Life, 1925-04-09 · page 10 of 41
Life — April 9, 1925 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains a satirical cartoon and brief commentary items. The main image depicts a large figure labeled "KKK" being manipulated like a puppet by a smaller figure labeled "ThePress," with the caption: "YOU MADE ME WHAT I AM TO-DAY (I HOPE YOU'RE SATISFIED)" **The satire:** The cartoon blames newspapers and media for amplifying the Ku Klux Klan's prominence and power. By portraying the KKK as a creation of press coverage, *Life* criticizes sensationalist journalism for inadvertently promoting the organization through attention and publicity. The accompanying text items mock various public figures and institutions—from political figures to commercial theater successes—in typical satirical fashion for the era.
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APP slogans of the next war: “Tonly regret that I have but one plane to give to my countr: ctary WEEKS.” -L When General Mitcnete gets through moaning over the Air Serv Doleful Git. Doni. is ready to give him a job as assistant viewer-with-alarm on the Cornell football squad. JL Carnie Crtarman Catt says America, of all the the cause of least in be that nations, is doing Can it peace. Mrs. Catr has failed to observe the meritorious cfforts of our champions in this regard? aL The Bolshevistic régime, we are told. has put women on an equal standing with men, So have New York subway conditions. . pugilistic JL Dredging in the depths of the Sargasso Sea, Wiiutast Berne is said to have found a copy of “Autosuggestion,” by Dr. Emil Coué, and an only slightly used Mah Jong set. “yoU MADE ME WHAT I AM TO-DAY (I HOPE YoU’RE SATISFIED)” Having discovered all those odd things at the bottom of the sea, we doubt whether the members of the Berne ex- pedition will ever feel like attending a chowder party agai JL Well, Witutam: J. and Cuartes W Bryan at last reached the White House, thus proving the old story about ambi- tion and persistence. They went there to call on the President. New York City has 32,000 street cor- ners which are guarded by 1,300 traffic policemen, says a news item The man who gathered this certainly took his life in his hands. JL “Glance over the list of big commer- cial and, for that matter, artist) istic suc- counsels the Saturday Evening Post, “the plays that have come down from year to year and even from gen- eration to generation....The big suc- cesses have been ‘clean plays’ ” For instance: “CEdipus Rex.” “The Frogs,” “Hamlet,” “Macbeth.” “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” “The Way of the World,” “The School for Sean- dal,” “Mrs. Warren's Profession” and “Hedda Gabler.” cesses, We think we know what the Saturday Evening Post is driving at. Artistic successes apparently are typified by “Uncle Tom's Cabin, “Rip Van Winkle,” “’Way Down East” and “Abie's Irish Rose. = & Now that Mme. T up's waxworks have been burned, about the only Cham- ber of Horrors left in existence is the United States Senate. The Pennsylvania Railroad recently made more than $12,000,000 by selling its one year’s accumulation of scrap. Part of it was cinders and rust and waste paper. If salvage experts could only be turned loose on Congress, there might be a way to finance the $1,376,000 salary increase by disposing second-hand of outworn ideas. The Prixce or W nr 's will use the bat- tleship Repulse for his South African trip. The Remount, presumably, was not available. comicbooks.com