Life, 1925-10-22 · page 11 of 74
Life — October 22, 1925 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains four satirical cartoons reflecting 1920s American concerns: 1. **Top left**: Shows a school satchel for children, captioned "For the Kiddies"—appears to be advertising school supplies. 2. **Top right**: Depicts two men labeled as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sir Oliver Lodge discussing spiritualism at the Rue Prideaux, likely mocking the era's fascination with séances and supernatural beliefs among educated figures. 3. **Bottom left**: A cartoon about Prohibition-era bars. American bartenders claim to speak "English," satirizing how American drinking establishments pretended legitimacy during alcohol's legal ban by adopting foreign names. 4. **Bottom right**: "A Peep into the Future" mocks women's hair loss, suggesting manufacturers' claims that hair treatments cause baldness—darkly humorous commentary on dubious cosmetic industry promises. The page captures 1920s anxieties: spiritualism, Prohibition enforcement, and consumer skepticism.
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THE HON. CHARLES D. B. KING, President of Liberia, in a recent message of good will to President Coolidge, said that American culture and civi- lization were fast spreading to the very beart of his peopl President King is shown ex- ecuting a “Charleston” on the lawn of the White House in Monrovia. FOR THE KIDDIES, Smart shops throug! out the Wect are showing this delightful “Volstead Kit,” @ school-bag in ‘dark green leather with a compartment for the traditional bocks and two silver flasks for gin and whicky. Ancther novelty is a pint flask in the form of an alge- bra which may be car- ried to hich school and then to the after-school dance. AMERICAN Gnglish la Spoker -——- ‘ere | FRENCH FINANCE MINISTER JOSEPH CAILLAUZ, at jebt parley in Washing- Paris for an intensive cutting the hair contin has among men, several ladies have decided, for the five hundredth time, to Our cut shows Mrs. Irene Castle (who began the bobbing), Miss Gloria Swanson and Miss Pola Negri paying the price. home aj “unsuccessful” ton, mabilizes the sign-painters of money-raising campaign which is scheduled to begin inthe —it spring. It the great financial Cg 's plan to make Jet their hair gro: America pay its own de! t to itself. SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE AND SIR OLIVER LODGE snapped as they were returning, late at night, from a meeting of the Spititualisi Congress recently held in Paris. As Sir Oliver was stopping with a friend in the Rue Froidevaux, it was necescary to pass the Cemetery of Mont- parnasse and Sir Arthur accompanied him to his door, Afterwards, Sir Oliver accompanied Sir Arthur to the latter's hotel. The pair ended by putting up for the night at the Hotel Crillon. A PEEP INTO THE FUTURE. The Benevolent Protective Order of Hair- dressers and Hairpin Manufacturers having agreed, in solema conclave, tl ventually produce baldness among women a: comicbooks.com