Life, 1917-09-20 · page 13 of 40
Life — September 20, 1917 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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**Top Image: "The Willowbys' Ward, 16"** This is a scene from a serialized story or comic strip. A police officer on a motorcycle speaks with two people in a car, while other figures observe. The caption indicates Molly is using diplomacy to persuade the officer that they weren't actually driving forty miles an hour—a speeding violation joke. The humor relies on the common situation of traffic stops and attempted excuses. **Bottom Content: "Man and the Superman" / "Dwellings and Homes"** A cartoon shows a man labeled "Democracy" being sprayed by a figure representing "Suffrage"—a reference to women's suffrage debates. The accompanying essay by Kenneth L. Roberts discusses the distinction between dwellings and homes, treating interior decoration and family harmony as markers of taste and domestic success.
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XUM THE WILLOWBYS' WARD. 16 BY EXERCISING A LITTLE DIPLOMACY, MOLLY PERSUADES THE OFFICER THAT HE MUST BE MISTAKEN ABOUT THEIR GOING FORTY MILES AN HOUR. Dwellings and Homes HE distinction between a dwelling and a home is a delicate one. Oftentimes a dwelling may be trans- formed into a home by removing a cut-glass epergne and a rubber plant, and replacitig them with a ba Again, the difference is more far-reaching, and a home cannot be ob- tained from a dwelling without teaching the owner of the dwelling that simplicity and comfort are more homelike than gaudiness and ostentation, and that an a pictures on the wall is to be preferred to a still sentation of three bai a dozen peaches and a hatful of bilious-looking plums. Bad taste is usually responsible for a dwelling, whereas good taste is the basis ence of fe repre- as, ha for a home. When a home is changed into a dwelling by a misunderstanding between a husband and wife, the hus- band and wife have lacked the good taste to understand AN, one another. MAN AND THE SUPERMAN Kenneth L. Roberts, comicbooks.com