Life, 1922-12-07 · page 20 of 80
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This Life magazine page contains two distinct sections: "Mrs. Lope's Diary" (a satirical society column about Christmas shopping frustrations) and "Grins and Groans from the Late Election" (political jokes). The election section references the 1920 U.S. presidential election, mocking both parties. The jokes suggest Republicans claim Democrats ran their campaign secretly, and reference a Republican voter in New York who somehow discovered his party was having an election. There are mentions of politicians Harding, Hughes, and Frelinghuysen (New Jersey), and a candidate "Miller." The satire targets voter ignorance and party secrecy—implying elections weren't well-publicized and voters made decisions based on candidates' associations rather than policy. The final jokes suggest crude campaigning tactics (waving bottles at polling places to attract voters). The cartoon depicts a woman at a typewriter, likely illustrating the diary's author documenting her holiday shopping complaints and social observations.
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Nes Lops Diary December A mad day spent in the 2nd shops seeking suitable gifts against the coming Yuletide. Desperate at being unable to get anything embroidered or en- graved with initials, and wroth with myself for not having been fore- hand, as I do swear each year to be. Nor can I understand, with all the censors we have in needless connections, why it is that there is ne dictator of Christmas presents. For this afternoon I did see a poor wretch being persuaded to the purchase of a lamp, the ugliest one that ever I saw in my life, and I was at some pains to restrain my- self from gainsaying the salesman on the spot, the outlay involved being fifty or sixty dollars. If no dictator, we should at least have a statute forbidding the exchange of decorative objects. Lord! I should rather be given a packet of cards or a book of postage stamps any day than an odd bowl or cendrier fancied by someone else. enn To bed exhausted, and shortly after dining, the masseuse having done what she could for my ailing feet. December Awake betimes__ with 3rd such an aking in my (Lord’s Day) head as to keep me from service, which I was glad of, in especial as the malady disappeared after Sam had dosed me with an effervescent mixture. Going over my Christmas list again, I do find that I have left out our Aunt Caroline, for which my hus- band berated me roundly. So I must brave the crowds again, and with small zest for the mission, too, it being no easy matter to choose an acceptable gift for a woman who already has everything she wants and far more than she needs. ... A large company to our house for supper, with which we served a cup that set them all to asking how it was made. And I did not tell them the straight of it, neither. December Off early, and found for 4th Aunt Caroline an antique glass box for which I would gladly have given two of my teeth, but the decorator was quite satisfied with forty dollars. . . To luncheon at an inn with Constance Pearson, and she told me how well her boy of nine had done in the Binet test. They did show him a picture, Con said, titled “Paul Revere’s Farewell” and showing its subject taking leave of his wife and family before setting out on his famous ride. And there was a telephone in the picture which the child did mark at once. Lord! I should never have seen it. Never shall I sub- mit my poor wits to such an in- vestigation, my fear of the out- come being too great. Our luncheon a fine one, of sweetbreads, soufflé potatoes, salad and a rare cheese and I relished it the more because I should have confined my- self to some fish and a plain vege- table. But having lived long enough to know that my will power is negli- gible, I have learned to become re- signed to its defections. B..L, Grins and Groans from the Late Election OU know there is going to be an awful Scandal over this last Election. The Republicans claim the Democrats didn’t notify them they were having one. ** * * That’s just like those Democrats, they are kinder dirty that way. * * * One Republican in New York City found it out and voted for Miller. And now the Democrats are trying to find out how he knew it. It seems there was a leak somewhere. * * * I made one speech for my Man in New York and elected him. While Harding, Hughes and all of them gave the Government’s time to help Frelinghuysen in N. J. But the Voters judged him by the Company he had kept. x Ok OK Edwards of N. J. just waved a Bottle at the Polls and the Voters come a-running. x ok OO The. man with the Bottle is the man of to-day. The only way to beat him is to get two bottles. * * * Frelinghuysen had plenty of Bot- tles but he made the Mistake of opening them for the Cabinet instead of for the voters. * kK Senator Calder of New York couldn’t survive the Glove Tax. His Pallbearers all wore mittens. * * * A Doctor was elected Senator from New York. That means an Apple a day. * * * Lodge and Culture had a close call in Massachusetts. The Illiterate ele- ment come within five thousand votes of predominating. * * * LaFollette of course was elected A Child born in Wisconsin is taught two things. One is to love La- Follette and the other is to hate Minnesota. ee O* Hiram Johnson won in Cali-Iowa You may have seen some slight men- tion of it in the Hearst Papers. * * * And when these all get in there they will be just as bad as the others. Politics is all Apple Sauce anyw Will Rogers comicbooks.com