Life, 1924-01-10 · page 27 of 44
Life — January 10, 1924 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humorous observations on everyday life alongside several cartoon gags. The top section, "Notes Here and There," contains witty one-liners about modern inconveniences—telephone privacy invasion, cigar bands ruining dinners, and forgotten items at country houses—typical of Life's satirical commentary on upper-class concerns. The main cartoons depict: 1. **Upper cartoon**: Two men discussing something, with dialogue suggesting one mistakenly thought the other was starting a war again—likely referencing post-WWI tensions and how casually people still discuss the recent conflict. 2. **Lower cartoon**: A traffic jam captioned "Hold 'em, officer—Tommy lost his whistle," showing a policeman unable to control automobile congestion. This satirizes early 20th-century urban traffic problems and the ineffectiveness of police in managing the new automobile age. The "Indifferentism" section mocks pretentious dinner-party arguments about trivial matters. Overall, the page reflects Life's focus on satirizing modern urban life and social pretensions.
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- LIFE: Notes Here and There HAVE known some of the most superb dinners to be completely ruined by the type of paper bands on the cigars. * 8 6 Fully nine-tenths of the privacy of a bedroom was eliminated with the installation of the telephone. o 8 6 I am invariably overcome by a fit of melancholy upon viewing a great city from a great height. o 8 @ Nothing in life is ever quite perfect. There is always the bill that follows the most luscious of liqueurs. o 8 6 I choose my friends for their angle of humor ; the choice of my enemies is a far more complex matter. o 8 6 Why is it that those articles one leaves at a country house are invariably the most indispensable of the lot: ¢. g., one’s tooth brush, the leading rdle of one’s pajamas, those unobtainable liver pills, that almost human nail file ++.the address of that little blonde? CGS. Indifferentism Y friends were arguing about grape fruit. One said it grew on trees, another that vines produced it, still another that it grew underground like sweet potatoes. They appealed to me. I had to defend my ignorance. Shrugging my shoulders, I said “What is it to me? I belie regular breakfast course.” e in letting nature take its E,VERY small town is famous for something even if it didn't happen there. “BUT WHY GO ROUND TALKING ABOUT IT? THE WAR'S OVER.” “OH, I KNOW IT's OVER, RUT HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT 1 WAS TRYING TO START IT AGAIN.” OROTHY: How long did it take you t« plication table? Motner: Oh, not very long, dear “But it was much simpler in those days, wasn’t it?” un the multi- “HOLD "EM, OFFICER—TOMMY LOST HIS WHISTLE, comicbooks.com