, an honor society of aviators, will offer its services to the League of Nations as a pacific flying corps to scatter peace tracts over countries where war is threatened. Gracious, won't they be busy! BERLIN—Berlin’s organization known as the “Ever Loyals” held a celebration when twenty members of the gang, said to be composed of only professional thugs, were released by local judges. The judges claimed that their affray with Hamburg journeymen carpenters, in which one man was killed and several were severely in- jured, could not be considered either a disturbance of the peace or an attempt at bodily injury, but only a willful prank. Boys will be boys. LISBON, PORTUGAL—The Journal of Commerce said that police found forty dynamite bombs in a res. taurant there. Someone must have been trying to attract the waiter’s attention, Mr. and Mrs. Jones go to a bridge party prepared to play North and South. BANGKOK—Radios are barred from Siam by law until the authorities deter. mine what sort of equipment is best. The measure was adopted to prevent extray- agance on the part of the people, the authorities declare. Any reason will do, Model of fifty-fifty type cruiser suggested to Congress for consideration. Front half turrets and fourteen-inch guns, rear with table and seating arrangements for peace committee. comicbooks.com