Life, 1922-09-21 · page 8 of 36
Life — September 21, 1922 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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The central cartoon depicts a man slouched in a chair, apparently intoxicated, with the caption: "Lem Fink set the musketeers are bad down in Warner's Holler. Huh! I never formed the acquaintance of a musketeer that wasn't bad!" This appears to be rural Americana satire, likely referencing Prohibition-era concerns about illicit alcohol ("musketeers" possibly slang for bootleggers or criminals). The disheveled figure represents someone corrupted by illegal liquor culture in rural Appalachia ("Warner's Holler"). The surrounding "Life Lines" column contains various brief satirical observations on contemporary topics—Prohibition, women's rights, aviation, and Atlantic City whiskey aging—typical of the magazine's short-form humor format criticizing social and political trends of the era.
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AX regards the dye industry, Ger- many is said still to have a shade the best of-it. All women believe in sport for sport clothes’ sake. aL Another American ex- plorer is planning to re- turn from the Frozen North this winter. We advise him to bring plenty of good warm clothing with him. aL In view of the impend- ing flood of memoirs, it becomes more and more apparent that the book publishers won the war. aL Out of the heated argu- ment between miners and operators the public is getting no warmth, JL Atlantic City officials have seized an “appli- ance” which ages whisky six years in twenty-four hours. How time does fly! JL The evil that men do to- day is labelled “Bottled in bond.” JL Following the fall elec- tions, a world of poli- ticians, like this old globe of ours, will be slightly flattened at the polls. JL Poor Mr. Hearst! No wonder his views of things are somewhat dis- torted. It’s no joke hav- ing to keep one eye on England and one on Ja- pan while both of them are on Washington. A ie In these days of equal rights the slogan for married life seems to be, “He who hesitates is bossed.” JL Now all the boys from the country’s best athletic prep schools are begin- _—— ning to wonder from which colleges they can get the best hire education. IL Squaring the circle was considered a physical impossibility until some- ~DeterNwell- Old Bill Nickel “Lem Fink sez the muskeeters are bad down in Warner's Holler. Huh! I never formed. the acquaintance of a muskeeter that wasn’t bad! body invented the wheels on Pullman sleepers. No woman can understand why any- body should want to insist upon seniority rights. It’s a wise partisan that knows his own party. L In Australia ants build their nests straight north and south and in per- fect line: the traveler may direct his course by them.—News Item. Evidently these routes lead to the Antipodes aL Is there anything in the world so beatific as the smile of a man who has just made a good epi- gram? JL Two vaudeville circuits place a ban on Prohibi- tion jokes “because the public is tired of them.” Whom the gods would reform they first make tired. aL Prohibition is a joke. Admitted, and the joke, as usual, is on the dear old public. JL The “ships that pass in the night” generally are going to or from the Bahamas. JL The future of the glider seems assured, The only question is whether it will result in keeping the population up or down. aL A man has been found in Webers Falls, Ok homa, who believes that the Volstead Act is a troupe of acrobats. The only time a woman considers herself — un- worthy of her husband is when he inherits a mil- lion dollars. JL As we understand it, Mr. Bryan thinks the three-mile limit would look better at a distance. JL The last hundred jokes, moreover, are the dullest. comicbooks.com