Life, 1913-06-05 · page 34 of 52
Life — June 5, 1913 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes humorous short jokes with advertisements. The central cartoon—titled "The Fat Is in the Fire"—shows two figures in distress, likely illustrating the idiom about trouble erupting. The surrounding jokes satirize early 20th-century social absurdities: a banker and musician haven't visited each other's professions in twenty years; someone identifies a Cubist painting by recognizing a man on horseback, defeating the modernist art movement's purpose; a salesman's wife causes shopping frustration by wanting everything she sees; and spouses suffer "alternate insomnia" by keeping each other awake. One joke mocks the era's celebrity culture—famous actors earning lavish sums ($1,000/week) while accomplished singers earn comparatively little ($200/night). The advertisements below promote The Ote-sa-ga resort hotel and Dean's Bon Voyage luxury gift boxes—period luxury goods for wealthy travelers. This juxtaposition of satirizing consumerism while advertising to consumers is characteristic of Life's approach.
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