Life, 1924-01-17 · page 13 of 36
Life — January 17, 1924 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two satirical cartoons about early 1900s American social life. **Top cartoon**: Shows a couple in a train compartment. The caption references asking a conductor to open a window, satirizing the pretensions of wealthy travelers who demand service. **Bottom cartoon**: Depicts a group gathered around a skier. The dialogue identifies "He is the champion, isn't he?" with the response "Yes—Norwegian—he was born with his skis on," followed by "Good heavens!" This mocks American fascination with European superiority and the growing popularity of skiing as an elite winter sport. The humor targets both the class pretension of ski enthusiasts and the era's tendency to regard European accomplishments as inherently superior to American ones. Both cartoons satirize upper-class mannerisms and social climbing of the Gilded Age period.
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The Reflections of a Mother- in-Law WAS actually sorry to see the trained nurses go. Harold and I had been having such a nice time eating off the kitchen table while Minnie was laid up. I made him some mush like we used to have in Peoria and the poor boy almost cried for joy “He and I haven't been in good stand ing in the apartment for two weeks, es pecially since I mistook the nutr specialist for the nerve consultant and called him by the wrong name. Minnie didn’t need to get mad at me for that she knew I had on my old glasses. Then Harold had to forget and call the heart specialist "Doc’ like he was used to doing out in Terre Haute. I felt ashamed; the way Minnie glared ‘¢ used to try to ple when we had sickness. the idea is to please the doctors and nurses. Of course, I might have had more sense, but one day Harold and I were talking in the pantry and I remarked I thought him eight hundred dollars. That's a Fisst Ranio B four doc and two nurses were a lot of money to pay for the privilege gress went i YOU'RE BIG AND STRONG. WOULD YOU MIND ASKING THE TO OPEN THE WINDOW good many for a touch of grip. of being, polite to a lot of high-bred Stcoxp R. B “Harold says the sickness will cost strangers.” McC. H. peasnss » aE: ern Remy ¢ if i ee ae ee ly Aunt Lucy: We 1s THE CHAMPION, ISN'T HE? Fred: Yes—NORWEGIAN—NE WAS DORN WITH HIS SKIS ON Aunt Lucy: voop Heavens! comicbooks.com