Life, 1922-02-09 · page 6 of 34
Life — February 9, 1922 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This cartoon depicts a disheveled, exhausted figure labeled as Father Knickerbocker (a personification of New York City itself, traditionally shown as a bearded Dutch colonial figure) slumped in a theater seat reading "The Seriousest Drama," appearing bored or overwhelmed. The satire targets New York's theatrical scene, likely mocking either pretentious serious drama or the exhausting demands of theater-going in the city. The figure's worn appearance suggests the city itself is worn down by cultural obligations or the quality of contemporary plays. The surrounding "Life Lines" column contains miscellaneous short jokes and observations typical of the magazine's satirical format, touching on prohibition, postal reform, and other contemporary issues, but lacks direct connection to the main cartoon.
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RELAND has staged “The Birth of a Nation,” and under the direction of a Griffith, too. A day Congress will not be asked to de- clare a national holiday—the Wooden Anniversary of the Shipping Board. aL “I’m beginning to think,” said the aspiring young author, “that the editors of the leading periodicals must all be conscientious rejecters.” Mob’s Victim’s Life Is Saved When Knot in Rope Fails to Hold.—Headline. No noose is good news. aL Slogan of the Psycho- analysts—A complex may be down but it’s never out. aL Secretary New will make all postmasters attend a postal school. They will all be post-graduates, of course. aL Prohibition toast: Here’s to good eyesight. aL The submarine, which came to scoff, can’t even remain to prey. JL from Prison; for Panama.— Freed Leaves Headline. The Colon at the end of a sentence. . L Russian Agricultural Note: Industrial plants don’t grow in Revolutionary hotbeds. dL Banknotes are said to have been used in China nearly 5000 years ago. Thus throwing all other financial theories into Confucian. JL That combination of agricultural Sena- tors could be beaten by a city bloc. That skull a half-inch thick that was found in Arizona will be sent to Washington. They usually are, you know. aL When you see * * * in a popular novel, it generally means something asterisqué. Father Knickerbocker at the Play Science says the distance between the Earth and Mars varies between 35,000,- 000 and 200,000,000 miles. Boy, call a taxi. JL Find 1000 Gallons of Wine Stored in Bank.—Headline. Liquid. assets? . aL The Ingersoll Watch Company went into bankruptcy, no doubt, because there aren't enough second lieutenants now to stock up with its wrist watches. Police to Check Footpads—Hevdline, And then, of course, lose the check. LL Until recently, Joshua’s claim to have made the Sun stand still was andis- puted. A newer school of tought gives the credit to ‘rank A. Munsey. JL The bagpipe is the e:rliest instrument on recor‘ as it appears on sculptures dat- ing back to 8000 B.C. And somehow, none 0’ the other instruments |\ave ever caught up with it. aL The boys that used to counterfeit one-case notes are now forging 1000-case permits. aL Mr. A. P. Herbert, re- turning to England from his American tour, an- nounced that the only dry day he spent here was in Washington. Fifty-eight British lecturers immedi- ately cabled their local representatives to cancel all bookings in the Capi- tal. JL The maker of the first bed spring is dead at more than ninety years o/ age. If he had lived twenty years longer he might have witnessed the abandonment of some of his e models by the boarding houses where they are in use. JL “Coughing violently,” says London An- swers, “an American business mat broke his breastbone.” Upon investigation, the man was found to be the head demonstrator of a ccugh- drop corporation. aL There are about 15,000 telephone »per- ators in New York but it is almos: im- possible to get one. ‘a comicbooks.com