Life, 1922-06-01 · page 10 of 34
Life — June 1, 1922 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains satirical commentary on contemporary events rather than a formal cartoon. The central illustration, "The Final Touch," depicts a fashionable woman and uses poetic language to celebrate women's fashion accessories and attention to detail in dress. The left column's "Life Lines" contains brief satirical observations on 1920s topics: Mr. Harding's golf obsession, Hollywood quiet films, bootleggers, Princess Mary's honeymoon, Russian Bolsheviks, tariffs, and Ludendorff's reparations demands. The right column continues with observations on Prohibition (the flapper "cure"), oil in Mexico, modern poetry, and ends with a joke about ice cream wages and Pennsylvania Republicans feeling "the Pinchot" (likely referring to political figure Gifford Pinchot). The satire targets contemporary politics, social trends, and cultural absurdities of the post-WWI era.
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HESE are parless times in Wall Street. JL Mr. Harding’s golf record shows that he is one hundred strokes American, JL Everything’s so quiet in Holly- wood now you can hear a di- vorce suit when it’s dropped. JL The bootleggers’ army—Amer- ica’s x x x-peditionary force. aL Princess Mary is back from her honeymoon. Now what are we going to read about? JL Isn’t it about time that the vet- erans of the struggle organ- ized a Peggy Hopkins Post? aL The present condition of Rus- sia proves that the Bolsheviks chose wisely when they took an auctioneer’s flag for their national emblem. JL Congress has quietly put over a high tariff on cane sugar. Syruptitiously, in fact. JL Ludendorff’s articles are now appearing in American maga- zines. How much reparation should we demand? JL . “She threw a loose hip on the table,” reads a current piece of fiction. This would seem to be a record. aL Occasionally now we are meet- ing a Democrat. aL The fact that “normalcy” no longer appears in newspapers and speeches indicates we are getting back to it. -L The real value of newspapers is demonstrated in the fact that not even a self-respecting moth cares to go anywhere near one. aL They must have been circulating the history of Ireland in China. The Final Touch Mv SzERY, magic, enchantment is in it— The ribbon pinned on at the very last minute, The trinket, the bauble, the pledget of bows, The peeping allurement of lilac and rose. They keep them in sandalwood coffers or caskets Or sweet-scented grass-woven Indian baskets; They choose from those treasuries wisely and well, And fasten—with who knows what glamouring spell Of leisurely witchcraft,—the trifle belating That makes you adore them for keeping you waiting! A.G. The police have decided that no one can dance in New York after 2 a. M. Some of those who have tried it before that hour are of the same opinion. A nice choice of words would have led Henry Ford to call the story of his life a flivver biography. IL One funny thing Prohibition has led to—Women no longer are the only sex to exchange recipes. -L There is enough oil in Mexico to last for ages, report the ex- perts. So the Hearst papers have their work cut out for them for another million years or so. LL It is said that the flapper can now be cured by having mod- ern poetry read to her. But what we want is a cure for the modern poetry. -L The scientist who predicts that the world and the sun will some day come together must have inside information on Frank A. Munsey’s next move. JL The civilized people of the world, says an English con- temporary, use over three mil- lion matches every minute. All of which goes to prove that something is still rotten in the state of Denmark. JL The efficiency of General Dawes’ budget effort is illus- trated by cuts. JL One of the mysteries of mod- ern civilization is, what do they do with the ice cream pies they don’t sell? LL Anyway, the fellows that pack ice cream haven’t demanded bricklayers’ wages yet. aL Some day an_ enterprising morning newspaper will start printing bedtime stories for night watchmen. LL Pennsylvania Republicans are begit- ning to feel the Pinchot. of | “( forn comicbooks.com