Life, 1924-03-06 · page 10 of 42
Life — March 6, 1924 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct pieces: 1. **"Letters of a Modern Father"**: A letter advising a son that marrying a practical, hardworking woman would be better than marrying someone wealthy. The writer suggests the son will be rewarded financially within 8-10 years. 2. **"Costs"** (poem by J.K.M.): A wife's lament about her husband's complaints regarding her spending on social events, opera, and a car—portraying the tension between a wife's desires and a husband's financial concerns. 3. **Lower cartoon**: Depicts chaos in what appears to be a domestic or governmental setting, with the caption referencing "the Labor Party's in power in England" and something happening "in about three minutes." This likely satirizes British Labour Party politics and concerns about rapid social/economic change, though the specific historical moment is unclear without a date.
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Letters of a Modern Father MY pEAR Son: Your mother and I were not as- tonished to find in this morning's paper the report of headed, “Banker's n from Chorus.” your marriage Takes Bride Had we been surprised, the energy you have expended in the last five years teaching us to be surprised at nothing would have been wasted After talking it over, your mother and I concluded that perhaps a sensible, practical, hard-working and ambitious girl from the chorus would be a better wife for you than one from among our friends. If she can see something in you to admire and is willing to be the helpmate of a man as poor as you will be with your allowance stopped she may be rewarded in cight or ten years by finding you earning a hundred dollars a month or so. Your ArrecrioNate Fatien. WELL, TH’ LABOR PARTY'S IN “on! 1 DUNNO, SOLO BY MR. SINCLAIR “MY LITTLE GRAY DOME POWER IN ENGLAND, IN THE WEST.” AIN'T IT’S WHAT'S GOIN’ T HAPPEN RIGHT HERE IN ABOUT THREE Costs MY love ees out to many: things To matinees and teas, And little pain her spending brings For such events as these My love has social calls to make, And since we keep a car, T must admit the cost is jake For such as these things are. The opera enthralls my love. But even as I pay I manage. with a stealthy shove, To push the wolf away But, oh, my heart begins to skid Upon cach ribbéd ridge When will always overbid My love goes out to bridge IK she M HE. Capitol begins to look like the House of a Thousand Scandals. IT AMAZIN’ MINUTES.” comicbooks.com