Life, 1924-09-04 · page 9 of 36
Life — September 4, 1924 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top illustration depicts an outdoor social scene—likely a park or public gathering—with well-dressed figures of varying social status. The caption reads "SHE SMOKES LIKE A VETERAN. OF WHICH WAR?" This satirizes 1920s social anxieties about women's changing behavior, particularly women smoking in public, which was then considered scandalous and unfeminine. "Veteran" suggests she smokes like a soldier—implying masculine excess or impropriety. The cartoon mocks contemporary discomfort with women's liberation. Below are three comic dialogues ("Father Goose," "Foresight," and "For Art's Sake") featuring wordplay and domestic/social humor typical of the era's satirical magazine style. These appear designed as light entertainment rather than political commentary.
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it had been one of the most notable mansions in the South; but time had not dealt’ kindly with it, and after the death of Colonel Pottle at Antietam his heirs all moved to Brooklyn, and the historic old landmark was allowed to go to seed, After being successively a public library, a second-hand clothii store, a railroad terminal and a Bapt Church, it was sold finally to Mr, Isaac Kitz, the proprictor of the famous Rit Iton Hotels, who altered the old building into the Mercantile Hotel, Business Men's Lunch, cents, This, then, was the situation when Desmond arrived on the scene. Many strange experiences had come to him, but none stranger nor yet, withal, poignantly beautiful than the adventure upon which he was about to embark, Old Isaac Ritz, genial and ruddy- faced, stood behind the mahogany bar, busily polishing glasses. “It's nearly nine o'clock,” he chuckled genially, “I wonder where all those bams can be.” (To Be Concluded) Newman L. seventy-five more Prie: SWE SMOKES LIKE A VETERAN, Sue: or wuicn war? Father Goose HERE was a man in our town And he had lots of brains. ” He bought a fire extinguisher And put on tire chains. And when he had his car equipped, With all his might and main, He went and drove it smack into A rushing railroad train. Foresight EVENUE OFFICER (in mountain district, approaching little boy near a spring); Son, could you show me to that still down there? Littte Boy: Yes, sir R. O.: How much will you charge me? .. B.: Quarter. R. O.: All right, go ahead. (Little boy stands still, rubbing foot among rocks.) R. O.: Well, why don’t you go ahead ? L. B.: I'm waitin’ fer my pay. R. O. (impatiently): Go on, I'll pay you when we get back L. B. (unmoved): No, sir, have to give me the quarter first. son, you'll R. O.: Kid, I'm not going to cheat you. Why can't you wait till we get B.: ‘Cause you ain't comin’ back For Art's Sake [702s lovely, approaching the divine A million stars blinked in the The full moon scattered tiny flakes of silver on the wavelets which Away off beacon of the heavens. danced and sang at our feet. to our right the red Round Island light shot its message of guidance, good cheer, and security out across the To the left, and hugging the horizon, a four-masted schooner loomed phantomlike the blue-black of night. restful, serene and comforting that I was quite overcome with emotion. “What a night for lovers!” I con- fided to my friend “Yes,” he said, “ and all, with forty endless sea. against It was all so and I got it, frame five soap wrappers.” FLAK, MAxY a man thinks it’s his chest measurement people respect when it's only his intellect. comicbooks.com