Life, 1924-02-28 · page 12 of 36
Life — February 28, 1924 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page contains editorial content about birthdays rather than political satire. The main illustration shows two hunters in a wilderness setting, with one directing the other to aim at a distant target ("a thousand feet away"). The accompanying essay, "Birthdays," discusses milestone celebrations—particularly important ones like a girl's sixteenth or twenty-first birthday. The author (Edmund J. Kiefer) uses the hunting scene as a metaphor for life's trajectory and coming-of-age moments. A small cartoon labeled "Part of the First Part" depicts a baby with what appears to be hunting or sporting equipment, suggesting the theme of life's journey from infancy onward. The page concludes with a brief dialogue titled "Recurrent" about a domestic quarrel between a mother and daughter (Marjorie and Elizabeth), providing light comic relief.
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Guide (as they sight a bear) IRTHDAYS are like the measles The usually a howling suc everybody has to have them first birthday i The diminishing happy returns ess. others obey the law of tirthdays are celebrated with parties, aml with cases grown up. It remember a n we are children, f Scotch when we are is always chivalrous to woman's birthday and to forget her age—if you can do it also celebrated with rds explaining that the older grow the dearer you are, which is. ays are course, so; and with blow-outs of candles, which are innocent enough. To insure the maximum of enjoyment, hdays should not be had more than The individuals varies, a number of birthdays allotted to cording to life in- surance companies, which have gone into the matt Their last word in alted ation extensively mortality tables are the birt id be con: in the exp a and by all people who li lay d of an estate SET YOUR SIGHTS FOR THAT DISTANCE Hunter HOW PAR Birthdays The most interesting birthdays are the first (see above), the sweet sixteenth and the eighteenth (for girls), and the twenty-first named to The sweet sixteenth is so suggest that the person celebrating has never been kissed, but you can tse your own judgment. The cighteenth is the birthday that marks a young lady’s freedom to marry with or PARTY OF THE FIRST PART AWAY IS THAT TREE? HE'S A THOUSAND FEET AWAY. without her parents’ consent, if the golden opportunity presents itself. In this connection, it may be remarked that all is not gold that glisters. The twenty-first is important for various It marks the formal termina- tion of a fictitious parental authority, and is marked by the presentation of an expensive present from the parents. It also means th, girl is fit to reasons. along without an, which is often far from the truth; and on this day a man becomes legally onsible for what he does. A woman's responsibility is indefinitely postponed. The first hundred birthdays are the happiest—try and get them. Edmund J. Kiefer. Recurrent OTHER: You had a quarrel with Elizabeth? Marjorte: Yes, Mother. “But why?” “Oh, we both thought it was about time!” comicbooks.com