Life, 1925-10-08 · page 9 of 46
Life — October 8, 1925 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page presents satirical commentary on early 1920s American politics and society: 1. **President Coolidge and Queen Marie**: The top-left cartoon mocks Coolidge preparing for Queen Marie of Romania's visit, satirizing his awkwardness with foreign dignitaries. 2. **Bolling Field Aviation Incident**: The airplane cartoon depicts a judge's uncomfortable experience at a military trial flight—satire about bureaucratic absurdity and Congressional oversight. 3. **Kellogg's Financial Humor**: The circular portrait shows Secretary of State Kellogg with another figure, joking about financial trust and banking genius—likely satirizing post-war economic confusion. 4. **White House Rubber Bonfire**: A large explosion depicts the National Zoo's quarterly disposal of rubber goods, poking fun at government waste and institutional absurdity. 5. **"Head-Phone Face" Contest**: The bottom cartoon mocks a beauty contest winner with distorted facial features from headphone use—social satire about emerging technology's physical effects.
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* LIFE * Cfhe News in Pictures DISCONCERTING EXPERIENCE AT BOLLING FIELD. The Judge-Advo- cate-General who was to have presided at the War Department's action against Colonel William Mitchell, feeling that it would be quite a gesture to fly to the trial, mounted an Army plene at Bolling Field. Unfortunately, as the plane took off, the Judge-Advocate-General was reminded that no appropriation had been made for Cockpit floors under the passenger's seat, Congress having decided that they were not necessary. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE prepares for the long-promised visit of Queen Marie of Rou- to this country by trying on the peasant costume, as Her jest 90 loves to do over thet The President is quoted as regretting passing of pictuy esque national dress throughout the world. UARTERLY BON. IRE AT THE NA- TIONAL CAPITAL. Scene in Potomac Park as White House em- ployees touch match to regular three-months’ accumulation of rubber ice-picks, prize pump- kins, souvenir plaques, petitions, stuffed par- rots, model ice-wagons, engraved —_testimor Is, and other tokens of es- teem sent the President by his admirers. The long, low building in the background is one of the menageries built to house the animals sent with the same good intentions. Reering UP 302 Blur BEFORE STRAN- THE HEAD-PHONE FACE. Novel contest Secretary of S! for the most perfect listening-in Minister Joseph Caillaux, durin; at th cently won by Miss Dula Dabb, of the Ken. French Embassy, that he trusts that the pretty liquid tucky State Home for the Feeble Minded. s it has been Miss Dabb is here photographed with the intoxicating runners-up. comicbooks.com