Life, 1923-12-13 · page 11 of 36
Life — December 13, 1923 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The page contains two distinct pieces: **Top story**: "The Man With the Different Eyes" by Cyril E. Egan tells of a man whose mismatched eyes (one beautiful, one evil-looking) attract a woman who becomes obsessed with his "evil eye." She eventually steals his eye patch, suggesting psychological obsession with perceived defects. **Bottom cartoon**: "Why Auction Players Go Mad" satirizes bridge or card game instruction. The illustration shows a professor teaching auction bidding to female students while other women observe. The caption jokes that students struggle to understand which suit color (red vs. black) makes the best bid—poking fun at both the complexity of auction rules and, perhaps, the difficulty of teaching women card games.
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fle eyes the bre wh LIFE ° The Man With the Different Eyes {ERE once was a man with two tirely individual and different One of his eyes was brown and id tender; the other was green ry and balefully glittering. The t eye saw naught but good; the aught but evil: and whosoever ized on intently by the latter d, withered, and presently died. t was that when the Man with Eyes finally came to fall and go a-courting, he hung over purple patch. Powerful ght eye, unhindered now by malignant influence of its wicked Powerful would be the lady could resist the ly tender in- ce of its gaze; and this particular | upon whom the eye lighted long- was all too ready to be won by q him of the beautiful marble-pallid face, him of the whimsical purple patch. “Lift me the patch,” she said to him You say the sight of your s perfect. Lift me the patch, And her hand went to his face. , firmly, he put her hand away. left ey then.” a little timorous laugh. “Is it that you would be too beautiful with both of your eyes—too like an angel? Ah, if you create havoc now with the glance of but one eye. what havoc would you work with two!” She sighed softly. Still silent, he took her to his arms, while a tear trickled down his right cheek. That night, as he walked home, he swore a great oath that never should she know the maleficent stare of his Evil Eye. hy WHY AUCTION PLAYERS GO MAD Months passed. The two were mar- Very devoted was he to he very devoted was she to him, her devo- tion prevailing even over her curiosity. But a woman is a woman; and at length, one night while he was gently slumbering, she came to gaze upon the patch wistfully, and an uncontrollable ried. itching took possession of her fingers. Lightly she lifted the patch: “Deceiver!” she cried, as she beheld —not an eye resting reposefully under its lid, but a horrid gaping socket. “Deceiver!” she repeated; then bit- terly she burst into te Cyril B, Egan, OTHER: But what enjoyment do you obtain from smoking? Davanter: The effect on others. Apt Pupil (at the conclusion of a ten-lesson course in advanced Auction): UM SURE YOU'VE MADE EVERYTHING WONDERFULLY CLEAR, PROFESSOR, BUT DO YOU THINK THE RED OR THE BLACK SUITS ARE THE BEST ON WHICH TO MAKE AN ORIGINAL BID? comicbooks.com