Life — March 15, 1923 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Things LIFE Would Rather Like to Know" This page presents satirical questions about early 1920s politics and society. The left column lists rhetorical queries mocking contemporary figures and events—including references to Babe Ruth's reading habits, Niagara Falls, Secretary Fall (likely Albert Fall of Teapot Dome scandal notoriety), Edison's theories, and political figures like Mayor Hylan and Mr. Borah. The bottom cartoon depicts a car dealer and motorist in a transaction. The motorist asks the dealer about the car's lifetime; the dealer claims it will last "a lifetime," but when pressed whose lifetime, admits "its own, sir"—a joke about the vehicle's unreliability or short functional lifespan. The "Thrift" poem (right) humorously describes a poor man's misfortune using colloquial dialect, ending with a Coroner's verdict of natural causes.