Life — November 11, 1920 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 856 This page contains two satirical pieces about social change and friendship. **Top cartoon**: A motorist stops a constable near a cactus, offering him ten dollars as a bribe. The satire mocks both corruption and the "automobile age" — suggesting that wealthy motorists routinely attempt to bribe police officers. **"A Revolutionary Idea"**: The main article satirizes Mr. Percy Pratt's proposal to abandon old friends and acquire a new social circle. The text mocks this as impractical, using the Bulgarians as an example of neighbors whose "high cost of tires and gas" makes them burdensome. **"Isn't It Funny That"**: A brief humorous piece about inherited pocket-watch memorabilia — poking fun at sentimental attachment to mundane inherited objects. The overall theme critiques social pretension and the disconnection of wealthy Americans from practical reality.