Life, 1920-03-11 · page 9 of 40
Life — March 11, 1920 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from Life magazine contains three distinct pieces: **"The Chaperon's Strike for Shorter Hours"** (top): A satirical illustration depicting well-dressed adults at what appears to be a social gathering or party. The caption suggests chaperones are demanding reduced working hours—poking fun at the exhausting social obligations of supervising young people at events. **"The Traffic Problem"** (bottom left): A cartoon showing automobiles and pedestrians in chaotic street conditions. The caption jokes that "everybody has as much common sense as he thinks he has"—satirizing poor driving and traffic safety awareness during the early automobile era. **"The Drama" and "Her Clue"** (right): Brief humorous anecdotes. One recounts a child's experience at theater; another presents a witty exchange about a Frenchman's accent, playing on contemporary ethnic humor stereotypes. The page reflects early 20th-century American social concerns and comedic conventions.
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MAVEKONS STRIKE YOR SHORTER HOURS The Drama LITTLE American girl was telling her younger sister what it was like to go to the play: “People gave lots of money to a man who lives in a tiny cubbyhouse. Then they all went into a great hig room, and sat down and kept still, Soon some pretty people came out on a piazza, and jumped around, but the people where I was weren't allowed to join in the game. Maybe they'd been naughty.” \ native of the Island of Whush, in relating to his son a similar experience, said: “We gathered in an immense temple, and kept silence. \ mighty tent was before us. Slowly it went up to the gods. Medicine men and dancing maidens made much wailing in the place where the tent had been. After a time it returned from the gods, and we came away.” Her Clue - X-LIEUTENANT MAPLESON Why, madam, do THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM you suspect that I was in France? VHLN EVERYBODY HAS AS MUCH COMMON SENSE AS He Mapame LaPatce (a visitor from Paris): Monsieur THINKS HE HAS speaks ze language with such a bootiful A. E. F. patois. comicbooks.com