Life, 1920-12-16 · page 14 of 45
Life — December 16, 1920 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several satirical pieces: **"There is a Santa Claus"** (main illustration): A caricatured figure appears to be delivering goods/charity, likely referencing wartime or Depression-era relief efforts with dark humor. **"Premature"**: Critiques the Merchants Association of New York's alarm over women leaving factory jobs. The satire argues women shouldn't be expected to remain in "her place" in the workforce—they deserve the same career freedom as men to find better opportunities. **"Boiled Down"** and **"He: Does a woman always mean no when she says no?"**: Brief humorous exchanges about gender relations and communication. **"A Hint to Christmas Shoppers"**: A cartoon showing crowded shopping conditions with sardonic commentary on holiday retail. The overall theme satirizes gender roles, wartime economics, and consumer culture expectations.
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THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS Premature TH 2 Merchants Association of New York recently displayed distress over the discovery of a shortage of women work- ers in factories. It reports that, despite “a tremendous increase in the demand for women in industry,” there has been an alarm- ing falling off in the supply of “female operatives.” From which a World headline somewhat naively concludes that the women are “quitting their factory jobs for homes.” But are they? Has the drift back to the home actually set in? Prob- ably not yet. Business, the professions, politics haven't more than begun to be invaded. Woman must be allowed to have her fling at a'l of these hefore she can be expected to discover for herself that the place she came from, “her place,” is the best place after all OUNG SON: What is luck, father? Fatner: Luck, my son, is something that enables another fellow to succced where we have failed. CCORDING to some modern writers, there is almost as much difference between men and women as between men and men—or women and women, How to Cure a Cold (The Composite Advice of Our Friends) LEP all windows open and avoid let- ting fresh air into the house. Dress warmly, wearing thin clothes and few of them, Take no medicine and use the doctor's prescriptions as directed. Keep to your room and get out into the open all you can. Stay in bed and rest, taking long walks daily. Avoid all exertion and do not fail to take some form of violent exercise. Avoid getting your fect wet and take a hot footbath nightly. Eat sparingly, denying yourself neither as to quality or quantity of food. By all means keep to light underwear— red flannel is best. Keep the throat uncovered, swathing it in woolen bandages. What's in a Name? HE American Indians, having appar- ently run out of such names as Laugh- ing Water and Sitting Bull, have now turned to the field of popular songs for inspiration, and we read of a redskin in Calgary named Dardanella. If this sort of thing goes on we shall expect to hear of Big Chief Oh-what-a-pal-was-Mary, or Medicine Man You-didn’t-want-me-when- you-had-me-so-why-do -you-want-me-now. Boiled Down OU realize what a story really amounts to when you see forty chap- ters told in a ten-line synopsis. Does a woman always mcan no when she says no? Sur: No. Come. Ovizal Tee os wi A HINT TO CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS comicbooks.com