Life, 1919-09-25 · page 9 of 40
Life — September 25, 1919 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two separate satirical cartoons from Life magazine. **Top cartoon**: Shows a group of men in business attire in an office setting. The caption reads "ENTER THE MAN WHOSE YOUNGEST CHILD IS ALWAYS SAYING SUCH CUTE THINGS," satirizing a common social type—the father who constantly boasts about his children's precocious remarks, apparently annoying his colleagues. **Bottom cartoon**: Depicts a domestic scene with a bride and bridegroom. The caption has the bride saying she's "always breaking something," and the bridegroom asking why she doesn't get their wedding presents washed. This jokes about newlywed domestic expectations and the bride's clumsiness or carelessness with household items. Both are gentle social humor typical of Life's satirical approach to everyday American life and manners.
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The Bride: The Bride: 3ET, YOU'RE ALWAYS BREAKING WHY DON'T YOU GIVE HER SOME OF OUR CUT-GLASS WEDDING PRESENTS TO WASH? Let Him Alone! CCORDING to the New York Tribune, which sometimes pub- lishes reliable information, Mr. Me- Adoo is likely to be fined for traveling with his family on railroad passes. Mr. McAdoo, it may he recalled, was at one time director of railroads. He resigned his job because he couldn't afford to live on his salary, Since then, the Tribune says, he has been traveling on railroad passes, and is liable to a fine of from one hundred to two thousand dollars. But hasn't Mr. McAdoo had trouble enough already without being bothered with a technicality like that? Moder RUG CLERK: How was that last bottle of perfumery, madam? Mrs. Dimpteton: Best [ ever drank. comicbooks.com