Life, 1925-11-05 · page 11 of 50
Life — November 5, 1925 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains humor about crime and safes. The main cartoon shows two burglars discussing a safe's security features from a newspaper photograph. One burglar explains how the safe can be accessed through a hidden rear room—essentially critiquing that a newspaper (the "Evening Pictorial Blah") inadvertently revealed security vulnerabilities by publishing detailed photographs. The satire targets: 1. **Newspapers' role in crime**: By publishing specifics about safes and security, the press unwittingly helps criminals plan heists 2. **Journalistic irresponsibility**: The caption notes there have been 81,000 murders in ten years, implying sensationalist crime coverage contributes to criminal activity The cartoon appears to argue that press coverage itself perpetuates "crime waves" through careless reportage.
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- LIFE: What Makes the Crime Wave Permanent N! WSPAPERS certainly help in our work,” asserted “Red” Hooper, safe-cracker and general utility hold-up expert spilled a mouthful,” agreed his working partner, * Davis. “Any tips this morning?” “That job we tried to pull yesterday, Gyp, would of come off right if we'da known where the safe is and how it looks. See, here it tells you in the Evening Pictorial Blak and shows you a photo in case you're too dumb to read. Listen, kid: ‘The safe a@ in the rear SS room was g ys Co screened from Ane = the view of the bandits by an ingenious false front re- A Thought sembling an ice box. Every day for Today at 2:15 the money is care- fully — counted and prepared for deposit, by the proprietor.’ Here's” the pitcher.” “Does it tell how much they keep there?” inquired the thorough Gyp. oft, bo. The Blah says, ‘At the time of the raid safe contained money and valuables approximating one fred thousand dollars.” Sweet cookie, wait till we get xt to it.” “Who was the gink that gave the police alarm? I'd like tean him good and proper. Does the Blah give his There have been 85,000 murders in the United States during the past ten years. Sure thing. Here it is. ‘The hero ef the occasion was rt J. Biegeleisen of 23,479 75th Street, Woodhaven. If ere not for his alertness and presence of mind—’ Oh, + Wait until we lamp Albert!” A NOT TOO IMPROBABLE HEADLINE} LONE BANDIT STICKS UP U. S. MINT First Footpad: 1 WELD UP A POET LAST NIGHT. Second Footpad: War! war! HAR! THAT'S A JOKE. “JOKE, HELL! IT COST ME A DOLLAR.” “Anything else we gotta know to do the job right next time?” asked Gyp. “Yeh. That Blak bird knows a thing or two. Lookahere. X shows the place where we could ‘a’ come in through the back if we wasn't a pair of dumbbells. It says: ‘The hold- up men evidently overlooked an easy way of access through the yard into the rear room over a flimsily fastened tran- som.’ That guy is wasting his time being a reporter. He could be making easy money.” “We gotta wait a week or two until the fuss is over and then—hot dawg!” “You oughta be glad you and me ain't ignorant, Gyp, and can read. The Blah is ‘a paper for everybody,’ all right. Especially us.” Elias Lieberman. Conventional Endings THE open season for conventions is upon us. Experts familiar with the situation have figured out that: If all speakers whose subject is “Co- operation” were laid end to end, others would arise to take their places. li all the keys to the city presented to delegates were laid end to end, they would still be totally invisible when needed, If all resolutions adopted were laid end to end, they would find their way into the waste-baskets much sooner. If all delegates carried on as their wives believe they do, they would be laid end to end. LOB. 'URKISH worsen are now said to be completely emancipated. It will be quaint to read of a harem shooting its husband. comicbooks.com,