Life, 1919-11-13 · page 14 of 36
Life — November 13, 1919 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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**Main Cartoon ("How Do You Spell 'Indescribable, Henry?"):** Shows a broken-down automobile with two women in distress on a rural road. The humor stems from the vehicle's decrepit condition making it literally "indescribable"—beyond words. This satirizes early automobiles' unreliability and the challenges of motoring in that era. **"Simple Solution" Cartoon:** Depicts a man confidently stating "He's a good listener" as the solution to a wife's talkativeness. This is straightforward domestic humor mocking male stereotypes—the implication being that tolerating excessive talking is a passive, rather than active, marital strategy. Both cartoons use visual humor to comment on contemporary frustrations: automobile failures and gender dynamics in marriage.
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Duck; HUH, 1 DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A TIGHT SKIRT TO WALK THAT WAY “See It Soar” ADVERTISE MENTS are often amusing, sometimes by intention; but who has seen one that was fun- nier than a mining company’s recent that pr a picture of Frederick A. Cook, President of the Company, Former Arctic Explorer,” and alongside in large type the legend, “Par Now. See It Soar’’? E thing is certain to come out of the Fiume coup. Gabriele D’Annunzio should be able to sell his poetry anywhere. “HOW DO YOU SPELL ‘INDESCRIBABLE,’ HENRY?" Transportation Beautiful HE business of building underground railways in highly-congested regions appears to be progressing London, New York, and Boston have successful subways. A tunnel under the English Channel from London to Paris is a coming achievement. In addition to the Hud son tube under the East River in New York, plans for another have just been accepted. But apparently no one has yet thought of tunnelling ountry, and why not? If so many people who ies prefer to travel underground, thus avoiding the sky and the sun and the air, why should they not do this in the country, where there is so much more of these things? Why not build an underground tunnel from New York to Kansas City; and if it is popular, to San Fran- cisco? By doing this, one could travel continuously for days without seeing anything. And there would still he the newspapers and magazines. Fiction HE successful author’s hero has humor, clever repartee, daring, cool nerves, athletic skill, magnetic presenc SIMPLE SOLUTION an insatiable thirst for adventure. “DOLSON’S WIFE IS AN AWFUL TALKER, HOW DOFS The successful author has none of these; he has: HE GET ON SO WELL WITH HER?” imagination. “HE'S A GOOD LISTENER.” comicbooks.combs