Life — October 8, 1925 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Explanation for Modern Readers This page contains two separate pieces of humor: **Top Cartoon:** A visual gag about women's fashion. Men discuss a woman's garters, with one saying she's wearing two pairs—one to hold up stockings, the other "to hold up traffic," implying her appearance attracts male attention. **"Bedtime Story":** A satirical tale about an intellectual who fell in love. He planned to buy travel books to educate his bride-to-be about Europe. She rejected his intellectual approach with a note suggesting marriage shouldn't require "optimism" about self-improvement through reading. The story mocks pretentious intellectualism in romance. **"Some Job":** A brief joke about "Blower" working in the naval air service's Explanation Department—apparently involving sheep and wool, though the context remains unclear from this excerpt. The magazine targets 1920s social attitudes about courtship, intellectualism, and gender roles.