ComicBooks.com Register / Loginit's free!

Life, 1922-01-19 · page 34 of 34

Life — January 19, 1922 — page 34: what you’re looking at

📖 Open the full issue in the page-flip reader →
Life — January 19, 1922 — page 34: Life, 1922-01-19

What you’re looking at

This satirical piece mocks the then-novel concept of women serving in the legal system—as judges, jurors, stenographers, and lawyers. The cartoon depicts a courtroom where all participants are women, portrayed as comically unfit for serious legal work. The humor relies on sexist stereotypes: the female judge abandons proceedings for shopping sales and hair appointments; the stenographer ogles the defendant's appearance rather than recording testimony; jurors powder their noses instead of deliberating. The defendant literally hides under a table, suggesting the proceedings are farcical. The accompanying text sarcastically refers to "Counseless," "Jurywoman," and "Stenographeress"—mocking feminized titles for professional roles. The implication is that women cannot separate personal vanity and social obligations from judicial duty, rendering the entire legal system absurd. This reflects early-20th-century opposition to women's professional advancement and voting rights.

📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

stands for Prevention, of all winter ills— Coughs, sneezes, colds the shive: chills. ee for Insist on Piso’s by name For the words “Just as good as” don’t ntean “Just the same.” is for Safety which means you are sure That all things in Piso’s are perfectly that it’s good for the Old or the young Three generations its praises have sung! is for Sure and for Safe and for Sane— When Piso’s is used, not a cough can re- main. Piso’s contains no opiate. It is good for young and old. Buy it today. 35c everywhere Piso’s Throat and Chest Salve for exter- nal application is especially anrerared for use in conjunction with the Sam PISO'S SAFE AND SANE -for Coughs & Colds~ - LIFE - The Law and the Ladies (Continued from page 2) DeFenpANnT: I won't tell. Tue Jupcess: On what grounds? DeFenDANT: On the ground that if I did you'd all go and have it copied. CounseLess: Your Honoress, this is contempt of courtesy. I ask Your Honoress to order the witness to an- swer the question. STENOGRAPHERESS (to the witness): I’m crazy about those two little rasp- berry fluffs just under the left ear. Ain’t they just— Tue Jupcess: Silence in the Court. The Court will take Counseless’s mo- tion under advisement. Meantime, as the Court has a date with Lucille for a fitting on its new fall suit, adjourn- ment is ordered until Thursday. week. Forewoman: Your Honoress, there’s a sale on Thursday week at Hickson’s. Tue Jupcess: That’s so. Make it Friday week at eleven-thirty. First Jurywoman: Sorry, but I have an appointment with my hair- dresser at eleven-thirty on Friday. Tue Jupcess: In that case, we'll adjourn till Saturday. (Court, jury, witnesses and counsel- esses powder their noses and depart. In half an hour or so the plaintiff screws up his courage sufficiently to come out from under the table.) Hearst Quotes Scripture ILLIAM HEARST hasan amus- ing habit of putting at the top of the editorial page in his papers a text of Scripture selected by some ac- commodating minister whose name is printed. The text is apt to be pacific, as that “The meek shall inherit the earth.” Next below it comes William’s defensive program for the United States, beginning with “A navy equal to that of any power which threatens to attack us whether that force be a sin- gle nation or an alliance of nations,” and so on through five specifications. After that follow editorials in which distrust is diligently sown among the peoples of this world, and especially between the United States and Japan. My gracious! Where does Willy ex- pect to go to when he dies? He will be like the fabled coffin of Mahomet, strung along somewhere in limbo be- tween his pacific texts and his editorial machinations, Telephonetics THe Man at THE TRANSMITTER: The man you want to see about that is Mr. H. Schultz. THE MAN At THE RECEIVER: for “hippopotamus”? Tue MAN At THE TRANSMITTER (in horrified tones): No! -H for “Her- ” man. ITHE CAREY PRINTING RO: Ine. ow Yous H? H WE TEACH COMMERCIAL Properly Trained Artists Earn $100 a weck and yp. Meyer Both College—a Department of the leyer pos Comey oners you a different and pra training. you like to draw, develop our eu Study this practical course—:aught A the largest and most widely known Commercial rt Organization in the field with 20 year.’ suc. oats each year produces and sells to ad- Vestisers in the United States and Canads 2 over ten thousand commercial drawings. Who else could give you so wile an experience? Commercial Art is 9 business necessity—the d. mand for commercial artisis is greater year It's a highly paid, int. ise interesting profession, men and women. Home study instruct on, Get facts before you, enroll in any school. ‘our special booklet, “Your jack nity’ half the cost of mailing—4o in stamps, MEYER BOTH COLLEGE of COMMERCIAL ART Michigan t 20th St. Dope "3 CHICAGO, ILL Books Received Columbine Time, by Will Irwin (Stratford) Thee Boy Scouts’ Life of Lincoln, by Ids M. Tarbell (Macmillan). Lady Luck, by Hugh Wiley (Alfred A. Kropf). The Old Tobacco Shop, by William Bowen (Macmillan). Chivalry, by James Branch Cabell (McBride) Through the Russian Revolution, by Albert Rhys Williams (Boni & Liveright). The Rainbow String, by Algernon Tassin (Macmillan). The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters, by Aimee McKenzie (Boni & Liveright). Some Fish and Some Fishing, by Frank (ris wold (John Lane). uel Pepys’ Diary, edited by jenne (Boni & Liveright). An English Anthology of Prose and Poctry by Henry Newbolt (Dutton’ Men, Women and Beats, by Stephen (rane (Boni & Liveright). I Have Only Myself to Blame, by the Prin. cess Bibesco (Doran). Contemporary Science, by Dr. row (Boni & Liveright). America and the Young Intellectuals, by Har old Stearns (Doran). The Nietssche-Wagner Correspondence, by Elizabeth Foerster-Nietzsche (Boni & Liverivht). Life’s Minor Collisions, by Frances and Ger trade Warner” (oughton Mattia The Council of Seven, by J. C. Snaith (Apple: ton). Life and Letters of Henry Lee Higginson, by Bliss Perry (Atlantic Monthly Press). A Little Maid, of Old New York, by Alice Turner Curtis (Penn Publishing Co.). Here, There and Everywhere, by Lord Fred- eric Hamilton (Doran). Richari) Le Benjamin Har An Easy Way to Remove Dandruff If you want plenty of thick, beautiful, glossy, silky hair, do by all means get rid of dandruff, for it will starve your hair and ruin it if you don’t. The best way to get rid of dandruff is to dissolve it. To do this, just apply a little Liquid Arvon at night before retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp, and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications should completely re- move every sign and trace of it. You will find, too, that all itching of the scalp will stop, and your hair will look and feel a hundred times better’ You can get Liquid Arvon at any drug store. A four- ounce bottle is usually all that is needed. The R, L. Watkins Co., Cleveland, 01 comicbooks.com