Life, 1925-07-02 · page 10 of 47
Life — July 2, 1925 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top illustration contrasts fashion between 1895 and 1925—showing how dramatically women's clothing changed in thirty years. The 1895 figure wears a restrictive corset and bustle; the 1925 figure wears a loose, modern flapper dress. This satirizes the rapid social transformation of the Jazz Age. The main cartoon depicts a carnival or fair scene with the caption: "No, Sir-ee. None of this round and round for me. When I spend my money, I wanta go somewhere!" This mocks the frivolous consumer culture and spending habits of the 1920s—people wanting tangible goods rather than simple amusement. The page also includes social commentary through short pieces like "The Party Line" and "Habit," critiquing small-town gossip and modern behavior changes during this period of significant social upheaval.
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IT ALL PVENS uP IN THE LONG RUN Economy Walk up one flight and save ten dollars...better take six pair, you won't sce these valucs again...build- ing coming down, positively must va- cate...my dear, it was reduced from one hundred and ten... AUCTION this day...there is a slight charge for al- terations, but at that price. ..anything in this window, five dollars...why pay more?...the initial cost is the last no fancy band, but a genuine Havana filler... positively removes the shine and replaces the nap...for a limited time only...purchases made now will be stored all summer, free of charge... without soup, 65c...salesmen’s samples ... know the cleverest little tailor... it pays for itsclf...students’ cabin... a dollar down...buy them by the box ...extra trousers go with each suit. not second-hand, but re-created. .sec- onds,..remnants...closing out.... Competent alcoholic analyses, fifty cents per bottle, H.W. H. BOUT this time of the year the village loafer gets his reputation of heing a true philosopher. “NO, SIR-FE, NONE OP THIS ROUND AND ROUND FOR ME, WIEN T SPEND MY MONEY, T WANTA CO SOMFWHERE!” My School in Tennessee A Modern (Not Modernist) Popular Song HAVEN'T got no call for this bi- ology, And you are free to fall by anthropol- ony, But I am leavin’ you Your scientists and z00 ; T wanna be again Back home where men...Amen. Cuorus I'm goin’ back-back-back to my home in Tennessee, To my cracker-jack Tennessee, Down where old Mother Nature Somchow seems to smile (By law of legisla:ure) All the blessed while, Tl hear about Gomorrah— About its awful fate— From a scholar who sells Da real es-tate. And my old mammy’s gonna Be tellin’ me the tale About the prophet Jonah, - And the positively-whale. T'll never think nor wonder, I never will suppose ; By fundamental thunder, Til ask Dad—he knows! So I'm startin’ choo-choo trackwards, I'm goin’ back-back-backwards, Back home again To Ten-Ten-Ten, To Ten-Commandments-Sec. Kile Crook, The Party Line “TOO bad you wasn’t awake last night an’ missed all th’ fun, They wuz ringin’ the fire bell over to Seller- ville an’ you might of heard it. “They talk about progress in farmin’, but th’ only progress I sce is more machinery to hev mortgages on. “All th’ road commissioners ever do around here, seems like, is meet an’ appropriate money fer some new detour signs, “Katy Schwart’s got two new dresses, an’ folks is wonderin’ where her man's got his still set up.” old school in Flori- JOK.M. Habit AWYER: On what ground do you decline to answer? Witness: Iam a telephone operator. = = comicbooks.com