Life, 1924-08-14 · page 9 of 36
Life — August 14, 1924 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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**"Why He Married Her"** presents cynical reasons for marriage: love, misunderstanding, biology, psychoanalysis, and money. The punchline reveals the "real reason"—he proposed while dancing, a moment of impulse. **"The Supreme Court"** jokes about indecision: when asked about house paint colors, the husband cannot choose, blaming his wife's uncertainty. **"Recollection"** is a nostalgic poem about childhood in rural Ireland, referencing streams, farms, and old friendships. **"Fifty Years Hence"** cartoon depicts Babe Ruth (baseball legend) celebrating an old home run, satirizing how his achievements will be remembered decades later. **"Business Before Pleasure"** references the Nineteenth Amendment, suggesting women entering politics/voting shifted their domestic priorities—a commentary on changing gender roles post-suffrage.
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Why He Married Her E said he married her because he loved her. She said he married her because she really understood him. His friend the biologist said he mar- ried her’ because he was tall and she was short, and he was blond and she was dark, His friend the psychoanalyst said he married her because she resembled his mother. The girl who had wanted him for herself said he married her because love is blind. The man who had wanted her for himself said he married her because he wanted her money. But the real reason he married her was that she had squeezed his hand while they were sitting out a dance the night be proposed. Bertram Bloch, The Supreme Court NE: What color are you going to paint your house? Teno: Well, it will either be green with white shut- . or white with green shutters,—I can't make up my wife's mind. HE voters are unanimous on one point at least: they cer- tainly don’t want another of those “Business” admin- istrations. FIFTY YEARS HENCE BABE RUTH CELEBRATES OLD HOME RUN WEEK Recollection I Old Home Week in Dinky Stream (The letter came two days ago), And sitting at my desk I dream Of childhood scenes I used to know. The rippling brook; the leaping trout ; The barns, chock-full of newmown hay; The chickens’ cluck; my playmates’ shout, Bidding me forth to childish play. The cool dark well; the moss-green pump; The furrows that I used to plow; The dappled horses, huge and plump,— How clear they stand before me now! And Bill and George and Bert and Lew— Friends of my youth—will all be there Among the folks that they, too, knew, Breathing the old-time country air. The old-time scenes; the old-time cheer ; The old-time laugh; the old-time wheeze! You bet your life I'll stay right here! Miss Burton, take a letter, please... Baron Ireland. Business Before Pleasure “IT THOUGHT Hilda was going to be operated on at eleven.” “She was, but she has to have her hair bobbed first.” 'HE Nineteenth Amendment took woman out of the home and put her into politics, and the Eighteenth took liquor out of politics and put it into the home. comicbooks.com