Life, 1919-11-20 · page 11 of 46
Life — November 20, 1919 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon**: A social gathering where a man is warned not to repeat a compliment he made about another man's wife being "the handsomest woman in the room" — before that wife arrived. The joke satirizes gossip and social hypocrisy: the compliment becomes problematic once circumstances change, revealing how men's flattery is insincere and contextual rather than genuine. **"The Lacking Essential"**: A business dialogue where Platts asks Crerason if his new business is ready to start. Crerason has everything except "the consent of the union" — satirizing labor union power and their ability to block commercial enterprises regardless of other preparations. **"Progress"**: A poem by Hersey Allen contrasting Pittsburgh's past backwardness with its modern progress, noting how whiskey is now illegal (Prohibition era) and Washington's reputation has declined.
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i! | The Lacking Essential PLATts: Is Feyson ready to start his new business? Creason: Almost ready. He has the building, all the machinery installed, plenty of working capital and lots of orders. All he is waiting for now is the consent of the union. 1 ‘ 4 d n THE UMPIRETTE d SOME OF THE UNPLEASANT AND QUARRELSOME FEATURES 0 OF BASEBALL COULD THUS BE EASILY ELIMINATED “LIFE™ “| JUST REMARKED THAT YOUR WIFE WAS THE HANDSOMEST WOMAN IN THE RooM,.”” “THAT WAS BEFORE YOUR WIFE CAME IN.” “BUT DON’T TELL MY WIFE YOU SAID SO, OR SHE MAY GET SOMEONE TO REPEAT IT TO YOUR WIFE.” S Progress (After listening to a debate in the Senate) HEN Pittsburgh wasn't on the maps, And Pennsylvanians wore skin caps, About the time of Hull's surrender, When whiskey still was legal tender, Long, long before New York spoke Yiddish, When Washington was burned by British; Its streets they said were like molasses, Matchless for mud and deep morasses. Now Pittsburgh's on the maps, perhaps, But Pennsylvanians don't wear caps; No! No! Boies Penrose as a joke Has changed them for his gentle yoke, And whiskey now, it does seem funny, Is worth much more than legal money, And Washington for muck alas is Unrivaled still and has morasses. Hervey Allen OME misguided people think they can renew their youth by being serious after they are fifty. comichooks.com