Life, 1920-01-15 · page 15 of 36
Life — January 15, 1920 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct sections: **Top: Comic Strip Series** A nine-panel strip titled "A Few Days with Lusine and Trotzky, According to the Newspapers" depicts daily activities of what appears to be Lenin and Trotsky (Russian Bolshevik leaders). Each panel shows mundane or absurd activities—exercising, adjusting uniforms, getting incarcerated—with captions indicating the day of the week. The satire mocks Soviet leadership by portraying them engaged in trivial, contradictory, or undignified behavior, reflecting American skepticism toward the recent Russian Revolution (1917). **Bottom: Fashion and Social Commentary** Text sections discuss 1920 hairstyle trends ("Some 1920 Styles") and eyebrow fashion ("Her Exclusive Privilege"), alongside a narrative piece titled "No Artist Has Excelled" about a street artist, and a separate brief section called "Her Exclusive Privilege" making a sardonic observation about domestic abuse.
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