Life, 1923-11-22 · page 32 of 34
Life — November 22, 1923 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief satirical anecdotes typical of Life magazine's humor: **"The Golf Widow's Revenge"**: A husband abandons his wife all summer to play golf. When the season ends and he returns home, he finds she's learned Mah Jong (a Chinese tile game then fashionable among American women). The joke satirizes marital tit-for-tat—she's now the one absorbed in her hobby, abandoning him as he abandoned her. **"The Usual Kind"**: A wife too ill to attend church sends her husband instead. He returns describing the sermon's burden. The implicit joke suggests he's avoiding naming any actual content—typical marital evasion. **Other brief anecdotes** humorously capture domestic and social situations common to the era (1920s-era based on Mah Jong reference). The page is primarily **advertising**, including promotions for gray-hair restorer, Christmas cards, and cough syrup. The cartoons are minor supporting content rather than the page's focus.
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