Life, 1921-06-30 · page 29 of 41
Life — June 30, 1921 — page 29: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate cartoons satirizing early 20th-century social conventions: **Top cartoon ("Warm Praise")**: A man praises a woman (Miss Frost) for treating him "coolly"—the humor derives from the double meaning. After a hot day at the office, he appreciates her literal coolness, but the joke plays on the era's dating customs where "cool" behavior from a woman was considered desirable. **Bottom left ("Goodness, Papa")**: A man with a toothache encounters what appears to be a person in costume or theatrical dress. The humor is situational—his toothache complaint meets an absurd response. **Bottom right ("Soliloquy")**: A man gazes at an "Art Objects" shop window display, with the caption suggesting he's thinking the female mannequin/artwork should behave a certain way—satirizing men's expectations of women as decorative objects rather than people. The page collectively mocks gender relations and masculine assumptions of the period.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
WARM PRAISE “BY JOVE, MISS FROST, IT'S DEUCEDLY REFRESHING, Y'KNOW, TO BE TREATED SO COOLLY AFTER A LONG, HOT DAY IN THE OFFICE.” “ GOODNESS, PAPA, YOU HAVE THE TOOTHACHE,” SOLILOQUY “WHY, SO 1 HAVE.” “4 SHOULD THINK SHE WOULD,” comicbooks.com