Life, 1922-12-07 · page 74 of 80
Life — December 7, 1922 — page 74: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page primarily contains **advertisements and a short humorous story**, rather than political satire. The small cartoon at top left is a music-hall joke: A doorman tells a late-arriving concertgoer she cannot enter because the singer has already started—if he opened the door, half the audience might rush out. The humor lies in the implied insult that the performance is so bad people would flee. The main text piece, "One Dozen American Beauties," is a social comedy about a chorus girl named Betty. She receives a bouquet of roses from an admirer, impressing her fellow chorus girls who are accustomed to receiving gifts from wealthy men. The story satirizes the materialistic attitudes of 1920s chorus girls, who measure male suitors primarily by spending power rather than character. Betty's flowers earn her unexpected social status among girls who previously pitied her lack of romantic attention. The remainder of the page consists of travel and luxury goods advertising (Tucson tourism, Cammeyer shoes, Carolina Hotel).
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