Life, 1924-10-23 · page 8 of 36
Life — October 23, 1924 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate humorous pieces satirizing early 20th-century American social life: 1. **"Belated Wedding Guest"** - A cartoon mocking someone arriving late to a social event, too disheveled to attend. 2. **"Fulminations of a Foundryman"** - A father's complaint about his son's artistic aspirations and bohemian lifestyle (green plaid suit, diamond-checked stockings). The satire targets wealthy parents frustrated by their sons rejecting practical careers for theater and artistic pursuits. 3. **"The Family Album"** - Shows a father annoyed during family photo-viewing, with humorous commentary about relatives' physical imperfections (fallen arches, rheumatism from Civil War wounds). 4. **Bottom cartoon** - A beach/poolside scene where someone shouts "Stick a couple of clothespins on that!" - likely mocking overly thin or poorly-built swimmers. The page satirizes family embarrassments and social pretension typical of the era.
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{ | i} | belated Wedding Guest: an’s A FRIEN’ OF DE FAMBLY! WHERE DOES Alt SIT? Local Editor: Talks of Long Ago IX days before the radio, Before the moving picture show, Before the auto came along, Before the Law made drinking wrong, Before the age of problem plays, Before the crossword puzzle craze, When all these things we were without, What did we ever talk about? RS. The Family Album HE was showing him the family photograph album. He wore a sur- prised and startled expression. “This is one of Father just before he had his teeth fixed. The dentist says it is a wonderful likeness.” “But I don't—" “And the one on this page is Aunt Hilda. She fell downstairs last sum- mer and wanted to make sure that her ribs weren't twisted. It hurt her to breathe.” “Do you mean to tell me —” “This one is of Grandpa, who always thought it was a Civil War bullet that caused his rheumatism. Is1't it splen- didly clear?” “And have you all—” “Nearly all of us; all except the baby. Here’s Mother’s fallen arches, and this is 2 profile of Sister Ruth's IN DE BACK ROW, BRUDDER, YOU TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. spinal column. We like that one so well we think we'll have a crayon en- largement made for framing.” No need prolonging the mystery. The modern family album is. made up of X-ray photographs, cabinet size. A. H. F. HE: How many newspapers do you read? He: Oh, just enough to be confused. Fulminations of a Foundryman “ HAT can you do with a ful!- grown man who wears a green and black plaid wamus, knee pants and diamond-checked goif stockings, and wants to use my money to start a Little Theatre? No; I can't exactly throw him out. He's my son. “I don't ask him to come into the foundry, now that he’s out of college; but I would like him to wear a hat on « the street. “I asked him if he ever expected to be self-supporting, and he said no true artist ever permitted himself to think about money. I don't see how he fig- ures that affects him. “My wife says he’s only aboy. That's just the trouble. If he’s this way now, what'll he be like in ten years?” McCready Huston. The Dulcet Voice NCE there was a baby that was always silent when it was time for it to be silent, and noisy when it was all right for it to be noisy, “A grand baby,” you say. But you're wrong. It was only a baby grand ED: What's remarkable about him? Ten: He knows what to do with the time he saves by his time-saving methods. “HEY, MR, REFEREE! STICK A COUPLE OF CLOTHESPINS ON THAT!” comicbooks.com