Life, 1924-05-29 · page 11 of 38
Life — May 29, 1924 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains "Mrs. Peps Diary," a satirical column about domestic life. The dated entries (May 22nd-24th) humorously chronicle a wife's frustrations with household matters: a missing photograph album, attempting to appear refined before breakfast, and navigating marital disagreements about medical specialists. The lower cartoon depicts Adam and Eve with a serpent in a wooded setting. The caption reads: "The Snake (observing Eve): WHO IS THAT? / Adam: THAT IS MY SEVENTH RIB, ONCE REMOVED." This is a pun joke about the biblical creation story—Adam's rib becoming Eve—reinterpreted as a domestic separation ("removed"). The humor plays on the double meaning of "rib" as both anatomical reference and a colloquial term for a spouse. It satirizes marital discord through biblical allegory.
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