Life — November 6, 1924 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Life" Magazine Page Analysis This page contains several humorous short pieces and a cartoon titled "Girls Will Be Girls." The main illustration depicts women outside an "Artist's Barber" shop, satirizing early 1920s women's fashion and social behavior. The "Life Lines" section offers brief jokes about contemporary topics: a myth about President Coolidge, a woman's hunting expedition, automobile spending ($12 million predicted), Turkish marriage law, and Los Angeles as a film industry destination. The cartoon's humor derives from the juxtaposition of women getting practical barber services (haircuts, shaves) at what appears to be a men's establishment—reflecting the era's changing gender norms and women's adoption of shorter, more practical hairstyles in the 1920s, which was considered socially provocative.