Life, 1923-09-27 · page 11 of 36
Life — September 27, 1923 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct pieces: 1. **"Life Lines"** - A brief news commentary column touching on various topics: Lord George's warning about invasion, Ireland's peace, a Japan earthquake, and editorial difficulties finding alarm causes. 2. **Upper cartoon** - Sketches two women discussing a dancer, with caption questioning "What sort of dancer is Fred?" and "The sort jealous women marry to preserve their peace of mind." This satirizes marriages of convenience or appeasement in relationships. 3. **"The Echo's Decision"** - A humorous poem about a man debating whether to bet on ponies, where an echo answers his indecision with "Better not." 4. **Lower photograph** - Captioned "Trials of Future Travel: The 5:15 Aero Express Has Just Passed Over Pittsburgh," showing what appears to be early aviation technology. The page reflects early 20th-century concerns about technology, social relationships, and modern anxieties.
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Life Lines TURNING travelers _ predict another world war, but none of n has filed his application for b in the shipyards. aL d George had no sooner warned land against an invasion of the s than Woolworth started opening es in London. aL th Ireland at peace and Japan ically crushed by an earthquake, editorial writers on the Hearst rs are having great difficulty find- idequate causes for alarm. aL daily dozen are usually t: the gross. JL laughs last whose laugh lasts JL ve human ‘body is the vehicle of jlossal and absorbing evolutionary riment,” said Sir Arthur Keith, famous scientist, recently. \cll, that’s one man’s way of de- ving the Eighteenth Amendment. the hard cider season approaches thoughts of the American people inctively turn to the embottled ner, IL \y of the politicians are noticing cool in Coolidge. JL last reports the German mark dropped to 12,000,000 to the dollar. old joke is being carried alto- “WHAT SORT OF A DANCER IS FRE! cr too far. “THE SORT JEALOUS WOMEN MARRY TO PRESERVE THEIR PEACE OF MIND.” The Echo’s Decision WATCHED the ponies running, Debating on a bet That might, if I were cunning, Deliver me from debt. The form sheet Izy before me, But as the dope I got. Uneasiness swept o’er me. “Well, shall I bet, or not?” The echo seized my question, And solved it like a shot It vetoed my suggestion, “Well, shall I?”—“Better not.” A, H. Up-to-Date Name Mrs. Hoyte: Have you hired a ; furnace man for the winter? TRIALS OF FUTURE TRAVEL Mrs. DoyLe: We have engaged a 15 AERO EXPRESS HAS JUST PASSED OVER PITTSBURGH fuel administrator. comicbooks.com