Life — January 11, 1923 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page contains two distinct pieces: **Left Column - "My Husband Says":** A humorous domestic anecdote (signed L.B.S.) about a wife's failed dinner party. She attempted to impress guests (the Pugsley-Steltons) with artistic table decoration using a fish bowl and goldfish, but the experiment backfired when a fish died during dinner, creating an awkward moment. **Right Column - "Almost Chemically Pure":** An article about the "99.44-Per-Cent American" movement, discussing efforts to be authentically American. It quotes various perspectives on American identity, immigration, and government, with some gentle satire about nationalist standards and the difficulty of achieving complete "purity." **Bottom Illustration:** A cartoon showing two men in a rowboat, one asking how they'll retrieve their sunken cargo. The caption references a "Pursued Rumrunner," indicating Prohibition-era bootlegging humor—the boat had to dump illegal alcohol ("cargo") to avoid capture.