Life — October 11, 1923 — page 24: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a humorous domestic column titled "My Husband Says" alongside two cartoons. The main text humorously recounts a wife's attempts to decorate their home with Chinese aesthetic elements to please relatives. The husband's practical objections—that a Chinese costume looks wrong on "Main Street," that raw sweets and tea are unpalatable—satirize overzealous adoption of foreign fashions and décor without practical consideration. The lower cartoon by **Cortlandt Garrde** depicts a golfing couple, with the wife suggesting her husband carry a shotgun to bag birds and eagles alongside his golf game. The husband's incredulous response ("What for?") mocks the absurdity of the suggestion, likely satirizing either excessive hunting enthusiasm or impractical spouse suggestions. Both pieces employ gentle domestic satire typical of early 20th-century Life magazine humor.