Life — July 8, 1920 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Thoughts on Chiffoniers" - Life Magazine This page satirizes the impracticality of chiffoniers (tall, narrow dresser drawers) through humorous illustrations and commentary. **The top cartoon** shows a woman at a baseball game wearing an elaborate hat, with the caption "The Ball-player's Wife (at her first game): JIM, COME BACK AND PUT THAT BAT WHERE YOU FOUND IT" — mocking wives' ignorance of sports. **The main article** humorously laments chiffoniers' uselessness: items constantly go missing in their deep drawers, creating domestic chaos. The author describes searching endlessly through compartments for lost gloves, socks, and handkerchiefs. **The bottom cartoon** depicts men in a courtroom, captioned "Your honor, the jury think they could agree on a verdict quicker if they could borrow a ouija board" — suggesting jury deliberation is mystifyingly difficult. The satire targets household management frustrations and institutional inefficiency common to early 20th-century American life.