Life — May 27, 1920 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page 979 Analysis: Life Magazine This page contains three separate humorous pieces: 1. **"Two Hats"** (top): A sketch shows a salesman struggling to sell hats. The joke is that he picked one hat that received "favorable comment" and tried to duplicate it for the city's wealthy clientele, but it failed to sell. The satire mocks both salesman overconfidence and the unpredictability of fashion trends. 2. **"A Railroad Mystery"** (right): Brief text humorously questions why trains depart punctually if they truly intend to go elsewhere, given they can't know beforehand whether they'll stop. It's absurdist humor about railroad reliability. 3. **"Too Late"** (bottom right): A short dialogue where Briggs and Griggs discuss the Pilgrims' landing—Griggs notes it's "too late" to do anything about it now, a dry joke about historical inevitability.