Life, 1924-06-05 · page 5 of 48
Life — June 5, 1924 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct elements: **Top Illustration**: A humorous sketch (signed "Cesare") depicting a car overloaded with costumed passengers precariously stacked on top, with a small child in a toy vehicle below. The caption reads "YOU SEEN ME PUT ME HAND OUT, DIDN'T CHA!" This appears to be satirizing unsafe driving practices and overcrowding—likely referencing the era's cavalier attitudes toward vehicle safety and the common practice of transporting multiple passengers unsafely. **Text Column**: An article titled "Reflections of a Mother-in-Law" discussing an intellectual woman's frustration with her son-in-law Harold, a poet-turned-businessman making money in iron castings rather than pursuing literature. **Bottom**: A Mason Tire & Rubber Company advertisement emphasizing safety. The page juxtaposes satire about reckless driving with an advertisement promoting safety—an ironic contrast typical of period publications.
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Reunion Program Sunrise, Heads of early ar- t thick 1 7 sreakfas 8 A.—Special train of class du 9 a..—Special train arrives tumes given out at tent 10 A.s.—General trading of cost to of nh approximate fits. Has body report on front campus for class pictu 11:30 A.t—Everybody must — posi tively report on front car » baseball (two abreast) Marshal I game. Lose voice in preliminary cheering. Then sleep in shadow behind bleachers Score of game given out t tooth brush, pajama coat and extra necktie 6 vm—Tr ives for home. Miss it. Don't write—tclegraph! 11:53 p.at.—Next train home. Don't let it have you 2:12 a.m.—Arrive home with the smile wins. Reflections of a Mother-in-Law Tut have to do something Minnie’s poet. Even doesn't mind I can’t hav up the flat. She says I don’t ¢ modern free d calls mez torian. TI be some adv in that. Back in Peoria we were Victorians and in all Lamech and I lived th heard of a wife making her husband let her have “Harold is my. son-in-law sand a year sellir old cc stuff, he’s got such a gox I hate to see this fellow sitting around smoking cigarettes e says it is the duty o woman to encourage strug- nius. I told her to let the in tellecttal women do it then. She asked me if I meant to reflect on her mind, and added that she had spent ten years cultivating her sesthetic 4 tion. She reaped this poct year for crops. I think I'll go an it myself in the living room. That's always effective.” McC..H: - LIFE - W2i. MT. & RCo. THE “YOU SEEN ME PUT ME HAND OUT, DIDN'T CHA!” Exan MENT may be the spice of life, but safety is a better guarantee of life. Buy Mason Safety First Cords MASON TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY comicbooks.com