Life, 1925-07-09 · page 8 of 42
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The cartoon titled "A Native American Comes Back for Old Home Week" depicts a Native American figure returning to a chaotic urban scene filled with protesters holding various signs and banners. The satire appears to comment on American social unrest and disorder—the Native American observer serves as an ironic witness to the very civilization that displaced indigenous peoples. The surrounding text discusses various contemporary issues: a policeman's shooting near Chicago's City Hall, radio interference during King Alonso's broadcast, dietary cures, and American tourists refusing alcohol in Europe. The cartoon suggests that despite America's claims of progress and civilization, the violence and chaos visible in cities like Chicago would strike an indigenous person as grimly ironic proof of the colonizers' supposed superiority.
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“T AM safe,” was the frst word sent back by AmuNonseN, thus assuring an anxious world that he was nowhere near Chicago. JL There is one point decidedly in favor of the intrepid explorer. He sent back a single posteard “We are sleeping every night blankets; wish you were here. Jt King Atroxso spoke over the radie re- cently, and now the Spanish Govern ment is confronted with the need for creating a new Cabinet Minister to handle the fan mail. = During his radio speech King Atronso was interrupted persistently by a squawking noise. This wasn't static— it was Vicente Brasco InfSez. JL A Chicago policeman was shot by a bandit on the steps of the City Hall. Public resentment ran so high as a re- never saying: under sult of this outrage that the authori e expected to declare all municipal buildings out of bounds for gunmer JL Dieting is said to be a cure for many ills, and yet we read that the first thing Judge Gary did after emerging from an enforced dict was to ment. issue a state- LL Six hundred American physicians, tour- ing Europe, created a sensation by re- ising to drink liquor. got to take their prescription blanks along. They probably aL Governor Pray, of Tennessee, has an- nounced that the Scores trial will be finished up within thirty minutes, Hasn't the Governor heard that Wit- Liam Jexntncs Bryan is to speak? aL Whether you want to or not, you've got to hand it to Mr. Bryan. It isn't every politician who can be ignominiously de- feated in a national campaign and yet remain on the front page for twenty- nine years. LL Statesmen in this broad land are becom- ing greatly excited over the preserva- tion of States’ rights, and they promise to do something about it just as soon as they find one. +L Under the Ptatr amendment, we can intervene at any time in Cuba for the mainte! orderly government. If the thing works there, why not try it on some of our big cities? LL In attempting to swim the English Channel this month, Miss Grrtrupe Eperte will use the crawl stroke—a delicate tribute to present-day European diplomacy. ance of SL Dean Ixce says that American hustle is mostly “Pos: Especially when it is pitted against Nurmi. \ NATIVE AMERICAN COMES BACK FOR OLD HOME WEEK comicbooks.com