Life, 1924-01-10 · page 15 of 44
Life — January 10, 1924 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct pieces of humor content: **Top illustration** ("Somewhere in Connecticut"): A sketch showing men in a horse-drawn cart discussing winter resorts. The dialogue satirizes how wealthy men discuss vacation plans and leisure activities with excessive detail about recreational equipment and destinations. **"The Winter Resorter"**: A satirical essay mocking wealthy men who obsessively plan winter vacations, constantly researching and discussing resort destinations, fishing spots, and travel details. The humor targets their tendency to bore friends with endless vacation planning. **"Playing Safe"**: A cartoon showing a dog disrupting traffic around an automobile, with dialogue about "New Yorkers" and traffic hazards. It satirizes the chaos of early automobiles in urban settings and pedestrian/animal safety concerns. The overall page satirizes leisure-class preoccupations and emerging automotive culture.
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SOMEWHERE IN CONNECTICUT “A C MUNITY 0" WKITEKS AN’ ARTIS, EM? MAOW DYE LIKE HEVVIN’ A BUNCH LIKE THAT IN YER MIDST, JOSYER?™ “WELL, 1 DUNNO, VE GOT TO HAVE A LOT 0° TAWLEKATION, NAGWADAYS, CLARENCE; AN’ GAWD KNOWS WE GIT MANY'S THE QUIET LAFF OUTA THEM IN THE COURSE Oo” TH YEAR.” The Winter Resorter Playing Safe BOUT the middle of January he begins purchasing straw VISITOR: Isn't it dangerous the way you New Yorkers hats, fishing tackle, flannel trousers, bathing suits and go dodging in and out of traffic? washable neckties. Gotnamite: Not if you dodge the right way What is more, he talks about it. He possesses all varieties of pamphlets, prospectuses maps, brochures, and other forms of bait distributed by the countless hotels and railway systems of the land of roses and sunshine, which he carries about with him and produces on the slightest provocation. Occasionally he vaguely refers to a housebuat. He has invariably just heard that the tarpon fishing is excellent at Hoki-Poki, or else he understands that Shuffle Beach is going to be “the” resort this winter. He must make reservations, though, of course, there will not be the least difficulty. Everybody knows him. He tells his friends how glad he will be to get away No one ever misses him until he returns a couple of weeks vater. OWADAYS the amount of money a fellow’s father has doesn't count; it's the amount of his father’s money a NO JOKE TO HAVE THINGS TIED TO YOUR TAIL! NO fellow has that counts. WONDER IT LETS OUT A YELP!” comicbooks.com