Life — November 6, 1924 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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# Page Analysis **Main Cartoon - "Fatima":** This advertisement uses a silhouette of a whale to advertise Fatima cigarettes. Two men comment that "a whale of a difference just a few cents make!" The joke plays on the phrase "what a whale of a difference" (meaning significant impact) while literally depicting a whale. This is straightforward advertising using visual pun rather than political satire. **"The Old Order Changeth":** A dialogue satirizes changing attitudes toward Chinese laborers and commerce in New York. Farmer Jones laments that Chinese workers and goods were once cheap and plentiful ("any old sampler"), but now they're scarce and expensive—"the profit has gone plumb out of the native business." The satire critiques economic protectionism and shifting labor/trade dynamics, likely referencing immigration restrictions or tariff debates of the era.