Life — June 15, 1922 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Neither Here Nor There" This is a humorous domestic sketch rather than political satire. The illustration shows two men in conversation at a doorway, with the caption indicating a visitor has called to see Mrs. Tatterly, who died that morning. The joke's premise is absurd bureaucratic literalism: the visitor insists on seeing Mrs. Tatterly anyway, creating an awkward social situation. The humor derives from the visitor's apparent inability or unwillingness to accept that the woman has died—he persists in his stated intention despite this obvious obstacle. The accompanying text describes George demonstrating a new fire extinguisher device (a "Bingo" bottle), with the main satire targeting the product's dubious effectiveness and George's overly enthusiastic sales pitch.