Life, 1922-12-14 · page 11 of 36
Life — December 14, 1922 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This cartoon illustrates a working-class domestic scene where a frustrated woman serves dinner to three men at a modest table. The title "Fed Up" suggests the woman's exhaustion with her household duties and dependents. The accompanying text consists of practical math problems for readers—including scenarios about sound travel, Mr. Skinnet's coin collection, and a mother calculating castor oil expenses. These problems reflect Depression-era concerns: budgeting, childcare costs, and family finances. The cartoon satirizes the burden of domestic labor and economic hardship on women, particularly mothers managing limited household resources. The juxtaposition of math problems emphasizing financial strain reinforces how women bore responsibility for making ends meet during economically difficult times.
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LIFE Practical Mathematics Problems to Perform While Waiting for the Coalman OUND travels 1,160 ft. a second. i If at 3.20 Pp. M. a human voice utters the sound “Volstead,” at what time will the hearer who is four feet distant make a joke about Pro- iibition? Mr. Skinnet has in his pocket wo ten-dollar bills, three five-dollar ills, four one-dollar bills, and four pennies. When the collection is ounted the deacons find it amounts to $69.04. What proportion of the collection did Mr. Skinnet -give? low big is Mr. Skinnet’s heart? (low tight is his fist? Reduce to fractions. Anne is seven years old. She has lost seven teeth. Seven more are loose. When Anne is 7x7 irs old how many teeth will she ve? What is the name of Anne’s entist ? Mr. K. has a new automobile. it cost him $700.00, His repair bill jor the summer was $108.12. Gas- oline in proportion. How many times during the summer has Mr. Kk. offered to give the darn thing away? How many times has he lied to his less fortunate friends about the comfort and convenience of owning a car? John has twenty cents. Tom has forty-four cents. Jane has only three cents. Their mother has gone away for the afternoon. When she comes home how much money will she spend on castor oil? Deduct subway fare and war tax. Mrs. D.’s telephone number is 275 R. Mrs. M.’s is 275 J. How many times a day does Mrs. D. answer Mrs. M.’s calls? How many times a day does Mrs. M. answer Mrs. D,’s calls? What does each say when she hangs up? “The Education of Henry Adams” has 269 pages. “The Outline of History,” by H. G. Wells (in 2 vols.), has over 1,200 pages. Both books are on the table in Mrs. Thingumabob’s library. Mrs. Thing- umabob said at the last bridge party she attended that she “just loved them—they were wonderful books! So inspirational !” How many pages in the first book are uncut? How many in the second? Clara has one husband in Heaven, one in Colorado, one in California, and one in Chicago, Clara hasn't any children, What would their names be if she had some? Miss Ann Teak pays for her gen- eral assembly as follows: For permanent wave (quarterly) .. + $ 35.00 For henna coloring ..... 20.00 ” rouge, etc., per month 12.00 massage per week .. 5.00 clothes per annum .. 3,200.00 The engagement of Miss A. Teak has just been announced to a rising young business man. What do you estimate Miss Teak’s annual income to be? Subtract income tax. Re- duce answer to rubles, marks, lire, and francs. Compare answer with age of Miss T. Arthur’s alarm clock loses ten minutes every five hours.. At eleven p. M. he set it to go off at six-thirty A.M. At what time would it have gone off if he hadn’t forgotten to release the silencer? ” ” C.F RK. comicbooks.com