Life, 1922-06-22 · page 8 of 34
Life — June 22, 1922 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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The central illustration depicts a fashionably dressed woman admiring herself, accompanying a poem titled "Her Mirror Reflects" by A.G. The verse satirizes feminine vanity, contrasting her glamorous appearance ("lawns, or silks, or sables") with her actual isolation at home during what appears to be wartime ("barren while / And long, in pale dejection"). The surrounding "Life Lines" section offers brief satirical commentary on contemporary issues: Henry Ford's industrial capacity, the Eskimo pie controversy, American Good Samaritanism, and political matters including Senate absenteeism and Prohibition's employment effects. The page exemplifies Life magazine's signature blend of social commentary and gentle mockery of American culture, targeting vanity, politics, and consumer culture circa the 1920s era.
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LOYD GEORGE can now qual- ify as the Slick Man of Europe. -L It is rumored that Henry Ford will soon be able to turn out almost enough cars to supply the market for Ford accessories. JL What this country needs is fewer people who know what this country needs. JL Suggestion for location of most movie comedies: The Scilly Islands. LL Lady Astor says Americans are the Good Samaritans of the world. She means the Uncle Samaritans. aL The hot dog days are here. aL At a Toledo séance Sir Ar- thur Conan Doyle had his arm stroked by a spirit. It must have been an agreeable change from having his leg pulled. JL Dandelions are found to pro- duce alcohol, so watch out for an Anti-Spinach League. -L Charges of Senate absentee- ism indicate there’s nobody home in the Upper House. LL Congressmen, as the ides of re-election approach, realize that the one big mistake of our government was in per- mitting tax-payers te vote. LL The difference in time be- tween London and New York is eighteen months if you use our jazz music to compute it. -L We used to think we should like to be the fellow who se- lected Mack Sennett’s Bath- It is rumored that the man who in- vented the Eskimo pie has made a cool million from the idea. Her Mirror Reflects Ave she goes, my only Muse, In lawns, or silks, or sables, And leaves me here to lonely views Of walls and chairs and tables! So here I'll wait a barren while And long, in pale dejection, To flash again the happy smile That greets her dear reflection. An actress is reported as having left several thousand dollars’ worth of gowns in a taxicab. She was s0 nearly prostrated by the loss that she raised her press agent's salary. It is a well-known fact that woman’s appreciation of a novel is greatly diminished by her tendency to jump at the conclusion. -L The chap who wrote, “It's easy enough to be pleasant when life flows along like a song,” never had a neighbor who studied vocal culture. The Henry Ford for Presi- dent Club has been started at Dearborn. The Dearbora Independent denies cmphat- ically that Rabbi Stephen Wise is to be the candidate for Vice-President. JL If we ever have Ford for President, it will be the sec- ond time a rough rider has held down the job. LL Fortunately, the Lucy Stone Leaguer’s prejudice against taking her husband's name does not extend to that of her mother’s husband. L A distinction with a differ- ence: Many of our govern ment employees who were idle during war times, are now out of work. LL England complains that it doesn’t understand what our poet, Carl Sandburg, means. All the time we are drawing closer to the parent country. L Oh, well, if we found owt about the Hereafter we wouldn't be satisfied. We'd at once start probing the Thereafter. ing Girls. We've decided, however, that the softest job in the world is Secretary of the League of Nations. If Prohibition were abolished, think JL A of the number who would be thrown A woman’s good-by: Much adiet out of employment! about nothing. comicbooks.com