Life, 1929-05-10 · page 4 of 44
Life — May 10, 1929 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not satire or political commentary**. The left side features a full advertisement for Manoir Richelieu, a luxury hotel at Murray Bay, Quebec, emphasizing French architecture, golf, swimming, and 300 guest rooms. The right side contains "Life's Little Ironies," a **humorous domestic anecdote** (attributed to Robert Lord) about marital finances. A wife defends herself against her husband Ed's accusation that she's overdrawn their bank account, detailing recent expenses and arguing she couldn't possibly be overdrawn. The accompanying illustration shows what appears to be a couple discussing household matters. This represents typical early-20th-century *Life* magazine content: advertisements mixed with light humor about middle-class domestic life, rather than political satire. The "irony" is the wife's defensive, detailed explanation of spending.
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The Superb New MANOIR RICHELIEU AtMurrayBay, Quebec, (anada MBODYING the best tradition of French E architecture, this magnificent fireproof structure is situated in the heart of the Grand Seigneurial country of Quebec Province, over- looking the great St. Lawrence river. No hotel can boast more restful or more romantic setting. No part of the world can claim more invigorating, life-giving air or more mellow sunlight. With its beautiful golf links, large swimming pool, tennis courts, and stables of thorough- bred saddle horses, it offers unlimited oppor- tunities for the enjoyment of outdoor sports. The New Manoir contains three hundred double rooms, each with private bath. For full particulars, rates, etc., apply to J. O. Evans, Manager of Hotels, 715 Vicrorta Sq., Montreat, P.Q. CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES Agents in the Leading Cities of the United States and Canada LIFE; Published Weekly by Life Publishing Company, $98 Madison Ave, New York, N.Y. Sobscription, sip rd Cine Matter New York, June 8, 1883¢ at New York Post Office, under act of March '3, 1879. Printed in U. S. A. Eat'd as 2nd Clase Life’s Little Ironies “I don’t care what you say. bank has made a mistake. ie overdrawn. I couldn't Possibly be. Why only last Thursday—or was it Friday—you remember, the day Frances gave the luncheon for Marie and you were furious because I didn’t get home to dinner until after cight, I remember distinctly giving Milly a check for thirty-seven dollars. That was what we lost the other night at bridge when we played Milly and Joe. Remember how you kept telling me that I was overbidding my hands and —Oh, don’t be so impatient. I'm trying to explain why the bank must have made a mistake. Well, anyhow, I gave her the check and I'm positive T had some money left in my account even after that. Because if I hadn't. the check would have come back and Milly would have certainly told me. She's not the type of woman to let a thing—Ed, you're so exasperating. How can I explain if you keep inter- rupting me? I haven't really spent any money for clothes this month and the grocery bill isn’t paid yet. And so I couldn’t have checked out more than a hundred and fifty or three hun- dred at the most. I usually know ex- actly how much I have in the account but my check stubs are a little bit mixed up since I lent Grace the moncy to buy that dress. Remember I told you she told me there was some delay about getting her alimony check and —I keep telling you, Ed, I don’t know exactly how much I have in the ac- count. But I’m positive I’m not over- drawn. And even if I am, it’s the first time I’ve done it in almost three months.” —Robert Lord. “But, my dear, that portrait of your husband is a@ great deal more than life size.” “Oh, we all know that—it’s merely the ste he thinks he is.” $5.00. Vol. 93, No. 2427, May 10, 1929. , Eat Ofice at Cleveland, Ohio. Ent’d as 2nd Clase Matter at the Post Office Dept., Canada. Copyright 1929, Life Pub. Co., in U. S., England and British Possessions comicbooks.com