Life, 1922-06-22 · page 12 of 34
Life — June 22, 1922 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct elements: **Top section:** A contest announcement for LIFE magazine readers to submit titles for a cover picture, with prizes ($500, $200, $100). Standard contest rules follow. **Bottom section:** A single-panel cartoon showing two children and an adult (likely a mother) in what appears to be a home setting. One child is explaining to the mother: "It's all right, Mother, I was just showing her what I saw in the movies, only she has no sense of humor." The joke's satire targets **parental anxiety about cinema's influence on children**—a genuine concern in the 1920s. The cartoon mocks both the child's casual dismissal of the mother's worry and the assumption that movie content automatically corrupts young viewers. The punchline suggests the other child simply lacks appreciation rather than moral corruption, undercutting fears about film's corrupting power through gentle comedy.
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LIFE LIFE’S Title Contest ‘OR the best title to the picture on the cover of this issue, Lire will award prizes as follows: First Prize $500.00 Second Prize . -$200.00 Third Prize .... $100.00 The Contest will be governed by the following ConpDiITIONS: (Contestants are advised to read these conditions care- fully, and to conform to them exactly. Lire cannot undertake to enter into correspordence or to reply to inquiries.) By “best” is understood that title which most cleverly and briefly describes the cover illustration. The contest is now open and open to everybody, and will close at this office at noon on Tuesday, August Ist, 1922. Titles wili be judged by three members of Lire’s Edi- torial Staff, and their decision will be final. Titles may be original, or may be a quotation from some well-known author, and should not exceed twenty words each. Contestants may send in more than one title, but not more than ten to a sheet. Should we have duplicates of any of the winning an- swers, the full amount of the prize will be given each tying contestant. The final award will be announced as early as possible after the close of the contest (allowing for completion of the final reading). Checks will be sent simultaneously with the announcement of the award. . The members of Lire’s staff will not compete. All titles should be addressed to Lire’s Picture Title Contest, 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. En. velopes should contain nothing but the competing titles, typewritten or very plainly written, using one side of paper only, with the name and address of the sender on each sheet. Grace 0’ Love HE things that love has touched, though passing by, Hold quiet beauty through the hurryin : As if a word, a finger’s pressure shy Some blessing gave that time itself reveres. When greater things obey time’s darkening will, The gold, the glory, won by toil and art, What love has touched remains, grown dearer still— The little things that lie so near the heart! “It’s all right, Mother, I was just showing her what I saw in the movies, only she has no sense of humor.” Yes y (\\ CO te Noy 2 i ‘ E ~~ x N 2 Z e x matr lead Ge clou sand swat Port comicbooks.com