Life, 1917-02-22 · page 35 of 42
Life — February 22, 1917 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with one satirical column**. The main content is "Our Pessimist"—a cynical humor column offering bite-sized observations about human nature. Examples include: "Life's comedy is that we become old without being able to help it" and "It's very dangerous to kiss. You either end by marrying one or never." The advertisements include Dunlap & Co. hats, Horlick's Malted Milk, and the Ampico reproducing piano (which could play recorded performances). At the page bottom, a brief joke plays on the phrase "loose-leaf system": when a man asks if it's a "comparatively modern idea," his companion jokes that Adam and Eve had it too—because "their clothes made on that system" (i.e., fig leaves, which are loose). The satire targets middle-class life, vanity, and social anxieties typical of 1920s Life magazine humor.
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