Life — May 8, 1924 — page 17: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page features a children's comic strip called "Skippy," showing a mischievous boy and his interactions with family members. The humor centers on domestic chaos: **Top panels**: Skippy's mother scolds him for bringing butter-covered potatoes to the table "just like the minister," while his brother complains about insufficient butter on his own food. **Bottom panels**: Skippy appears to have caused kitchen destruction, with his brother confronting him ("I took notice ya didn't get no satisfaction"), while Skippy responds to his mother's warning about "let bygones be bygones" with characteristic mischief. The satire gently mocks childhood disobedience, sibling dynamics, and parental attempts at discipline. "Skippy" was a popular early-20th-century comic strip depicting typical middle-class family life and childhood pranks.