Life, 1923-06-28 · page 11 of 37
Life — June 28, 1923 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon**: A prehistoric mother scolds a young man, saying he's "not yet fully evolved"—a satirical jab using evolutionary theory to insult someone's intelligence or maturity. **"Overheard at the Moron Club"**: A conversation mocking wealthy people's complaints about rising labor costs and living expenses. Speakers discuss painters demanding higher wages, bricklayers earning "$15/day," and commercial rents increasing. The satire targets the obliviousness of the affluent to economic pressures affecting workers. **"Song of a Walking Delegate" (1923)**: A pro-labor poem by Marco Bozzaris advocating strikes for workers' rights and fair profits. **Bottom Cartoon**: Two fishermen discuss what makes a good fisherman, likely a humorous non-sequitur unrelated to other page content.
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Prehistoric Mother: THAT INELIGIBLE YOUN FANCY HIM. H MAN IS NOT TO CALL UPON YOU AGAIN! I DON’T S NOT YET FULLY EVOLUTED, Overheard at the Moron Club “sNt it awful, the these labor people are putting up wages? Just think of house painters getting twelve dollars a day! There ought to he a law that would reach those fel- lows. “And the bricklayers, too. Think of it! Fourteen dollars a day, just for putting one brick on top of another. ody could do that!” hings are looking up in the real estate line. I've just rented one the shops in my building for That’s $10,000 more than I was getting.” “Common laborers asking five dol- a day! What’s the country coming to?” “Sold my old walk-up flat building for $85,000 yesterday. Guess the new ner will have to jack up rents twenty-five per cent. if he expects to make it pay.” “Congress ought to do something about the high cost of living. It’s get- ting worse every month.” “It’s this high surtax on incomes that is making all the trouble. I made only 27 per cent. out of my factory way lars. year, and I've got to mark up prices or I won't make that much on this year’s business.” “As you say, what’s this country coming to?” HE Ku Klux Kian really ceased to be a secret organization when it admitted ladies to membership. Marco Bozzaris, 1923 Song of a Walking Delegate (With Apologies) TRIKE! for the profits are yours entire; Strike! for your hour-a-day desire; Strike! (after that I can retire, God will take care of you). “WHAT IS If MAKES A GOOD FISHERMAN, CHARLEY?” “WELL’M, I GUESS YE GOT TO KNOW A LEETLE MORE THAN THE FISH.” comicbooks.com