Life, 1924-07-24 · page 12 of 36
Life — July 24, 1924 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct pieces: 1. **"The Aviator's Dog"** — An illustration of a dog in a rural landscape with an airplane overhead, likely referencing the novelty and danger of early aviation. 2. **"The Bigger Business Conference"** — A satirical piece mocking an international League of Nations meeting where representatives from various nations (identified by their professions: French wine merchant, Italian wholesaler, Japanese exporter, etc.) claim brotherhood while pursuing commercial self-interest. The satire critiques naive idealism about international cooperation. 3. **"Port Arms"** — A cartoon showing what appears to be military figures, with the caption suggesting commentary on military posturing. The overall theme emphasizes cynicism about stated ideals versus actual human (and national) behavior.
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To a Movie Heroine AE! sweet and simple maid, So tender and so fair; So frail, yet unafraid, So rare, Wherein is found the strength Protecting you from harm Throughout a five-reel length Of charm? Such innocence as yours "Mid Babylonian rout By inward grace endures, No doubt. Or else, since I've been told You've married quite a few, The stuff men pull is old To you. JILK.M, Lady Luck Tes morning while waiting for the express I found a five-dollar bill % You can imagine my pleasure. ESoce I felt quite happy as I bought aisle peste uckets for “They Say She Does,” because finding money is just like finding it. The extra five dollars enabled me to get one of those Panamas that tease the heavens into raining torrents just to show how they hold up under it. On the way home, I noticed a sale of wonderful Malaccas at seven-fifty. 1 reflected that I had already spent my five, . or a trifle more, but I reminded myself that the hat was Qty MDa 9G Wey 97. something I really needed, so that in reality I still had the extra five. You should see my Malacca stick. It didn’t strike me till hours later that since a Sputz . . roadster was listed at $1,005, my luck of the morning enabled The Bigger Business Conference me to get it for an even thousand. But it did... . T last a League of Nations had been formed which I'm somewhat worried about my expenditure for the day. really was founded on the principles of the brother- Still, I was certainly lucky not to have found several hood of man. h nation had sent not its leading diplo- thousand dollars. Wayne G. Haisley. mats, but its leading business men to the great conference. “Fellow world citizens,” began Morris Cohen, America’s Mest optimism is due to lack of observation; and so is great ready-made clothing manufacturer, “the chief ob- most pessimism. stacle to international co-operation in the past has been a failure to realize that we are all brothers.” “Yes, we are all brothers,” commented Sam Lefkowitz, Russian hides merchant. “Ja!” nodded Hans Blumenthal, German dyestuffs manu- facturer. “Oui!” conceded Irving Markel, French wine merchant. !” agreed Moses Salvani, Italian wholesaler. $&% !" added Hashimura Levi, Japanese exporter. “And now that we have come to a realization that we are really all brothers under the skin, we can map out a program which will assure goodwill among men and good business for all,” the chairman continued. “Positively!” chorused the delegates. H.W. THE AVIATORS DOG DerotHY (after Sunday School): Mother, was Me- thuselah the man who started “Never say die”? “PORT ARMS” comicbooks.com