Life, 1923-05-17 · page 7 of 46
Life — May 17, 1923 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine presents a series of four comic panels featuring a horse-drawn carriage labeled "HOLA," "TUT I," "MARRY'S COLLEGE," and "HOPPY DOO!" The cartoons satirize contemporary trends through surreal imagery—each panel shows the carriage in increasingly absurd situations. The accompanying text snippets mock various 1920s fads and personalities: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's spiritualism, marathon dancing crazes, labor organizing, and the Duke of York's income. References to President Harding, Sir William Orpen (portrait painter), and Samuel Gompers (labor leader) suggest topical satire of the period's social movements and celebrity culture. The overall effect ridicules modern obsessions through whimsical, exaggerated cartoon vignettes.
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HE Leviathan is now conceded to be the biggest ship afloat, bar none and no bar. Half the rappings that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has heard lately are just ordinary knocks. —L Sir Arthur gets the inspiration for his lectures from the spirit world, but the gate receipts are furnished by the United States Mint. -L Triumphant fallen arches mark the victories of the marathon dancing craze. There were 84 earthquakes in the United States last year. California produced most of these fires. JL When President Harding goes to Alaska this summer, he might try to find out what has become of the Eskimo pie. JL Sir William Orpen, the noted por- trait painter, says ke never saw a really pretty woman in his life. He is evidently angling for a pair of free seats for the Follies of 1923. / When the leaves begin to turn brown it means another paper has gone in for a rotogravure section. fe European travel will broaden a quar- ter of a million of our tourists dur- ing the coming summer. It will also flatten them. aL The banjo, when invented eighty years ago, had only one string. We should have let well enough alone. aL Organized labor has opened a bank in New York. But there is no double payment for overtime drafts. aL The Duke of York’s income is now £25,000—paid, of course, on a royalty basis. Samuel Gompers believes in one day of rest in every seven, which shows where Labor stands on the subject of non-stop dancing. JL We hope that the impending “Clean Book Bill” will do something about readers who moisten their thumbs before turning a page. JL Motto for book censors—Sweet are the uses of asterisks. comicbooks.com