Life, 1923-08-23 · page 5 of 36
Life — August 23, 1923 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct cartoons from an early 20th-century issue. **Top cartoon ("Liar!"):** Shows an explosion erupting from a human head, likely satirizing exaggerated claims or propaganda. The accompanying text references Germany's 500-mark note, Ford's cost-cutting innovations, and claims about American literacy rates—suggesting the cartoon mocks false or inflated statements in public discourse. **Bottom cartoon:** Depicts a social gathering where a man apologizes for his wife smoking cigarettes, saying "someone told her I said so." This satirizes gender dynamics and marital communication of the era, when women smoking was still controversial and husbands' authority over wives' behavior was expected. Both pieces use humor to critique contemporary social attitudes and public dishonesty.
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ERMANY has issued a 500,- (00-mark note, which will be a help to the newsboys who have had trouble making change. te * Only 96 per cent. of the Amer- ican people are below normal in- telligence, according to a recent esti- mate, thus making it impossible to elect Henry Ford President by ac- clamation. ee * The Ford-for-President boom has saved the lives of many paragraphers who had been starving since Ireland and the McCormick family resigned from the front pages. * * # Recent foreign developments prove that uneasy lies the Red that wears, a crown. ee * Posterity is what the Present be- queaths to the Future for the sake of getting itself thoroughly discredited. William T. Tilden, II, says seventeen nations have challenged for the Davis Cup this year. They will contest, of course, upon the World Court. The Government has asked that its plans concerning the twelve- mile limit be kept secret. Well, why not? The fact that this country is technically dry has been kept secret for four * * * Arthur Brisbane believes that the new airplane -carrying submarines will end war. As we remember it, Aris- totle said much the same thing when King Philip invented the Macedonian Phalanx. ee * No Englishwoman, would taste” however _ loyal, re to have “to the Queen's applied to her new hat. * * * The phrase, “Yes, we have no bana- nas,” has reached England. War may be declared at any moment * oe * This “Dollar Wheat” that they're all talking about must be buck-wheat. “I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOUR WIFE WOULD NEVEK SMOKE CIGARETTES. “T DID SAY SO, AND SOMEONE TOLD HER I SAID SO.” comicbooks.com