Life, 1925-05-07 · page 10 of 44
Life — May 7, 1925 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This is a satirical commentary page from *Life* magazine featuring a multi-panel cartoon titled "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" (Thus passes the glory of the world). The cartoon appears to satirize **changing public attitudes and social dynamics**, showing various scenes of ordinary life across different settings—parks, crowds, domestic scenes. The progression suggests the ephemeral nature of popularity or public attention. The adjacent text discusses contemporary issues: **Col. William Mitchell's airplane bombing demonstrations**, "crimeless" newspaper front pages, the **International Union of Radio Amateurs**, **Charles Schwab and Bethlehem Steel labor disputes**, **Jack Dempsey's boxing suspension**, and **bombing campaigns in Hawaii**. The overall tone mocks American society's fickleness, labor disputes, and military activities, warning that public heroes and causes fade quickly—hence the Latin motto about transient glory.
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THE airplane has bombed a few more battleships into the theoretical dis- card, and it looks as if Col, Wittant MitcHett was about due for another demotion, LL Among the many things we wonder about is whether the President of Mexico follows the American custom and, at the opening of the national sport season, throws out the first bull. aL Several newspapers have experimented with a “crimeless” front page, and we hope that others will follow their lead. The “pointless” comic strip, when in- troduced some years ago, was an in- stantaneous success, Sic Transit Gloria Mundi The time-honored metaphor, “bringing up the heavy artillery to shoot at a clay pipe,” was easily surpassed recently when the Navy Department sent out the giant dirigible, Los Angeles, to take photographs of the bootleg vessels on Rum Row. aL Formation of the International Union of Amateurs of the Radio has been announced. Doubtless the first strike will be for longer hours and shorter wave lengths, In suing the Bethlehem Steel Corpora- tion for fifteen million dollars, the Gov- ernment has charged that Crartes M. Scuwas had failed to keep the profits of his own companies down to the cost plus basis—ten per cent. plus the cost of production—while he had forced other shipbuilding companies to comply with this restriction. Mr. Scuwas, as you will no doubt remember, was one of those dollar-a- year men, JL If the United States doesn’t treat its dollar-a-year employees better an this, the next war will find the boys holding out for double wages. LL This country scems to be singularly un- grateful to its shipbuilding herocs of 1917-18, Even Jack Dempsey has been suspended by the New York Boxing Commission for his failure to fight. = 5 The entire naval force of the United States has been bombarding Hawaii during the past weeks—but apparently with negligible success. The suppl of ukuleles seems to be just as large as ever, LL With the “capture” of Honolulu we suggest that a mimic peace conference be held as a demonstration of diplo- matic preparedness, L Next Sunday is Mother’s Day, and every dutiful son will celebrate the occasion by purchasing a white carna- tion, It's so much less trouble than a letter home! comicbooks.com