Life, 1921-10-27 · page 21 of 34
Life — October 27, 1921 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This cartoon satirizes industrial magnates as infants being soothed like babies at "Mrs. Winslow's establishment"—a reference to **Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup**, a popular (and famously opium-containing) patent medicine of the era used to calm fussy babies. The image depicts powerful businessmen lined up in cribs, pacified by a nurse figure, suggesting they are petulant, dependent children requiring constant coddling rather than serious adults. This is social satire mocking the entitlement and infantile behavior of wealthy industrialists during the Gilded Age/Progressive Era. The joke is that these supposedly mighty "generals of industry" are actually helpless babies requiring artificial soothing—implying they're emotionally immature, pampered, or overly dependent on government protection (tariffs, monopolies, etc.). The series title indicates this is part of a recurring satirical feature in *Life* magazine targeting American business elites.
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October 27 Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, readers should verijy from the daily news- papers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. More or Less Serious Ambush, next week. Back Pay. | Eltinge—A great many words utilized in telling how a girl went wrong. The Bat. Morosco—Everyone is now seeing this murder mystery for the second time Blood and Sand. Empire—Otis Skin- ner in colorful combat with bulls and women. The Claw. Broadhurst—To viewed next week. Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting. Plymouth. — tragedy of married life, giving Marjorie Rambeau a splendid opportunity —which she takes. The Green Goddess. Booth.—George Arliss as a villainous rajah in a thrilling melodrama of the Himalayas. The Hero. Belmont—A daring idea expressed in the theatre’s most approved manner. Liliom. Fulton—A remarkable piece of whimsical realism, showing a rough-neck on carth and in Heaven. The Return of Peter Grimm. Belasco. —David Warfield in a revival of a play which shows up all its imitators. The Silver Fox. Ma-xine Elliott’s—A Cosmo Hamilton picture of polite infi- done by a good cast headed by William Faversham. Sonya. Forty-Eighth St—Royal love- making, and very dull it is, too. Comedy and Things Like That Beware of Dogs. Thirty-Ninth St— No. 15 in Series B, William Hodge plays. A Bill of Divorcement. George M. Cohan's—To be reviewed next week. Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife. Rits.— Ina Claire in bed. The Circle. Selwyn—A regular play, with John Drew and Mrs. Leslie Carter heading a remarkable cast. Duley. Frazee—The woman who helps her husband made into a delightful com- ly, with just enough satire to put it in a class by itself. The First Year. Little—Everyman’s home-life made into a play which every- one can laugh at. Getting Gertie’s Garter. Just what you think it is. _ Lilies of the Field. Klaw—Amusing lines in_a shoddy play about kept women, Marie Doro heads the cast. Main Street. National.—Reviewed in this issue. The Night Cap. Bijou.—Murder turn- < into farce. Only 38. Cort—No harm done. Six-Cylinder Love. Sam H. Harris.— Ernest Truex in a show which will appeal Garrick.— To be reviewed be re- Republic.— to anyone who has ever owned an auto- mobile or has wanted to. Thank You. Longacre.— Reviewed in this issue. Wait Till We’re Married. Playhouse. Not even immoral. The Wren. Gaicty—Reviewed in this issue. Eye and Ear Entertainment Blossom Time. Ambassador —For all who have any music left in them at all. Get Together. Hippodrome — Better than ever and for less money. Greenwich Village Follies. Shubert. —Beautiful to look at, but, for the most part, awful to listen to. The Last Waltz. Century.—Real old- fashioned musical comedy. _The Love Letter. viewed next week. The Music Box Revue. Music Box.— William Collier, Sam Bernard, Florence Moore, Joseph Santley and others as good * in a prize revue. The O’Brien Girl. Liberty—Pleasant music and graceful dancing. Sally. New Amsterdam—Still taking a bad season on high. Tangerine. Casino—A good show if you don’t mind old jokes and aren't de- pressed by Julia Sanderson's gloomy ways. Globe-—To be re- INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF AMERICAN GENERALS OF INDUSTRY No. 11. Soothing syrup time at Mrs. Winslow’s establishment comicbooks.com