Life, 1925-10-22 · page 43 of 74
Life — October 22, 1925 — page 43: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three satirical pieces reflecting early 20th-century American concerns: **"The Daily Sport Lyric"** celebrates football with romantic verse about athletic competition and masculine valor—typical of the era's idealization of sports. **"How to Cure that Cold"** is contradictory satire mocking folk remedies and conflicting medical advice. It deliberately pairs opposing instructions (stay home/exercise, avoid medicine/take medicine, eat/abstain) to ridicule the confusion people faced when seeking health guidance. **"Suggestions for a New Presidential Cabinet"** targets contemporary politics and social movements: the Secretary of Ku Klux Klan reference indicates the KKK's prominent political influence in the 1920s; "Secretary of Chicago" and "Bootlegger General" mock Prohibition-era corruption; the final joke about a scapegoat secretary satirizes government dysfunction. **The bottom cartoon** humorously contrasts modern life with walking, suggesting automobiles had made pedestrian travel obsolete—reflecting rapid urbanization and automobile culture's social impact on family life.
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The Daily Sport Lyric HADOWY forms in the sun's decline, Tearing the turf by the whitewash barred, The plunging backs and the plowing line Fight for the victory, yard by yard. This is the game that strong men love, Play in their heyday and cheer in their age, Sport that is fit for the gods above— And this is the verse for the sporting page. The thud of the ball on a well-trained toe, And an oval rocketing swift and far; A throng deep-hushed as they watch it go, Then hell broke loose as it clears the bar. Fighting with all that is theirs to give, These are the men of the heroes’ breed; This is the game that they know and live, And this is the kind of stuff they read. Richard L. Greene. How to Cure that Cold If You Follow the Advice of Your Sympathetic Friends D° not let the cold interfere with your work but stay home from the office, taking lots of exercise in the open air while resting quietly in bed. Do not take any medicine, alternating it with large doses of quinine, aspirin and throat tablets. Gargling is effective if one avoids wetting the tonsils. Eat heartily and abstain from all food until the cold is under control. Do not consult a physician but get the best medical at- tention as soon as possible, McC. H. Suggestions for a New Presidential Cabinet ECRETARY of Income Tax Secretary of Evolution Secretary of Ku Klux Klan — Fundamentalist General Secretary of Chicago Boctlegger General. Secretary to take the blame for everything. Young Mother (proudly): see! BABY IS LEARNING TO WALK! Friend: OH, DO YOU THINK IT REALLY WORTH WHILE TO TEACH HIM? PRACTICALLY NOBODY WALKS NOWADAYS. comicbooks.com