Life, 1921-12-15 · page 8 of 34
Life — December 15, 1921 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two unrelated pieces of genteel humor typical of early 20th-century *Life* magazine. **Top cartoon**: Three men discuss golf. The speaker (right) explains he must cut short his game to catch a train, apologizing that he'll only play nine holes instead of eighteen. The humor is mild wordplay—the other men appear amused by his hurried situation. **"An Old-Timer"**: Brief anecdote praising a family cook's longevity and skill. **"Smiles"**: Anecdote about a country girl's first encounter with a chicken-plucking process, humorously asking if it requires nightly undressing. These are light domestic comedies without political content—representative of *Life*'s mix of social observation and gentle satire aimed at middle-class readers. The drawings are competent but unremarkable illustrations of upper-middle-class leisure activities.
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“And then on the fifth green—” “Pardon, old man, but is this going to be an eighteen-hole story or only a nine, because I have to meet a train.” An Old-Timer Smiles & HE dinner was delicious. You must have an old LITTLE girl, for the first time in the country, watched family cook.” the farmer’s wife plucking a hen. After a careful “Yes, indeed; she’s been with us ten or twelve scrutiny of the tedious process, asked the young visitor: meals.” “Have you to undress it every night?” 6— 9— comicbooks.com