Life, 1924-09-25 · page 12 of 37
Life — September 25, 1924 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three satirical pieces on American life and politics: **Top cartoon**: A caricatured politician (labeled "Candidate for Re-election") appeals to voters by claiming to support "the poor laboring man first," yet admits he wouldn't help if one married into his family—exposing hypocrisy about class values. **"Democracy" section**: Mr. Briggs praises living in a democratic country where a prince's visit doesn't trigger excessive press coverage and social climbing, contrasting this favorably with monarchies. **"First American Tourist" sketch**: Shows a ship leaving New York with a tourist's comment about the journey being long—social commentary on American travel experiences. The page overall satirizes political dishonesty, class pretension, and American attitudes toward Europe and democracy during this period.
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Candidate for Re-clection: 1, MADAM, AM CONGRESSMAN BLAH; AND If STAND FOR THE POOR LABORING MAN, FIRST, LAST AND ALL THE TIME, “WELL THEN, Y’ DON'T GET my VOTE. IF Y’ WAS MARRIED T° ONE OF ‘EM TH’ WAY I AM, Y’ COULDN'T STAND F’R HIM— NOT FR TWO SECC Democracy ‘TM glad I live in a democratic country,” said Mr. Briggs, “where there is no snobbery and worshiping of a man just because he happens to have a title. Take this visit of this here Prince of Wales. In any other country, they'd be putting his picture in the papers, writing front-page stories about him every day, naming shirts after him, going in crowds just to see him step off a train, and having the mothers of eligible daughters swoon at the possibility of his dancing with their offspring.” Classified HE souvenir collector had just returned from Europe, and was proudly displaying his assortment of chips of stone and pieces of wood. “Wonderful lot, aren't they?” he said. “In fact I'd have had what you might call a perfect trip abroad if some un- principled scoundrel hadn't got away with the prize bit I knocked off the Venus de Milo.” ODERN youth probably believes the message to Garcia concerned the pressing need of the country for a good five-cent cigar. Song to Autumn (With Comments) "ALL! awake with a blaze of red And the firelight’s fri ly glow; I care not if the summer's cead. (With an echo: Is that so?) Deck your hair with a golden crown And your wild, bronzed limbs display In fevered whirl as months go down. (And the echo: You don't say.) Fall! awake with a zestful shout And I pledge my earnest vow To dance in Bacchanalian rot (With an echo: Really now Sing your songs in the autumn wood And I'll prance behind the faun As drunken, reeling satyr should. (And the echo: Aw! go-awn!) James K. McGuinness. 'OURIST: Prosperous community you have here. Native: Yes; five service stations for every punctur: First American Tourist (leaving for Europe): CHEER Ur. OL’ BOY—THE FIRST TWELVE MILES ARE THE LONGEST. comicbooks.com