Life, 1925-01-15 · page 13 of 36
Life — January 15, 1925 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains two main sections: **"Modern Chronicles of America" by Barbara Frietschie** depicts a humorous dialogue between two women—Lizzie and Barbara—about Southern fashion and social conventions. Barbara mocks Lizzie's attempt to adopt Southern belle style, joking about Auburn hair and Jackson, Mississippi references. The satire targets Northern women's pretensions about adopting Southern identity and fashion. **"Things You Will See in Dixie"** is a lighthearted list describing Southern attractions (orange groves, golf courses, bathing beaches, automobile roads). It's promotional travel humor. **The cartoon illustrations** show scarecrows and early tourists, labeled "The First Southern Tourists," satirizing Northern visitors to the South as naive or bumbling. The overall tone mocks North-South cultural differences with gentle, travel-focused humor typical of early 20th-century *Life* magazine satire.
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Six Reasons for Going South OVEMBER. December, January. February. March. April. Modern Chronicles of America Barbara Frietchie QARBARA: There now, Lizzic, jes’ put that henna-rub away an’ tidy up. The sojers ‘ll be here any minute now. How's it look? Lizzie: I'd you was a Laws, Miz’ Frietchie, Looks lik the right shade ay Gin'l Jackson ever know you. young gal ag’in. auburn, They loves auburn, Barpara: Tsch, tsch, Lizzie, how you run on! You make me feel so silly: n” allay Li I hear the Hang out the flag! : We ain't got no flag ‘ceptin’ on S a THE FIRST SOUTHERN TOURISTS lane A KENTUCKY MOONSIINER SETS UP REVENUE the Union flag. We ain't got no Con- fed'rit’ flag. The Wilkins’ goat et Barpara: Hang out the Union flag then, any flag, only quick! Look, Liz- zie, here come the sojers! Lizzie, you sure Gin'l Jackson likes auburn? Think how it'll look in the Frederick Courier “Old Warhorse Dances with Local Girl ‘Maryland Women Most Chic of All,’ Says Stonewall.” Lizzie, you got that new daguerreotype ready for the re- porters? The one in flowered crinolin Lizzie: Miz’ Frietchic, if the gin'l don't you're the purtiest woman in the State, then I don't know what! An’ they do say—not meanin’ no offense, him bei: my married man an’ everything —that the gin'l has got an eye for purty gals. (Martial mu bara runs to th 3ARBARA? Yoo-hoo! Voice or Generac Jackson (fro below): Who touches a hair of y gray head, dies like a dog. March on! Barpara: GRAY HEAD! Lizzi you hear what he called me? Gre head! Lizzie, I was never so humiliated in my life! Ha wo flags! Hang out all the flags! Hurray for Grant! Hurr: for Sherman! Hurray fo~ Sheridan! Hurray for the Union! Gray head, indeed! Tip Bliss, ic from the street. Bar- indow.) Yoo-hoo, Gin'l Jackson! IERRE (outraged) : dog! Appict: How many letters? Name of a A COUPLE OF SCARECKOWS FOR THE OFFICERS Things You Will See in Dixie AN orange grove heavily laden with oranges A. 101-pound tarpon. A lemon grove heavily lemons laden with A perfect golf course. A grapefruit grove heavily laden with grapefruit A marvelous bathing beach. A pecan grove heavily laden with pecans. A superb automobile road. A persimmon grove heavily with persimmons. laden A bag of quail bagged in one hour, A grove landscape heavily laden with groves. All these things and more you will if you take the bother to look at the pictures hanging on the walls of the lobby of your hotel. JM. These Americans The Kentuckian has used crossword puzzles for years, only he has called them H acing forms. He can give, but not teach, the cor- rect pronunciation of Louisville. He has been unable to find a tion of Bourbon in the Prohibition Law. ny men- He knows the difference between a harness race and a horse race. He does not boost his State. that it does not need it He knows why men write mammy songs, bad as they are. He feels these comicbooks:com