Life — April 3, 1924 — page 20: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page features "Skippy," a popular early-20th-century comic strip about a mischievous young boy. The strip depicts Skippy's various childhood escapades and misadventures, including: - Visiting a neighbor (Mrs. Kraus) and finding her sick - Playing outdoors and getting into trouble - Encounters with adults like "Dr. Dodds" and "Wilkins" - A final joke about choir boys earning "double pay for singin' at funerals" The humor derives from Skippy's innocent misunderstandings and the gap between adult and child perspectives. The final panel jokes that if choir boys get paid extra for funeral singing, Skippy's friend has spotted an advertisement for this opportunity—implying dark, child-like humor about profiting from death. The strip satirizes nothing political; rather, it's gentle domestic humor aimed at family audiences, typical of Life magazine's lighter content alongside its satirical pieces.