Life, 1925-01-29 · page 6 of 37
Life — January 29, 1925 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This satirical biography mocks a stereotypical fool through major life events. The figure is born in 1890, survives childhood mishaps (firecracker accident), barely graduates school, fails spectacularly at college football (1913 Yale game), and serves incompetently in WWI. The accompanying philosophy section ridicules "bootleggers" (Prohibition-era illegal alcohol dealers) and their pretensions. The famous boobs cartoon depicts Noah, a biblical reference mocking religious fanatics who allegedly predicted a flood. The satire targets American male foolishness, social climbers, and gullibility. References to the KKK (1924 election mention) and income-tax confusion suggest contemporary 1920s anxieties. The overall tone is cynical about American society's "boobs"—gullible, incompetent citizens.
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FROM A FRESHMAN'S LETTER HOME “DEAR MOTHER :—EVERY MORNING I EXERCISE WITH DUMBBELLS.” The Boob’s Philosophy LL bootleggers are honest, upright fellows. Why buy tickets at the box office as long as there are speculators? There are millions of dollars to be made out of almost any oil stock, Unless a thing costs three of four times what it is worth, there must be something the matter with it. 4: The bigger, the better. By excessive over-tipping one gains enormous prestige. There is something very great and very wonderful about headwaiters of fashionable restaurants. One can always tell whether a woman is lying by looking into her eyes. C.G.S. me FAMOUS BOOBS OF HISTORY NOAT—THE RELIGIOUS FANATIC WHO PREDICTED A FLOOD The Biography of a Boob Birth ORN August 7, 1890, just in time to prevent his father from closing a $50,000 deal. Babyhood Christmas, 1890, falls out of his crib, upsetting a candle on the Christmas tree, but is rescued by wo engines and a hook-and-ladder truck. Childhood July 4, 1895, forgets to let go of a giant firecracker and relinquishes both eyebrows. School June 28, 1899, successfully e¢ cs all the epidemics through the school year, only to be taken with chicken pox the first day of vacation. College November 8, 1913, after sitting on the side-lines for three years, is given his chance in the last fifteen minutes of the Yale game and runs eighteen yards towards the wrong goal before he is tackled and carried out. The Great War March 14, 1918, after praying twice daily to be sent to France, contracts housemaid’s knee from K. P. work the day his detachment is ordered to em- hark. Back to Normaley April 2, 1919, puts all his money in the hair-pin business just as bobbed-hair begins to be popular. The Present September 25, 1923, while taking a correspondence course in law, writes a stirring defence of the Ku Klux Klan, and 1924, is elected to Congress by an overwhelming vote. Bertram Bloch. on November 6, Fable NCE upon a time there was a man who said he took a cold shower every day of his life, and did. FTER a few months’ experience with crossword puzzles, Mr. Tax- payer will find the intricacies of the income-tax blank mere child's play. comicbooks.com