Life, 1923-09-13 · page 14 of 36
Life — September 13, 1923 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** A husband asks his wife why closing saloons has increased divorces. She responds that men now have nowhere to go, so they stay home—implying domestic conflict results from forced togetherness. This satirizes Prohibition (the abolition of saloons), suggesting the law created unintended social consequences by eliminating male social spaces. **"Mrs. Pep's Diary":** A satirical society column mocking upper-class women's vanity and shallow concerns. The diary entries reference social events, fashion (a Paris bracelet, voilà costume), and gossip about acquaintances like "Larry Borden." The accompanying cartoon shows two men arguing, with a caption about a senator's statement being "dangerous." This section ridicules elite social pretension and frivolous female interests typical of 1920s satirical humor.
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Husband: WHY 1s IT, DEAR, THAT WITH THE ABOLITION OF THE SALOON THERE HAS COME SUCH A IN THE NUMBER OF DIVORCES? HAVE NO PLACE TO GO TO BUT HOME Nes Reps Diary> GREAT INCREAS Wife: 1 SUPPOSE, DAR This day as near to exasperation with my husband, poor wretch, it is possible for me to come. For whilst in his.tub he did chant “Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,” a hymn’ in which he seems to take a personal and irritating satis- faction. And then he fell a-talking of Lydia Loomis, with whom we dined last night, marking this and that point of her appearance favorably until I was at some pains not to inform him that Lydia’s state of preservation is the most remarkable instance of the triumph of mind over September 7 “{ WOULD REMIND THE SENATOR THAT HIS STATEMENT THAT ‘THE LORD KNOWS BEST’ IS A DANGEROUS ADMISSION FOR ANY SENATOR TO MAKE.” G, IT’S BECAUSE SO MANY ME: matter that I know aught of, being based on the kind of perseverance and financial outlay that once went into the building of Lord! I had liefer my face resembled a road map of Westchester County than bother to anoint it with ice packs at early dawn, nor do I « sider it seemly to go to bed looking like a deep sea diver But I said naught, for the staunchest men are not only blind to things a female of six can detect at a glance, but exceeding skeptical and misunderstanding when they are pointed out to them. Then, too, we women should staud together in our sex’s chicanery, nor do I ever deem it wise to get Sam on the subject of earrings. empires. Up betimes, and did on my voiladyne costume— as smart, thank God! as it was in the spring—and the novelty bracelet which Chamberlin Dodds brought me from Paris, but I doubt that I shall make great use of the li; stick which it conceals, forasmuch as I am too conscious of paint on my lips to keep it there long. Albeit my mouth looks like Norma Talmadge’s when I leave my mirror, it has re- verted to normal when I leave the lift....To the Ritz for luncheon with Grace Bascom, and when I did tw't her about her friendship with Larry Borden, exaggerating the gossip only slightly, she did vouchsafe that it was (Continued on page 31) Sepiember t comicbooks.com