Life, 1924-12-04 · page 20 of 72
Life — December 4, 1924 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top cartoon** ("The Blushing Bride"): A newly married woman, embarrassed at what appears to be a formal gathering or store, asks strangers to help her buy underwear for her husband. The joke satirizes the innocence expected of brides—she's so inexperienced she needs public assistance with marital matters. **Bottom cartoon** ("Ethel"): Two women discuss a third woman's age. One claims she can't guess because she's "never seen her dressing-table"—implying that a woman's true age is only revealed by examining her cosmetics and grooming products. The satire mocks both women's vanity and the cultural obsession with female appearance and age-concealment. Both comics humorously target women's social roles and expectations in early 20th-century society.
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The Blushing Bride: ie 1—Au—cave you THE size, WoULD YOU LOOK AT SOME UNDERWEAR FOR MY HUSBAND? in ml Ethel: How oLp WOULD you SAY SHE IS? , Edith: 1 HAVEN'T THE FAINTEST IDEA—I'VE NEVER SEEN HER DRESSING-TABLE, comicbooks.com