Life, 1923-04-12 · page 12 of 40
Life — April 12, 1923 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page presents satirical questions about contemporary political and social issues. The left column lists rhetorical queries—a signature Life magazine format for social commentary. The topics reference: - **Harding's presidency** (water from the "Ship of State") - **Republican Party leadership** and Senator Moses - **The Anti-Saloon League** (Prohibition enforcement) - **King George of England** and his cook (likely a jab at British monarchy) - **Henry Ford** and his public/private role The right section, "My Dinner Partner," humorously catalogs trivial urban complaints—traffic congestion, servant shortages, dinner party tedium. The photograph captioned "The First Time You Played Hockey" shows children playing in what appears to be a cramped urban alley, sardonically illustrating limited recreational space for city youth. Together, the page critiques both major political issues and the petty anxieties of the affluent.
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HEN the summer baggage-smashing season officially opens. * OK If Mr. Harding's houseboat draws more water than his Ship of State. *OK Whether Percy Haughton will teach Columbia’s football team to use the broad “a.” x How to pass a law regulating the vote of the Supreme Court that won't be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. ** * Whether the Anti-Saloon League would have any serious objection to coal taking an occasional drop. * KK Whether an oyster ever really en- joys getting stewed. ***K On what condition would ex-Sec- retary Tumulty consider a_ third term. * KOK Whether the barbers will ever be able to get Henry Cabot Lodge's goatee. * eK Who convinced King George of England that he can placate Labor better through his cook than his Prime Minister. * KK Whether our latest hotel for tramps is to be known as the House of Vagabondage. xk * Whether the price we pay for our liberty isn’t cheap at ninety dollars a case. * eK If the Man Without a Country ever worried about his income tax. *** Whether Henry Ford, having had so much publicity as a private citi- zen, wants to become President and retire to public life. * OK Whether in golf the word enthu- siast is only a polite synonym for dub. . ** * How young must mediocrity be to be mistaken for genius. LIFE Things LIFE °Would Rather Like to Know If peace without victory might not have been better than victory with- out peace. *** Why the Republican Party, with a wilderness before it, doesn’t turn to Senator Moses. ** If window cleaners like office work because it keeps them out in the air. * OK Whether the Church of the Ascen- sion has an S. R. O. sign. My Dinner Partner HE tells me that she thinks the city is getting more and more crowded every year. She doesn’t know how they will ever solve the traffic problem. She wonders if the high cost of living will ever drop, She believes that a great muiny Americans will go abroad this sim- mer. She doubts whether Prohibi is thoroughly enforced. She +f that there are still a number criminals in the city. She says sh always tired the next morning if remains up very late at night. Sh sure that the servant situation is difficult one. She considers exer a healthful pastime. And she tells me that she think dinner parties are always so amus- ing. C.G. S The First Time You Played Hookey comicbooks.com