Life, 1923-06-14 · page 9 of 44
Life — June 14, 1923 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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**"The Cradle of the Deep"** (top cartoon): Shows two figures in a small boat. The younger one suggests returning home, claiming "when you've seen one wave, you've seen them all"—satirizing shallow, jaded attitudes. **"Finis"** (poem by Dorothy Parker): A melancholic reflection on life's end, contrasting bright, unheeding nature with human mortality and grief. **"Overheard at the Moron Club"**: Political satire mocking anti-immigration rhetoric. A character advocates restricting immigration to protect American labor wages, while simultaneously supporting policies (low freight rates) that harm Western farmers—exposing the contradiction and selfishness in such positions. **"The Hollywood Girl"**: A cartoon captioned "Under-developed and Over-exposed," likely satirizing the entertainment industry's exploitation of young women. The page combines satirical commentary on politics, social hypocrisy, and cultural criticism.
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The Cradle of the Deep The Young Thing: I think we might just as well go back now. After all, when you've seen one wave, you've seen them all. Finis and unsettling prosperity. When the heads of an in- dustry with $20,000,000,000 capital want a chance to [ OW it’s over, and now it’s done; earn dividends, Congress ought to give it to them. Why does everything look the same? Just as bright, the unheeding sun,— Can’t it see that the parting came? People hurry and work and swear, Laugh and grumble and die and wed, Ponder what they will eat and w Don’t they know that our love is dead? A FisH must think when he’s caught on a hook that the worm has turned, Just as busy, the crowded street; Cars and wagons go rolling on, Children chuckle, and lovers meet — Don’t they know that our love is gone? No one pauses to pay a tear; None walks slow, for the love that’s through,— T might mention, my recent dear, l've reverted to normal, too, Dorothy Parker. Overheard at the Moron Club 7 HEY say the President is in favor of repeal- ing the immigration-restriction law, and he should tell the people out West just where he stands. Now that we’ve got a nice high tariff to protect American labor it can’t do any harm to bring in three or four million more Hunkies and Polacks that'll be ready to take the places of these fellows that are asking for higher wages.” . “As a holder of railway securities I think it’s time - : the President told those Western farmers who want The Hollywood Girl lower freight rates that they are destroying confidence Under-developed and Over-exposed. comicbooks.com