Life, 1924-01-24 · page 14 of 36
Life — January 24, 1924 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two satirical cartoons about early 20th-century social issues. **Top cartoon:** A man offers a woman cigarettes; she declines, citing that "silk tips positively clash with my hat." The joke satirizes trivial female vanity—women rejecting something on aesthetic grounds rather than health or practical concerns. **Bottom cartoon & "Business Protection" section:** A conversation about teaching someone to drive costs "two dollars an hour," with payment promised "on August." The satire mocks financial irresponsibility and broken promises among the wealthy. **"First Page—Must":** A narrative about Mary Pickford (silent film star) and Douglas Fairbanks involves plot elements with Charlie Chaplin, suggesting contemporary Hollywood gossip or scandal, though specific context is unclear without additional historical information. The page reflects early 1900s attitudes toward gender, wealth, and celebrity culture.
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WON'T YOU TKY ONE OF MY SPECIAL CIGARETTES, ETHEL?” MERCY, No! THE SILK Tus Business Protection PRIVATE SECRETARY: How shall 1 charge this money you : g to the Anti-Saloon League? Minuionaine Bootteccer: Charge it to insurance “HOW MUCH TO TEACH MY WIFE To DRIVE?” “TWO DOLLARS AN HOUR.” “ALL RIGHT, HERE'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON ACCOUNT.” POSITIVELY CLASH WITH MY HAT First Page—Must MARY PICKFORD, walking down Hollywood Boule- vard with Douglas Fairbanks, confesses that she has just poisoned Charlie Chaplin because he gives her the blues. Her husband, much annoyed, starts to beat her. President Coolidge, on his way to the hotel from a poker game in which he has been a heavy but cheerful loser, attempts to interfere and is struck a severe blow on the chin by Fair- hanks. The President falls, hitting his head on the curb stone. With a heroic effort he gasps forth, “Mellon, McAdoo, Hiram Johnson and I were in a scheme to rob the United States Mint to-night at twelve. Something must to stop them.” Then he falls over dead las Fairbanks, overcome with horror at what he has Iver from his pocket and. shoc nself The shock © this s Mary Pickford to go crazy She pulls out a pair of s from her hand-b: her curls and runs down the street telling every one she meets that Pola Negri is the greatest actress in the world Just then the telephone bell rang and the city editor awoke with a start “No, chief,” he said, “things are unusually dull to-day.” TRL. OME reformers worry about the human race as though they belonged to it comicbooks.com