Life, 1920-11-11 · page 37 of 44
Life — November 11, 1920 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **primarily advertisements and a humor dialogue**, not a political cartoon. The main content is "Hailed with Joy"—a domestic humor piece depicting a family's competing financial desires triggered by falling prices. Each family member (mother, father, brother, sister) plans to request purchases they've previously denied themselves, each assuming the others' reduced costs justify their own indulgence. The satire targets **consumer behavior during economic downturns**: the assumption that temporary price reductions justify increased spending, creating a self-defeating cycle where savings never materialize. The page also features advertisements for the **Motrola phonograph** (with electrical winding mechanism) and **Pope's Diapepsin** (a digestive aid). A brief mention of "The Modernist in Australia" appears at bottom—an excerpt from an American short story about an Australian correspondent, but lacks sufficient context for analysis. The humor reflects post-WWI American consumer culture and materialistic attitudes, not contemporary political satire.
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To wind — Touch the Button when changing a record. Place of the winding crank. A simple touch of the button when changing @ record, and the MOTROLA electrically winds the spring motor, stop- ping when the motor reaches the proper tension Ask your dealer to demonstrate the MOTROLA, or write us for name of dealer in your city. JONES-MOTROLA, Inc. 20 West 351h St, New York Hailed with Joy Moree : Aren't these price reduc- : tions splendid? Just think what I can do for the children; they can have new woolens this year, after all; and with cottons coming down too, I can begin to sew on next spring’s things any time. And I won't have to skimp on the table so much, either. I did want furs for myself this winter, but all these bargains make me think I ought to put them off a while and make father get himself that coat he has been doing without so long. Fatuer: Looks like 1 had better not wait any longer. I've been trying to swing it for three years, and now that prices are down, they may start up again any time. I'll just slip mother the check now and tell her to get those furs right away. Brotner Bos: The way cars are com- ing down I don't see why we have to do without one. I think I'll clip this an- nouncement of the cut in Twin Twelves and put it under dad’s plate. Sister Sue: With the cost of living coming down, father won't have the heart to refuse to raise my allowance. Still, if l hold off a few weeks I may be able to get a roadster out of him. Large 60c Case—Drugstorer © hy signatny beneath: ares 50-twritle-f-shous extreme: adaplobilif¥- ofa - Dingle ----++--- Watermans: Ideal fountain Pen-t6-all= and-any-handwrifigg=lhe-signatores=- haveeall-been-wrilen Do oi tens and-with-a-vingle- pers There as ES Ihy-a- Gaiérman: and: discard -all-o The Mode: “Re the Americ serves a corres tralia) Bu magazines | Her breath » the light She kook like a blue voice reach -perRo~. SNH DLV Nad NivANNO mist in Australia an short story again,” ondent of the Sydney (Aus “In one of the great comicbooks.com