Life, 1920-03-11 · page 27 of 40
Life — March 11, 1920 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** A domestic scene where a daughter defends her husband's request for a loan from her father. The father objects that the son-in-law already owes him money. The daughter's response—that her husband "has a certain sentiment about keeping his creditors in the family"—is the satirical joke: she's suggesting it's better to stay indebted to family than to outside creditors, inverting normal financial logic for humorous effect. **"Flattering Women" Essay:** This is satirical commentary on gender differences in flattery. The piece argues that men are easily flattered with crude compliments, while women require subtlety. Paradoxically, it claims the only "safe" flattery for women involves self-deprecating humor—a man must mock himself rather than praise her directly, or she'll reject the compliment as insincere. The piece reflects early 20th-century attitudes about courtship and gender psychology. **Bottom Photos:** Appear to be a church scene involving a deacon announcing a minister's illness, with text about securing "Rev. Dr. Prosy" as a replacement—likely satirizing tedious sermons.
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Father: BUT, MY DEAR DOROTHY, YOUR HUSBAND ALREADY OWES ME A LOT OF MONEY. THINK HE SHOULD EXPECT ME TO LEND HIM MORE. Daughter: WELL, FATHER, HE MAS TO GET IT SOMEWHERE, AND HE HAS A CERTAIN SENTIMENT ABOUT KEFPING HIS CREDITORS IN THE FAMILY Flattering Women THE art of flattering women has never been understood by men. Women flatter men so much better, It is true that men are so much easier to flatter than are women, They require no subtleties. Any man can be fed with crude flattery unadorned in the raw state, and he will swallow it all v perfect composure. \ith a woman all this is different. The only kind of flattery that it is safe for a man to offer a woman is the kind re he frankly makes a fool of him- Tf he flatters her coolly he is lost li he tells her that she is the most beautiful woman in the world, she will cept his statement. But if he tells a that, in spite of what others may | vice of Deacon: 1 REGRET TO AN- HOWEVER, AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR NOUNCE THAT OUR MINISTER, HAVING | WE WERE FORTUNATELY ABLE TO SECURE REEN TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL, WILL BE THE SERVICES OF THE REV. DR. PROSY. UNABLE TO PREACH TO-DAY— think, he regards her as being beauti- ful, she will scorn him. comicbooks.com