Life — October 13, 1921 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "We Give It Up" & "Those Entangling Misalliances" The top article humorously argues that tiny physical differences—a fraction of an inch—can have enormous consequences. It references Woodrow Wilson's chin length, William Jennings Bryan's mouth size, and the noses of De Valera and General Smuts, suggesting these minor variations could have altered World War I's outcome, taxation rates, and Irish independence negotiations. The comic strip below titled "Those Entangling Misalliances" depicts domestic mishaps caused by telephone miscommunication: a man forgets to call the telephone exchange; someone asks a stranger to "mind a reel" (fishing line), resulting in tangled chaos. The satire mocks how easily everyday entanglements occur through simple oversights or misunderstandings.