Life, 1920-12-16 · page 27 of 45
Life — December 16, 1920 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This Life magazine page contains three satirical pieces about 1920s American concerns: **"The Walk-Out"** (top cartoon): Depicts Santa Claus leading children in a strike, with signs reading "We demand," "Teddy bears," and "Stockings"—mocking labor strikes of the era by showing even children demanding goods. **"A Wonder" and "There Is Yet Hope"**: Two brief jokes. The first ridicules a failed political campaign lacking even a "Rent Payers' Party" candidate. The second jokes darkly about stock market losses: someone holding worthless oil stocks hopes paper prices will rise so they can recoup losses—a cynical reference to 1920s financial speculation and market volatility. **"Save the Poe Cottage"**: A fundraising appeal for Edgar Allan Poe's cottage, listing small donations already received and requesting $20,000 total—reflecting era-typical patronage of American literary landmarks. **Bottom illustration**: A humorous scene of a church youth group's outing, apparently featuring a see-saw or carnival activity, likely satirizing earnest small-town religious organizations.
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[ dive the pon Ride equate Dal} THE WALK-OUT A Wonder AWFORD: — Sad mpaign, wasn't it? ptful! Why, they didn’t even have a candidate running on a Rent Payers’ ticket.” and, inadequate There Is Yet Hope ‘NYJHAT have you done with those oil stocks you bought last year?” “I'm hanging on to them. If the price of paper keeps going up, | may get my money back out of them some day.” Save the Poe Cottage take pleasure in acknowledging the contributions to the Poe ial Fund Annie F, O'Meara Total Previously acknowledged This sum is a start in the right direc- tion, but it is as yet little more than the proverbial drop in the equally proverbial bucket. Twenty thousand dollars is needed to cover all expenses, now and henceforth; and, while this sum is rapidly being raised through other sources, Lire sincerely hopes that its readers will be represented in a substantial way. We will be glad to receive checks or currency fre up—the justly famous sk: Checks should be made 1 anything being the limit. ole either to the Poe Cottage Committee or to Life Publishing Company. Acknowledgment of all gifts will be made in the columns of this magazine. ANNUAL OUTING OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF PLYMOUTH ROCK comicbooks.com