Life, 1922-08-17 · page 10 of 36
Life — August 17, 1922 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This cartoon depicts a weathered man in a wide-brimmed hat sitting on a bench, illustrating the caption: "OLD BILL NICKEL: He had a dog at his heels. Some folks say it's a sign he's dogmatic." The humor is a visual pun playing on the character's name "Bill Nickel" combined with the phrase "at his heels"—suggesting he's "dogmatic" (literally having a dog at his heels, while "dogmatic" means stubborn or opinionated). The figure appears to be a stock "character" type used for satirical commentary, though the specific identity of "Old Bill Nickel" and whether he represents a particular public figure remains unclear from the image alone.
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LOGAN for Beach Flappers: More waist less speed. aL A Pole, still living at the age of 132, says an English paper, claims to be the only survivor of Napoleon’s armies. Rumor has it he is sticking around, wait- ing for his bonus. aL Marconi tried to talk to Mars, but all he could get was “Your party does not an- swer.” aL According to present indications, if winter comes, coal will be far behind. LL Our major troubles are our miner troubles. aL From the golfer’s viewpoint, there’s no time like the Presi- dent's. LL A Welcome Stranger Committee has been appointed in New York City. Evidently there are enough native New Yorkers left to form a committee. It’s a wise son that knows his own father’s bootlegger. IL Parson Beasly allus has a dog at his heels. Some folks A new electrical ap- paratus permits the de- tection of bad milk Mayor Hylan’s autobiography should be much sought after by collectors of Hearst editions. aL The coal operators report that the OLD BILL NICKEL - says it’s a sign he’s dogmatic, over the telephone. Now for a further development that will do the same for oil stock. aL Prohibitionists expect to score a knockout in Germany on the third count—ein, zwei, dry. +L Pennsylvania State troops were suc- cessfully employed to stop an elope- ment. Our platform: a standing army of 5,000,000, operation is successful, but the pa- tient is dying. LL New York shipmen complain that they are charged too much for the use of the docks and piers. They want to get back on a pre-wharf basis. LL Henry Ford should be a strong can- didate with the Junkers, Mr. H. G. Wells can count on at least two classes of voters—those who hope he can do something for Parjia- ment and those who hope Parliament can do something for him. —L Judging fromthe wine- card which is repro- duced in the press, ‘all U. S. Shipping Board vessels have a heavy list to port. -L And furthermore, the amount of liquor sold on each American ves- sel is probably entered in the ship’s bootlog. aL The retention of “The Star-Spangled Ban- ner” as the National Anthem is being ob- jected to on the grounds that the words are calculated to fos- ter hate towards an- other country, that the music isn’t singable and that it’s only a drinking-tune anyhow. Outside of this the song seems to be all right. LL Suggestion for a new Norwegian National Anthem: “Oh, say can LL A bolt of lightning took off a woman's shoes and stockings the other day. Probably it won't be long be- fore lightning will be trained to crank Fords, keep out collectors, and perform all sorts of handy stunts around the house. LL Police Commissioner Enright has got back from Europe, and the courteous New York highwaymen will now re- sume operations. No, Cuthbert, a Coney Island Barker is not another name for a hot dog. comicbooks.com | '