Life, 1924-08-28 · page 5 of 36
Life — August 28, 1924 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page features a sketch by Alice Harvey titled "Life" showing a woman on horseback, numbered "Two hundred and one—two hundred and two—two hundred and three," suggesting she's counting something as she rides. Below are three brief pieces: a landscape anecdote about three men (Artist, Sportsman, Materialist) discussing rural scenery and property value, and two short satirical items. "Settling an Oft-Mooted Point" humorously asks what men would do without women, answering they'd "pick something else right out to make ourselves darn fools about." "Ignorantia Legis" is a legal joke about losing a case due to lawyer ignorance. The overall page emphasizes romantic/social humor typical of early 20th-century Life magazine satire.
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“TWO HUNDRED AND ONE—TWO HUNDRED AND TWO—TWO HUNDRED AND THREE.” Landscape HR men—an Artist, a Sportsman and a Materialist— paused in the course of their travels to admire a singu- larly lovely stretch of rural scenery. “See the gentle modulation of the meadows,” said the Artist, “and the clusters of larch along the silvered stream. How I should like to put that all on canvas!” “What a wonderful place for a golf course!” said the Sportsman. “There's an ideal factory site down by that waterfall,” said the Materialist. A Farmer, who owned the land, happened to overhear these remarks, and rushed eagerly to the four-wheel-brake touring car which contained the travelers. “Would any of you gentlemen like to buy this property?” he asked. The three looked at him with expressions of amazement, and as they drove away their harsh laughter drifted back through the swirling dust of the road. R.E.S. Settling an Oft-Mooted Point Question: WOMAN! what would we men do If in this world we had not you What would we do without your grace? The beauty that informs your face? What would we do without your smile? Your guileless art? Your artless guile? Your rouge-pink cheeks? Your kohl-black eyes? Your apple sauce? Your apple pie Answer: We'd just pick something else right out To make ourselves darn fools about. Baron Ireland. Ignorantia Legis bd HY did you lose your case?” “Because my lawyer, like necessity, knows no law.” comicbooks.com