Life, 1929-03-01 · page 28 of 36
Life — March 1, 1929 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects brief jokes and cartoons satirizing early 20th-century society. Key pieces include: **"The Palmy Days"**: References Broadway's transition to talking films, joking that actors will boast their voices "toured the country" with famous actor Barrymore—mocking the emerging film industry and actors' egos during cinema's sound revolution. **The cartoons** depict everyday absurdities: a typist prioritizing appearance over work; a householder with flu complaining about disruptions; a would-be robber merely delivering anesthetic (for a dentist's robbery); a dentist charging extra for chair damage from anxious patients gripping it. **"Testimonial"**: A guest refusing to endorse cigarettes, mocking celebrities' commercial endorsements. The page's humor targets workplace dynamics, medical practices, crime, and emerging consumer culture—reflecting concerns about efficiency, courtship, professional conduct, and commercialism typical of interwar America.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
26 The Palmy Days Broadway plays are to take the road as talking movies. Ultimately you will encounter the Broadway actor who will boast that his voice toured the country with Barrymore—New York Sun. Erriciency Expert: You are wasting too much time on your personal ap- pearance. Typist: It’s not wasted. I've only been here six months, and already I’m engaged to the junior partner. —Pearson’s, A man in a Paris prison spends most of his time composing poems addressed . to his wife. She has our sympathy in Housenowper (in the grip of flu): Adother sted her hour of trouble-—Humorist. ad I'll sdeexe ad vou! Everybody's Weekly Testimonial “Which is your favorite cigarette?” inquired the hostess, as she opened the humidor. “Sorry,” returned her prominent guest firmly, “but I’m not talking for publication this evening.” —American Legion Monthly. Cvusist: The gentleman, whose por- trait this is, has come and asked me to alter his nose a little. Frrenp: And that makes you cross? Cusist: No, but I can’t remember where I put the nose. —Buen Humor (Madrid). A young film actor was compelled by his producer to grow a mustache. We can imagine him in the morning , been triumphantly gazing into a mirror and Victim: Surely you are not going to rob me? exclaiming, “Came the down!” Footrav: Ho, no. Me mate around the corner does that, All I do is i deliver the anaesthetic! Passing Show London Opinion. First Younc Tuino: What is the Bf. 0ha'y | difference between learning golf and ; ACBL. \ motoring? SR f Seconp Younc Tune: In golf you hit nothing, and in motoring you hit everything. —Answers. Patient (showing bill): What's this extra half-guinea for? Dentist: For squeezing the arms of my chair out of shape. —Everybody’s Weekly. Back Number A Londoner took an American to see “Hamlet.” “You sure are behind the times here,” remarked the Ameri- can, “I saw this play in New York four years ago.” Smatu cuttp: Daddy, come and play blind man's buf? —Christian Register. Fatuer: No, dear. That's how I met mother. Humorist comicbooks.com