Life, 1923-03-08 · page 12 of 37
Life — March 8, 1923 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains miscellaneous short satirical commentary and one central cartoon titled "Old Bill Nickel." The cartoon depicts a tall, thin, disheveled figure labeled as such, with the caption suggesting he nervously watches time pass due to fear of arrest for speeding. The surrounding "Life Lines" are brief jokes and observations on contemporary topics: movie cameras, poetry, Bolshevism, golf courses, labor unions, France's occupation of the Ruhr, eugenics, and Henry Ford's dismissal of art. The cartoon likely references a specific contemporary figure or incident involving speeding arrests, though the exact reference is unclear without additional context. The overall page reflects Life magazine's typical format: mixing visual satire with pithy commentary on 1920s American politics, culture, and social issues.
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After the British scientists have fin- ished removing the mummy cloths from the late King Tutankhamen, GIRL cannot fool a movie camera. Which seems to prove that a camera has more sense than Clemenceau is reported by his daugh- ter to be in much lighter spirits since his trip to the United States a man. aL The pep devotee’s Coué litany: Day by day, in every way, I am go- getting better and better. aL Regardless of the merits of Cougism, its founder has cer- tainly stimulated our interest in poetry. LL Russia is sending so many offi- cial notes that the . foreign powers are beginning to regard each day as a Red letter day. aL A radical is a man who looks down on those above him. aL A golf course is to be built on the historic battlefield at Yorktown. But wouldn’t Bunker Hill be more appropriate? If any member of the End to End Layers’ Union should ever be out of work he could doubt- less get a job measuring: wave lengths. aL Someone in Washington ought to call a convention to find out what has become of the third party. -L The proposed invasion of France by 2,500 United Cigar Stores gives promise that Americans will soon be able to visit the battlefields without impairing their coupon collections. JL they might be invited to come over and do as much for the United States Senate. a few weeks ago. She attributes the change to our air. Well, we certainly gave it to him. JL We learn from a rumor that Old Bill Nickel “Nate Ogolsby’s Waterbury _ watch gains so much time in a day he’s ner- vous fer fear he'll be arrested fer speedin’.” Jackie Coogan, the eight-year- old film star, has threatened to retire from the pictures. Coogan’s bluff. LL The movies seem to be ventur- ing farther and farther into the Great Hokum Spaces. aL The hard liquor provided these days isn’t hard—it’s impossible. aL Henry Ford is quoted as saying he would not give ten cents for all the art in the world. Well, that makes it unanimous. No artist would give ten cents for all the Fords in the world. aL Yale is doing away with dead languages. How about baccalaureate ser- mons f aL Turkey will never be’a serious menace to the rest of the world so long as the supply of Arme- nians holds out. aL The way France is getting coal out of Germany suggests that it might be a good idea for us to move on Scranton. aL Now that Congress has ad- A nation that buys its homes and journed, not even the knowledge that the Literary Digest will start taking presidential straw votes pretty soon can mar the national In view of the prices they get for it, one would think they’d change the ti- tle from “bootlegger” to “contra- bandit.” furnishes them on the installment plan will have no difficulty under- standing the British war debt agree- ment. aL LL The occupation of the Ruhr, Mr. Where there’s smoke there’s a flap- Edison believes, is strictly “a busi- per. ness call.” This seems to confirm the +L widespread impression that the Apparently the chief difficulty in the French did not go in there just for way of the eugenist is that children, the fun of the thing. like poets, are born and not made. feeling of content. aL City life has certain advantages, af- ter all. For instance, those who are undecided as to what to give up in Lent may safely leave it to the next hold-up man. LL Somebody is always begging Gov- ernor Smith’s pardon. comicbooks.com