Life, 1921-01-06 · page 27 of 44
Life — January 6, 1921 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This 1921 Life page offers post-WWI optimism through two sections: **"Ten Timely Thoughts for 1921"** presents reassuring platitudes for economic recovery, comparing current hardship to the Civil War's decade-long aftermath. The message: maintain hope, help others, and keep money circulating—don't hoard it like thrift-obsessed misers. **The cartoons** satirize legal reasoning: 1. **"Circumstantial Evidence"** (top): A man shoveling snow near a stone wall watches two women with flowers. The joke: a lawyer might falsely conclude the man buried something criminal, when he's simply clearing snow—mocking how circumstantial evidence misleads. 2. **"Boys Will Be Boys"** (bottom): Uncle George gave young Bobbie a chemistry set, apparently aware of potential dangers. This likely jokes about giving children risky toys and adults feigning innocence about predictable accidents—another legal absurdity. Together, the page critiques both post-war economic anxiety and the gap between legal reasoning and common sense.
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Ten Timely Thoughts for 1921 HE world will con- tinue to exist. Business must move along. What is happening now, has happened hefore. It took ten years af- ter the Civil War before economic equili- brium was restored, Picture the state of the world’s mind in the dark ages. Men must hope. There can be no progress or prosperity founded on gloom. Those who are well must help the sick. Those who have enough and to spare must help those who have not. An ounce of good cheer goes farther than a pound of commiseration. Attention, Public A’ orgy of thrift is akin to an orgy of extravagance. Both result finally in stagnation. Keep the money as well as the blood in cireulation, CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE FROM THE LAWYER'S POINT OF VIEW BOYS WILL BE BOYS UNCLE GFORGE CERTAINLY KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WHEN HE GAVE BOBRIE THAT TOY CHEMISTRY OUTFIT comicbooks.com-