Life, 1929-04-26 · page 7 of 36
Life — April 26, 1929 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief humorous sketches and one-liners typical of Life's satirical humor: **"Love in Chicago"** mocks domestic life—a woman married a gangster for his "cunning little ways." **The movie writer exchange** satirizes Hollywood's formulaic storytelling, where writers struggle to create dramatic subtitles for mundane situations like mortgage notices. **The clothing rack cartoon** shows a salesman trying to sell undersized coats, with a joke about accommodating the customer's size. **"Excavating this street again?"** jokes about perpetual street construction and missing steam shovels—likely referencing Chicago's constant infrastructure work. **The remaining quips** target women's tabloid culture, dental hygiene advertising, gender roles ("woman's place is in the tabloids"), and banking fraud. The page represents early 20th-century American urban humor: cynical about marriage, Hollywood, commerce, and city life.
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Love in Chicago “Why on earth did you marry that gangster?” “Because I liked his gunning little ways.” First Movie Watter—Now, think boys, think—how shall we sub-title the scene where the poor old father gets notice that the mortgage is due? Seconp—I have it! I have it! How’s this? Came the Dun... The wedding march is a beautiful piece of music, but it is a bit too slow to hum while washing the dishes. Then there was the chorus girl who couldn't read a note, so she took it to her lawyer who taught her how to play Old Man River for everything he was worth. Gat—What do you do? Gey—I'm a hack writer. Gau—So'm I. Let's hire one now and go for a ride in the park. “What! again?” “Yes, the contractor is a former sur- geon, and it seems that three steam shovels are missing.” Excavating this street “The Jones Law? A very fine law, sergeant—a splendid law, indeed!” 5 Savesman: Couldn't you take a slight- ly smaller size, sir? “Oh, no—this is Okay—it’s for me brother.” (os Our idea of an ideal office arrange- ment is to have the door to the Presi- dent's office marked “Push”, and the doors to all of the seventeen Vice- Presidents’ sanctums marked, “Pull”. “My what big teeth you have, grand- mother,” said little Red Riding Hood. “The better to make the tooth-paste ads, my child,” retorted her foxy grandma. Nowapays—A woman's place is in the tabloids. He: Well, I camphor you. Sue: Yes, you camphor me bottle not go! Imogene, the imbecile, thinks that palsy is something that they put around steaks for decoration. Then there was the Scotchman who needed money so badly he drew some out of the bank. comicbooks.com