Life, 1924-10-09 · page 25 of 36
Life — October 9, 1924 — page 25: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** A couple at a piano—the woman sits on the bench while a man stands nearby. She's asking him to play a song she likes but can't remember, one that "starts in way down low and goes way up high." This is likely sexual innuendo, playing on double meanings of musical terminology. The humor relies on the woman's apparent innocence ("don't you know") masking suggestive intent. **Boston Article:** A satirical piece mocking Boston's upper-class social pretension. It jokes about the Cabot and Lowell families' exclusivity, suggests Boston considers itself superior to all other cities, and pokes fun at the city's conservative character. The references to Harvard, raccoon coats, and Senator Lodge reflect Boston's Brahmin establishment culture. **Bottom Cartoon:** Advertises a "hook-on-behind accessory"—appears to be a towing device allowing one car to pull another to save gasoline while still achieving speed. The humor likely involves the practical absurdity of the contraption and fuel-saving claims.
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“OH, PATTY, PLAY THAT ONE I LIKE—DON'T YOU KNOW—THAT I NEVER CAN REMEMBER—THAT STARTS IN "WAY DOWN LOW AND GOES "WAY UP HIGH.” Little Journeys to Big Towns Boston OSTON is situated midway between the Revolutionary War and the Twentieth Century. It is the place where imple faith can go chase itself so long as Norman blood available for a fourth at bridge. The United States were admitted to Boston after the Constitutional Convention of 1787, in a strictly political ense. To this day the city retains its social independence. Some years ago a stir was caused by a bit of popular dog- erel dealing with the speaking acquaintances of the Cabots ind Lowells, The latter family nearly uffered ostracism for having extended ts calling list beyond the Back Bay listriet. The Boston Tea Party, while nation- ally famous, is not highly esteemed locally. It is said several persons at- tended who could never have evaded 1 competent butler. Some of the more radical of the Younger Set recently struck a blow for liberalism by adding to their libraries the Social Registers of other cities, but the movement is making little head- way. Older and wiser persons take the stand that these are no other cities, Boston's contributions to our national life include the Harvard “A”, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, approved styles in raccoon coats, Percy Haughton, matutinal pie, and altoncther:soo-tree, verse: James K. McGuinness. ‘O all the things that that specialist ordered you to give up, what do you miss the most?” “The twenty-five dollars he charged me! Ate Gen THE HOQK-ON-BEHIND ACCESSORY FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO SAVE GASOLINE AND GET THE BENEFIT OF SPEED, comicbooks.com