Life, 1923-08-09 · page 21 of 36
Life — August 9, 1923 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon - "The Will O' The Wasp":** A satirical drawing shows women chasing a tiny wasp figure. The caption "Wasp Waists Are Coming Back" references the fashion trend of tight corsets that cinch the waist—a jab at women's fashion cycles where uncomfortable styles periodically return despite being abandoned. **Middle Cartoon - "The Cosmopolite":** A brief story mocking a fashionable restaurant regular who frequents the trendy establishment nightly, pretends to enjoy the scene, then returns to mundane work. The satire targets the performative nature of high society and fashionable leisure. **Bottom Cartoon - "Jazz":** Shows people at a piano, likely mocking the era's jazz craze. **"Some Political Definitions":** Cynical one-liners defining government structures—oligarchy vs. democracy as essentially identical, presidents as less disposable than kings, and legislative bodies as mere "rest-rooms." This reflects 1920s American skepticism toward institutional politics. The page satirizes fashion obsessions, leisure culture, and political hypocrisy typical of the Jazz Age.
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| Confidential Guide More or Less Serious | The Fool. Times Square—Religion rought up-to-date with the aid of grease- aint, Good morality but cheap theatre. Rain. Maxine Elliott's—Jeanne Eagels as he prostitute who converted a preacher. A yitter and powerful play. Seventh Heaven. Booth—Papier-mach¢ | irama with acting by Helen Menken. Sun Up. Provincctown—Sincere por- rayal of back-woods types under the barely able stress of emotion. Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish Rose. Republic—America’s | favorite comedy. God forbid, | Aren't We All. Gaiety—Cyril Maude in something light_and_ pleasant. The Devil's Disciple. Garrick—Part con- } ventional Revolutionary drama, turning to | delightful Shaw towards the end. Merton of the Movies. Cort—Glenn | itunter as the appealing hero who couldn't void success. Two Fellows and a Girl. Vanderbilt— | To be reviewed next w | Zander the Great. pire—Alice Brady in virile Western stuff and bootlegging. Eye and Ear Ertertainment Adrienne. George M. Cohan’s—Richard Carle and Billy B, Van in regulation materi- ul, with Vivienne Segal singing. Dew Drop Inn. 7—Back to town iter a short vacation, with Jim Barton as the excuse. Fashions of 1924. this issue. Helen of Troy, N. Y. entertainment, vundry.”” Music Box Revue. Music Box—Last cason’s bill still good enough to last through ie hot wave. Passing Show of 1923. The Winter Garden's best. Scandals of 1923. Globe—George White's troubadours in an eyeful. Vanities of 1923. Ear! Carroll—Joe Cook ud others in a general good time. Peggy ‘lopkins Joyce has several entrances. Wildflower. Casino—Edith Day singing ome of the best music in town. Ziegfeld Follies. New Amsterdam— Most of last_ year’s. show, ‘except Will Rogers, with Eddie Cantor and Ann Pen- uington in addition, Lyceum—Reviewed in Selwyn—Good “glorifying the ‘American Winter Garden— THE WILL O' THE WASP The Cosmopolite VERY night he journeyed to the fashionable restaurant—the resort of the beau monde, of the smart, of the chic. A table in the corner was always his. Now and then a new face would appear, but as a rule he knew them all. Moreover, he usually knew precisely what they would say. The story was an old one to him, and it was with difficulty that he concealed his look of boredom. When the last of the gathering had departed, he would pass through the kitchen, change his clothes, and be at liberty until it was time to report for lunch the fol- lowing day. OLFER: Doctor, you remember you recommended golf to take my mind off my work? Doctor: - Yes. “Well, can you prescribe some- thing now to get it back again?” w,, X) y 1/72 WASP WAISTS ARE COMING BACK—Fashion Note. Some Political Definitions LIGARCHY: The government of the many by the few, selected by themselves. Democracy: The government of the many by the few, selected by each other. King: A man who is permitted to sign laws after others have made them. He can be deposed at any time. President: A man who is permitted to sign laws after others have made them. He must be kept for at least four years. Senate, House of Representatives, Chamber of Deputies, Houses of Parliament, etc.: Rest-rooms. Vice-presiden Potter's Field. Supreme Court: A tribunal com- posed of two jurists and seven men who know the word “injunction.” “TS your mistress at home?” “This is her afternoon out.” comicbooks.com