Life, 1920-01-15 · page 28 of 36
Life — January 15, 1920 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **humor pieces and advertisements** rather than political cartoons. The main content includes: **"The Eviction"** — A philanthropist recounts a working-class child's irreverent retelling of the Adam and Eve story, using Cockney dialect. The joke satirizes how poverty-stricken East London children understand scripture through their own rough, secular experience. **"Same Old Story"** — A brief joke about inflation: a grocer blames mustard scarcity on people hoarding it to stay warm with poultices, mocking illogical economic excuses. **"Bleak Prospect"** and **"Something New"** — Short anecdotes about a Scottish porter and a Chinese guest, respectively. **"A Gift of the Gods"** — A man returns from a trip having forgotten about liquor entirely. The **bottom cartoon** shows a barber and customer in apparent racial dialect humor (marked "YASSUH"), typical of early 20th-century American publications. The page also features a **Faultless Pajamas advertisement** promoting restful sleep. Overall, this is a typical Life magazine miscellany of light social satire and advertising.
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