Life, 1925-07-23 · page 13 of 36
Life — July 23, 1925 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes the busy urban lifestyle of the 1920s. "A Go-Getter's Busy Day" mocks a frantic office worker whose schedule spans 9 AM to 5 PM with back-to-back activities—phones, conferences, mail sorting, interviews, lunch meetings, and golf—suggesting constant, exhausting productivity. The "Notice of Funeral Hereafter" joke plays on this theme: a man is so busy he can't attend a funeral, proposing a talking machine (early recording device) as replacement—absurdist humor about how technology and modern life have made even death an inconvenience. "Mrs Pep's Diary" humorously contrasts domestic life, with a woman managing household chaos and children while her husband pursues leisurely pursuits. The bottom safety ad ("This Is God's Own Country") ironically juxtaposes cheerful "Go-Getter" imagery with automobile death statistics, critiquing reckless modern progress.
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A Go-Getter’s Busy Day Qo A. M.—Phones office. “No one * there 9-30—Vhones office boy to tell secre- tary, when she arrives, that he’s been sd at home but will be right in. —Comes right in. —Hangs up coat and hat, and nects view from office window. Secretary brings him mail, hich he puts in desk basket marked “Incoming.” s—In 10:30: conference with boot- Prepares Rotary Club address: a Good Example to the ger Generation.” Calls up business friend for lunch, so they can go over a few de- tails, and gather up the loose ends. 12:00-3 :00—Lunch, 3.00—Gives interview to American Magazine, attributing his success to maceration in eating and sleeping, plus Jeuty of hard work. 3:30—Takes mail from “Incoming” basket and puts it in “Outgoing” one. 4:00—Puts mail from “Outgoing” basket into “File” basket. Draws circles on desk pad. 4:05—Rubs them out. 4:10—Suddenly remembers to tell sec- retary he had some important mail he wanted to get off on the Century. ht argument. 4:15-35—Puts on hat and inspects view from office window. 4 Leaves. 5.00—Arrives golf club. As he tells friends, there’s nothing like golf to take the cobwebs out of the old bean after a hard day at the office. 1.C. M. Asoy, Jr. UBB: Did your doctor recommend to a specialist ? Duss: No—to his bootlegger! THIS Is Gop'’s Own CouNTRY In the United States last year 19,000 people were killed (in- cluding 5,700 children) and 450,000 injured by automobiles. Dont KNockK-BOOST NOTICE OF FUNERAL HEREAFTER Go-Getter (to husband of a harem): CAN'T 1 INTEREST YOU IN A TALKING-MACHINE? July Mary Williston in to see me this morning, having 16th come to town about her new house, and she did tell me how she and Nate had talked two hours to the archi- tect before they could get him to change the stairs so that they need not take out accident insurance on the children, of which they now have four, all male, which seems to me a pity, forasmuch as boys are small good to any one from the time they are two years old until they learn to dance. M. stopped for luncheon, whereat we fell a-talking of matters domestic, in especial the need for choosing between amiability and efficiency in servants, I favoring the former, for Lord! I had liefer be attended by less-than-perfect servants with cheerful demeanors than by 100- per-centers with black looks. Quoth Mary: The golden handmaidens made by Vulcan for Olympus were endowed with superhuman intelligence, but I should be satisfied if I could get a (Continued on page 29) THE GO-GETTER AT HOME comicbooks.com