Life, 1923-10-11 · page 6 of 36
Life — October 11, 1923 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a sketch depicting children playing circus games and a humorous "Questionnaire for Hesitant Hes" — a satirical marriage-readiness test for men considering engagement. The cartoon shows children role-playing: one child acts as a lion-tamer while another plays a lion. Dorothy addresses her mother, insisting the "lion" won't harm her despite the playful danger. The questionnaire below mockingly interrogates male marriage prospects on practical matters: domestic habits (egg-cooking, cigar ash cleanup), personal hygiene, financial capacity, and emotional suitability. The satire suggests men often avoid marriage due to superficial concerns or lack of self-knowledge about their compatibility. The closing quip about typewriter ribbons appears unrelated, possibly a magazine filler joke.
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<<< Toe Vf Dorothy: —— Ss SSA Ss SS Saat ERAN SSS SSS SSS MOTHER, WE'RE PLAYIN’ CIRCUS, AN’ BOBBIE’S THE LION AN’ I’M THE LION-TAMER, AN’ HE WON’T LET ME PUT MY HEAD IN HIS MOUTH. Questionnaire for Hesitant Hes Designed to Ferret Out All That It Is Wise to Know Before Making the Desperate Declaration GENERAL INFORMATION. * a. State difference between a Ruhr basin and a tear- jug. b. If A and B love the same girl, and she loves D, but marries E, who is the lucky fellow?——H—— c. Who invented the peplum? 2, LITERATURE, DRAMA and MOVIES. a. Who said “Be Beautiful and be Damned”? b. Who wrote the “Harvard Classics” ? c. Is Colonel Harvey literature or drama? d. Why is a movie star's cuticle more important than whatever it is he thinks with? 3. DOMESTIC QUALITIES. a. Can you distinguish before the climax between a modern egg and an old master ?——--—____ b. Could you overcome your habit of dropping ciga- rette ashes on the rugs? c. Can you nurse a sinkful of dinner dishes back to normal ?———_—_—_ d. Does « baby remind you of an angel or the wash- line? e. Have you ever infringed on a certain restaurant’s basic patent on flapjacks?. 4. PHYSICAL QUALITIES. a. Would you take a cold bath if no one was looking, or are you honest 7 b. What sized shoe should you wear ?. c. Do you taxi two blocks, or are you athletic?. — d. Is your hair naturally wavy or is it merely perma- nent ?————____ 5. PERSONAL. a. Do you love me?————_— b. If. so, why ?———________ allowed is inadequate, write on back of sheet.) c. Underline the income you would be willing to try to live within: $5,000 $10,000 $25,000 $100,000 $1,000,000. d. Would you be intrigued by anything less?. a (If. space (This questionnaire must be filled in and returned within two weeks from date, otherwise the unknown law insists that you return my wrist-watch, the works of E. P. Roe, the Russian novelty nut-cracker, my letters and the imi: tation cut-glass red raspberry bowl.) E. M. THE typewriter may be fifty years old but it has a long way to go to attain the age of the average typewriter ribbon. comicbooks.com