Life, 1925-07-23 · page 27 of 36
Life — July 23, 1925 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"Birthday Gifts"** mocks gender equality by listing identical gift suggestions for both men and women—polo belts, cocktail shakers, knickerbockers—suggesting the modern woman now does everything men do, a commentary on 1920s social changes. **"Halting the Cranks"** defends collegiate athletics' ban on filming rival teams. The satire imagines this rule extended to business, warning that allowing spies with cameras in competitors' offices (or worse, filming romantic rivals wooing women) would undermine "amateur spirit." **"That Dobson Girl"** is a serialized gossip column spoofing neighborhood busybodies. It tracks a young woman juggling two suitors—a Red Buick and Yellow Packard driver—before unexpectedly choosing a Marathon car, satirizing both female independence and automobile salesmanship. The **ladybug cartoon** jokes about modern novels corrupting innocence. The **business cartoon** mocks redundant formal communication (confirming conversations via registered letter).
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=— SSRN Birthday Gifts For Him OCKTAIL shaker. Cigarette case. Knitted tie. Knickerbockers. Wrist watch. Polo belt. Pocket comb, Sport hose. For Her Cocktail shaker. Cigarette case. Knitted tie. Knickerbockers. Wrist watch. Polo belt. Pocket comb, Sport hose. Lumberjack sweater. Halting the Cranks T! solons of intercollegiate athletics have frowned on, not to say scowled at, the practice resorted to last autumn of studying the technique of a rival team by means ef motion pictures. They have ruled that coaches shall net go scouting in the enemy camp with a movie camera We approve of this prohibition, If the filming of one’s rivals became a general custom, there is no telling what it might lead to, Imagine the Pickle Products Company send- ing spies with cameras to “catch” the star salesman of ndiments, Inc., in the act of high-power selling. Worse i or for the hand of a certain young lady filming your individual finesse as a wooer ! Let's all breathe a sigh of relief that the amateur spirit has been safeguarded. LUM. Lumber}. sweater, Dialing Instructions D0, 20% lke your automatic phone?” Yes; but I'm having an awful time teaching the neighbors how to use it.” Mrs. Ladybug: wHat’s THE MATTER WITH JOHD Mr, Ladybug; oO, Me's JUST BEEN THROUGH ONE OF THESE “MODERN” NOVELS. First Business Man: you're 4 BUM, A CROOK AND A LIAR AND TO-MORROW I'LL SEND YOU A REGISTERED LETTER CON- FIRMING OUR CONVERSATION. That Dobson Girl A Mystery-Romance as Related by the Peeping Spinster Across the Way ONDAY—That Dobson Girl, across the street, just got home from school to-day. All legs and orchids, she fell in her own front door. Her mother will have her hands full with her, all right. Tuesday—A Red Buick and a Yellow Packard have been parked at that Dobson Girl's house all day. he Red Buick is ahead. She was out with him again this after- noon. Thursday—It's a neck-and-neck race. I saw her go out with the Yellow Pack- And when the Red Buick got there, he slammed his door and shot off at a murderous pace. Fridg What a brazen girl! The Red Buick and the Yellow Packard were both back again to-day. Her mother never had two hitching posts in front of her house when she was a girl! Saturday—Something queer has hap- pened. either the Red Buick nor the Yellow Packard was at that Dobson Girl's house to-day. Sunday—I_ met her to-day, and she asked me for a ride in her new Mara- thon car. “You know,” she said, “the Packard and Buick salesmen were on my neck all week, but I decided on a Marathon, after all.” Joan Drake. Wednesday ard person to-day. Suannrten Cary — T appears that, in introducing an anti- evolution law, Georgia is just trying to ape Tennessee. BOOK WORM ? comicbooks.com