Life, 1916-01-13 · page 36 of 44
Life — January 13, 1916 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **satirical humor pieces** rather than political cartoons. The jokes mock social pretension and marital dynamics of early 20th-century American life: **"A Just Complaint"**: A Red-Faced Lady demands her money back for a book she's already read. The shop owner notes his policy guarantees "satisfied customers"—she replies she's unsatisfied because she disliked the ending. The satire targets unreasonable consumer expectations. **"Making It Fit"**: Someone added the word "friends" to a deceased industrialist's epitaph that originally read "He did his best"—mocking how people dishonestly rewrite legacies. **"An Easy One for Newrich"**: A social climber's wife mistakes "éclat" (brilliance) for a dessert, and her husband suggests it's "chocolate à la." This ridicules nouveau riche pretension and malapropisms. **Other pieces** mock marital infidelity ("Tit for Tat") and class anxieties. The advertisements (Huyler's Chocolates, Bacardi, Detroit Springs) anchor this to consumer culture of the era. The tone is gentle mockery of American social aspiration and domestic life.
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