Life, 1924-08-07 · page 7 of 36
Life — August 7, 1924 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a satirical cartoon titled "A Sort of Indirect Reflection on the Rejected Monkey," depicting a figure labeled "Bryan" standing next to a KKK member in white robes. The cartoon's caption suggests a pointed comparison between Bryan and the Klan figure, likely referencing William Jennings Bryan's association with conservative or reactionary politics. The remaining content is a travel guide titled "America, the Beautiful" listing various roadside attractions and establishments (gas stations, restaurants, tea rooms), mixed with columns about zoo animals and general observations. The cartoon's juxtaposition appears designed to satirize Bryan's political positions or associations, though the specific historical context would require knowing the exact publication date for full clarity on the reference.
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America, the Beautiful (A handy guide planned especially for travelers who wish to read while they run) 0 0 Leave Hometown via New Street, * paved on motion of Councilman Grabber. Straight through rehabilitated ash and garbage dump, sold at $3,000 to the city for a Municipal Park, by Councilman Grabber. 2 Straight through Grabber's Heights. Building Lots, $1 down and catch-as-catch-ean for the rest of your life. Pass imitation Japanese pagoda, used as a gas-filling station. Turn left at fork, You Are Now Leaving Hometown Chamber of Commerce. mball's Rubber Soles. Tartar’s Tooth Paste. 3rist-for-Breakfast. Seldom Inn Cottage. Sandwiches and Hot Dogs. That Good Grief Gasoline. Imitation Mohammedan mosque, used as a gas-filling station. Balloon Tires. Balloon Trousers. Heap of tin cans, Inexplicable piece of land de- voted entirely to agriculture. “DID YOU HAVE A NICE TIME AT THE DANCE?” WONDERFUL GEORGE WAS SO JEALOUS HIS WHOLE EVENING WAS SPOILED,” onder what te Thinks Meheended fion A SORT OF INDIRECT REFLECTION ON THE REJECTED MONKEY. “The Wicked Shall Be Turned into Hell.”"—Psal. 9:17. You Are Now Entering Scrag- ger’s Corners. Thursdays. Hour. Straight through Scragger’s Cor- ners, past imitation Paris kiosk, used as a gas-filling station Five Miles to Ye Olde Buggy Shed Tea Roome. Never-Strop Blades—Ask the Man Who Hones One. Small area of unimproved hills and trees, 6.7 Turn left at un- painted shack sell- ing Pop and Hot Dogs. Pass imitation In- dian cromlech, masquerading as a gas-filling station. Three Miles to Ye Olde Corn Cribbe Tea House. Snitztown. In 1066 General Washing- ton slept here. The Rotary Eats on Odd Wednesdays. Hotel Wumblum. Seventeen rooms, fifty-three baths, chicken and wafiles, running water, Imitation Eskimo igloo, employed as a gas-filling station. “The World Will End Next Friday.” Detour to left through Haggen- Fifteen ville, passing Jacob Axel's hack yard, Henry Baker's potato patch, John Candles weekly washing. 5 Contented Cows, relaxing in the field after giving Pure Milk, Weatherbeaten and illegible road sign, twisted by storm at right angles to road, Ammonville, the Seat of Zion College. Odontoro—Never a Bridesmaid, Three Times a Bride. You Are Now Entering Home- town. oid Mayor Highhand’s Closed Strect. Follow Improved Streets on which Council Mem- bers Own Property, and then Straight On to Homc, Tired but Happy, and a Glad Sight for Sore Eyes W. L. Werner. Musings of the Zoo Flappers ITA ZEBRA: Mommer scems to think I'm crazy over these old- fashioned stripes just because ° al- ways has worn them; when I'm once “out” I'll kalsomine ‘em! Lulu Leop- ard crows over m ind parades up and down to show off her “spots.” Poor thing, she has to make the best of them because she’s been told that she can’t change them! Abysmal FNoucn moving picture films are produced every year in the United States, according to statistics, to en- circle the earth eight times. The com- bined yawns resulting from these films, it is estimated, would. be enough to swallow the earth, comicbooks.com