Life — August 6, 1925 — page 15: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a humorous comic strip featuring a character named Skippy (a mischievous young boy in a flat cap). The page shows four sequential scenes depicting Skippy's interaction with a soda fountain attendant: 1. **Top left**: Skippy orders a "chalklet soda" 2. **Top right**: He persuades the attendant to give him "just a little suck" of the drink 3. **Bottom left**: The attendant warns "Easy now" as Skippy drinks 4. **Bottom right**: Skippy requests more fizz, claiming it's "entirely too sweet" The humor relies on Skippy's manipulative charm and the attendant's exasperated responses to the boy's persistent demands. This appears to be gentle domestic comedy about childhood persuasion tactics rather than political satire—typical of Life magazine's popular humor content from this era.