Life, 1925-03-12 · page 12 of 40
Life — March 12, 1925 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** A postal clerk cheerfully serves a customer while three men wait outside. The "Stranger" complains that postal service is "simply outrageous," prompting the clerk to suggest he write his congressman. The stranger replies he *is* the congressman. This satirizes congressional complaints about government services—politicians criticizing institutions they themselves oversee, or the ineffectiveness of writing to representatives who themselves find services inadequate. **Railroad Cartoon:** Suggests suburban railroad companies break up monotonous trips with "continued story" serialization, showing a train with sequential story panels on its side. This mocks both railroad boredom and the era's serial fiction format. The remaining content includes etiquette advice, a brief fable, and editorial commentary on contemporary social issues.
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Stranger (in small town) ; THE POSTAL SERVICE IN THIS PLACE 1S Fresh Clerk: aw, SIMPLY OUTRAGEOUS. WHY DON'T YOU WRITE TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN ABOUT 1T? Stranger: MY DEAR SIR, I AM YOUR CONGRESSMAN, Etiquette for Women OURTESY demands that you re- frain from smoking while prom- enading with a man. The tobacco fumes may be obnoxious to him. It is essential that you maintain an attitude of formal politeness towards members of the bootlegging profes- sion, for they are the possessors of a superior class consciousness, which must be humored if you wish to remain in their good graces. Do not refer to ies” in conver- sation with men, It embarrasses them. Likewise, be sparing in the use of profanity while in their presence. Think of your father, your brother, or your husband, and remember that it is your duty to protect those of the op- posite sex. Robert Hage. OU can't say that the Irish don’t keep St. Patrick's memory green. SUGGESTION TO SUBURBAN RAILROAD COMPANIES WHY NOT BREAK THE MONOTONY OF THE TRIP WITH A CONTINUED STORY? Out of the Mouth of Boobs “ALL the newspapers are printing crossword puzzles. They must be making a barrel of money out of that fad.” “I like a man who isn't afraid to stand up and say what he really thinks. Take this man Dawes, for example.” “[ think they did perfectly right to kick La Follette out. It ought to serve as a lesson to all those trouble-makers. “Well, if the women ever do get their darn old Equality, I hope I won't live to see it.” “Have you noticed how terrible the traffic is?—and it's getting worse.” “The Church is no place for that sort of thing. I'm a fundamentalist if that’s what we're coming to.” “You can't expect children to be good all the time. It isn’t natural.” “But, of course, a doctor doesn’t know everything. He's just human, like the rest of us.” FLW. Fable NCE upon a time, it seems, there were two Irishmen. Neither was named Pat or Mike, nor did either speak with a decided brogue. comicbooks.com