Life, 1923-08-23 · page 14 of 36
Life — August 23, 1923 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct satirical pieces: **"The New-Voes Are Back"** mocks wealthy Americans who've returned from a European tour. The satire targets their pretentiousness: everything they experienced abroad was "special"—special food, drink, bills, and possessions. They visited eleven museums and bought castles/palaces in a single afternoon. The humor lies in their ostentatious display of wealth and their assumption that European culture is inherently superior, while paradoxically knowing nothing substantive about Europe. **"Frustrated"** is a brief dialogue where Rub desires his son become a "captain of industry," but Dub's wife considers industrialism "too brutal"—likely satirizing early 20th-century anxieties about capitalism and industrial labor conditions. The bottom cartoon about "Mrs. Biltmore" and dress appears incomplete on this page.
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LIFE The New-Voes Are Back 'HE New-Voes are just back from abroad. They've had such an interesting time. Of course, they occupied the Royal Suite wherever they went. And they always had several private cars. And a “special” yacht. There was something “special” about everything they did. All their food was “special.” What they drank was “special.” And their bills were especially “special.” They brought back eighty-seven trunks with them, Though most of their things came later. They did Europe up brown. They saw everything there was to be seen. They did everything there was to be done. And they spent more in one day than any one else had in a month. They had the best of everything wherever they went And nothing was too good for them. They visi as many as eleven museums and seven pic- Boy: BELIEVE ME, HE KNOWS WHO'S MASTER NOW. ture galleries in one afternoon. They took in all the well-known ruins. And they bought most of the best castles and palaces Frustrated What they don’t know about Europe simply isn’t worth UB: I suppose you'd like to see your son become a _ knowing. captain of industry. The New-Voes are just back. Dus: Yes, but my wife thinks pugilism is too brutal. They've had such an interesting time. WG NY wh ~~ \\ ( t Bystander: FOR A CLEVER WOMAN, MRS. BILTMORE SHOWS ABOMINABLE TASTE IN DRESS. Artist Friend: ALL PART OF HER CLEVERNESS, MY BOY. ATTENTION TO DETAIL DETRACTS FROM THE MASS. comicbooks.com