Life, 1923-03-08 · page 25 of 37
Life — March 8, 1923 — page 25: what you’re looking at
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**"The Coming Storm"** depicts a Black man (labeled "Mose") repeating Émile Coué's famous positive-affirmation mantra ("Every day, in every way, I've gotten better and better")—a 1920s self-help fad. The humor relies on racist caricature: the figure's exaggerated features suggest the satire mocks both the affirmation trend and, problematically, the speaker himself. **"Lucy—1923"** is a poem satirizing modern, independent women of the Jazz Age. It mocks the "flapper"—sexually liberated, financially carefree, and socially unconventional ("flip effrontery"). The ironic twist: her father controls her money despite her apparent freedom. **"Feeding the Lions"** cartoon shows figures labeled "Whitney," "Harkness," and "Rockefeller" at a New York Public Library, satirizing wealthy philanthropists as merely "feeding" (financially supporting) institutional lions—suggesting their donations are self-serving rather than genuinely altruistic.
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Hl HA Whi ic 4 nn i The Coming Storm Mose (for the seventeenth time): Every day, in every way, I’se gitten bettah an’ bettah. Lucy—1923 HE dotes upon the unchastened ways, Her manner like no dove; A maid who finds but few to praise, And none at all to love. A violet by a mossy stone? The parallel is shy. An orchid she—the kind of one That comes amazing high. She lives unchecked, that all may know Her flip effrontery; But I control her cash, and, oh, The diffidence to me! H.W. H. ‘Do you know anything about Russia ?” “No; I’ve merely heard about it, read about it, and been there.” Warner Wannness De & TE ag On Feeding the Lions (To the Tune of Six Millions) comicbooks.com