Life, 1929-02-15 · page 16 of 44
Life — February 15, 1929 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains two cartoons and an article titled "A King, Lr'd, May Be Nice, Sometime!" by E. S. Martin. The **top cartoon** shows a woman and man beneath a large tree shedding leaves, with the caption "Gosh, did they love in those days?" — likely satirizing nostalgia for romantic ideals of an earlier era. The **bottom cartoon** depicts actors on a stage with dialogue in balloons, captioned "To beat the coughers, the actors have their lines on balloons like the comic strips." This mocks Broadway theater-goers who cough during performances, forcing actors to resort to visible dialogue balloons (comic-strip style) to be heard. The accompanying **article** discusses the British royal family's popularity and suggests their presence might benefit Canadian-British relations, while joking about King George's recent illness.
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A King, Ltd, May Be Nice, : Sometime! By E. S. Martin Tue British are planning a great celebra. tion of the recovery of King George. They like King George and with reason, be. cause he is a faithful and industrious mon. arch, who works twelve or fifteen hours a day on tasks, many of them tiresome, the performance of which benefits or amuses the country. But besides liking King George as a man, the British like a King. The royal family is popular in that country, more so than in any other, It is a part of the ritual of British government. It is not expensive beyond the means of the British nation and it makes a lot of entertainment for them and perhaps it is, or seems to be, a little something between them and the will of the majority at any given time. If our majorities keep on afflicting us as much as they have done in the last ten years, we may sometime look about for a King to be, not so much our mon- arch as our buffer, and possibly we could arrange with the British for some skilled attention from the family whom they em- ploy. That would delight some of the Canadians. Just at the moment it does not seem imminent, but this is a time of cooperative impulse when some of the un- likeliest things contrive to get done. Certainly a royal family is a fine thing for picture papers. When King George was so ill, the royal family of Great Britain were to be seen day after day on the froat pages of our newspapers. There was com j ment on it as showing an unexpected in- terest in the institutions of our cousins. Punch remarked that interest, and found in it ground to express something like regret at having spoken sassy about us a little while ago. When a royal family can bring to light evidence of affection between two con siderable nations who are over apt t chaff one another, that is really a useful service. Statesmen on both sides have tried to do it and without much luck, but King George takes sick and suddenly and quite naturally it is done. In ordering all parked cars towed |out of the Broadway district Commis sioner Whalen proves that he is a good detective. He may find the man who killed Rothstein hiding under one of the parked cars. (tt) |. Zz Apvice to John Gilbert—don't To beat the coughers, the actors have their lines on balloons like the comic strips. reach for a Swede. comicbooks.com eos