Life, 1924-02-21 · page 7 of 36
Life — February 21, 1924 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three satirical pieces: 1. **Top cartoon**: A rural scene where one man on horseback asks another about growing a garden. The response jokes that gardens will thrive "if man wife's back gits better"—humor based on the assumption of hard domestic labor. 2. **"Cigarettes" article**: A mock-serious discussion of cigarette consumption in America, noting billions smoked yearly. It satirizes debates about smoking habits and health concerns through deadpan statistics and advice to consult physicians. 3. **"Too Harmless" cartoon**: A mother and child discuss missing front teeth. The child blames "Bobbie" and a lost tooth yesterday, creating gentle domestic humor about childhood accidents. 4. **"Computation" section**: A brief joke about murder statistics in a rough town, playing on dark humor about crime rates. The page exemplifies Life's satirical approach to American social customs and contemporary concerns.
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Rastus: GWINE HAVE A GARDEN THIS YEAH Rufus: Vas, "DEED. IF MAM WIFE'S BACK GITS BETTER Cigarettes Too Harmless HE are two cla: of cigarette fiends, ladies and OTHER: What's the trouble; de gentlemen. These again are subdivided into blondes and Doxotny: We're playing « brunettes, boys and adults, respectively. Cigarettes are _ tiger, an’ Bobbie won't let me divided into three classes—good, bad and indifferent. There teeth yesterday are upwards of 3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000- 026 cigarettes smoked in the United States every year, ac- cording to government statistics, of which number 26 are smoked to the end. Then there are also so-called cigarettes achieved by rolling. Most people, however, prefer to borrow theirs outright. How many cigarettes should be smoked in one day de pends largely on the individual. People who borrow should smoke less, of course. The best thing is to consult your physician. He can tell you from his personal experience how long it took him to develop a cigarette heart. People who inhale should be spanked Cigarettes may be smoked with the mouth or with ¢ holder. Traffic laws will soon be adopted governing the of a holder in our thickly congested drawing rooms. Edmund J. Kiefer Computation “LJOW many murders per day do they have in Rough- town?” 1 mean how many per capita. They've quit counting “TWO FCCS THRER-MINUTE BOILED, HURRY! them by the day.” ONE MINUTE To CATCH MY TRAIN!” comicbooks.com