Life, 1920-02-19 · page 36 of 48
Life — February 19, 1920 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several short satirical humor pieces typical of early 20th-century American magazines: **"One of the Boys"** mocks a child's inverted class consciousness—a lawyer's son is proud to wear patched knickers because "all the other boys are wearing 'em,'" inverting the usual shame about visible mending. **"Now, What Did She Mean?"** plays on racial dialect humor (problematic by modern standards). A Black maid's response "I'se used to white folks" to the mistress saying "This kitchen's in an awful state" is meant to suggest the maid is accustomed to white people creating mess. **"Just Like Home"** jokes that a boarding house achieves "homelike" qualities through domestic discord—they argue with the cook daily, like a real home. The remaining pieces are brief one-liners and advertising. The page is predominantly composed of short jokes and commercial ads rather than a single coherent cartoon.
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