Life, 1919-08-28 · page 32 of 40
Life — August 28, 1919 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three unrelated humorous items typical of *Life* magazine's satirical format: 1. **"Island Wedding"**: A joke mocking pidgin English and Hawaiian culture. A minister simplifies marriage vows using exaggerated, broken English ("You savvy this woman?"), treating the sacrament as a commercial transaction. The satire targets both the condescension toward Hawaiian islanders and the minister's crude pragmatism. 2. **"Safety First"** and related brief quips: Domestic humor about a wife's outdated skirt and marital banter—typical early-20th-century gender comedy with no political content. 3. **"How the Dentist Looks to Most of Us"**: An illustration showing a dentist as a working-class tradesman, likely satirizing public anxiety about dental work and class perceptions. The automobile advertisement at bottom promotes a Locomobile model as a "favorite" design. The page reflects *Life*'s era: racial caricature, domestic comedy, and modernization anxiety were standard fare.
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