Life, 1925-01-22 · page 6 of 36
Life — January 22, 1925 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate humor pieces from an early 20th-century issue: **Top cartoon**: A domestic scene where a child cries while parents look on. The joke plays on parental frustration with ineffective child-rearing advice—the mother notes that crying doesn't help, but the father (Daddy) doesn't understand this wisdom. **"Difficult Work"**: A brief dialogue joke about a wife's odd expression in photographs, suggesting she's imitating someone's recent portrait style. **"Disgusted Better Half"**: A couple argues over electric fans purchased unnecessarily, with the husband defending his impulse purchase while the wife mocks the expense. **"Complete Story of the Eclipse"**: A satirical news brief about eclipse observations, poking fun at sensationalized media coverage and astronomical excitement. **"The Empty Garage"**: A joke about forgetting what a car looks like after storage, noting the daughter has learned to drive in the interim. These reflect period humor about domestic life and consumer culture.
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Mother: Betty: Ye-ES, BUT DADDY DOESN'T KNOW IT, Difficult Work MITH: It seems to me that your wife has been wearing a strange sion lately. nes: Yes, she’s trying to resemble her latest photographs. THe consensus of opinion at the trafic conference in Washington was that pedestrians had better keep out of the way. WO'S company, movie plot. three’s another Disgusted Better Half: pox’T BLOW YOUR SOUP THAT WAY, HORACE! WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE I BOUGHT THEM LITTLE ELECTRIC FANS For? DON'T YOU KNOW YOU NEVER GET ANYWHERE BY CkYING? Complete Story of the Eclipse As Told by Live's Own Headline Writer 'HRONGS cheer as Old Sol struts stuff. Lunar dise casts dense pall over city, State, nation. Sun-Moon en- counter lauded by savants. Camera sharps busy as twin orbs keep cosmic tryst. Event hailed as new era by star sharps. Daylight murk causes bridge traffic jam. Huge lenses sweep heavens in quest of new data. Mayor halts transit confab to view odd sight. Light Cos. fix cost at $2,000,000. President wires thanks to Lick Observatory Chief. Kansas preacher, scoring sci- ence, raps solar theorists. “! tail"—latest from Paris. Wi lays dark egg. Aged man world’s end, secks death by gas. Foster Ware. The Empty Garage OU say you've had your car three years and yet you can't identify it “It’s been months since I've seen it.” “Ah; in storage, ch “No; my daughter's learned to drive” fearing comicbooks.com