Life, 1920-03-11 · page 32 of 40
Life — March 11, 1920 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising and humor page** from Life magazine (a satirical weekly publication). The main content includes: **"Our Foolish Contemporaries" cartoon**: A brief satire about a father teaching his young son not to fight anyone younger—then the boy encounters another six-year-old and immediately asks "wanna fight?" The humor mocks parental advice that children ignore. **"Our Day of Unrest" poem**: A longer satirical piece criticizing modern leisure and boredom. It suggests that despite opportunities for pleasure, people feel empty—worshipping at shrines of leisure, finding motoring dull, and seeking superficial "psychic cures." The final jab mocks reading itself: people retain nothing from books except vague memories. **Advertisements dominate the page**, promoting the Stromberg carburetor, Cuticura soap, Aspirin, the Landon School of cartooning, and hair brushes—typical 1920s consumer goods. The satire reflects post-WWI anxieties about modern malaise and spiritual emptiness amid material comfort and consumerism.
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