Life, 1929-03-08 · page 9 of 44
Life — March 8, 1929 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate humor pieces: **"A Song for Music"** - A sentimental poem by Morrit Bishop celebrating music and memory, with no satirical intent. **"A Talking Drama"** - A brief comedic dialogue about a man named Pete getting married, with his friend making a joke about breaking in a "boy-friend" before sitting down—likely implying homosexual innuendo. **"Theme Songs"** - A joke about a woman dreading her thirty-fifth birthday, playing on period anxieties about female aging. **The Frigidaire Advertisement** - Shows a mechanical ice-box costume character, satirizing modern appliances by depicting them as inhuman replacements. **The Cartoon** - A domestic scene showing a woman asking to borrow sugar from a neighbor, a mundane social interaction rendered as comedy, possibly satirizing suburban domesticity or women's domestic roles.
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A Song for Music Ah, Mem’ry! How thou waft’st us The happy times of yore! And glitt’ring joy still laughs ’t us Or ere it c’er is o'er; And we reliv’st the Heav'n Of frol’cking days long hence; To me to kiss thee is giv’n As Mem'ry’s nec’ss’ry pen'nce. Heav'n bless the bless’d’st winter Thou'st bring’st_ of memories; And Heav'n bless the printer Who makes *’s. Morris Bishop. A Talking Drama “So Pete is married?” “Yeah. He faw down an’ go groom.” H1\zet—My dear, can you be com fortable in that modernistic chair? Myrtte—Oh yes, but I always put a boy-friend in it before I sit down. Theme Songs Tt seems to me it would be more ap- propriate if some of these movies had lullabies for theme songs. Sue: Goodness, I shudder at the thought of my thirty-fifth birthday. Sue: Why, what happened on your thirty-fifth birthday? “Ma wants to know The new Frigidaire with sex appeah which can she borrow a cup is guaranteed to compete with any ice-man, of sugar? comicbooks.com