Life, 1925-11-05 · page 15 of 50
Life — November 5, 1925 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains four satirical cartoons from Life magazine's visual news section: 1. **Top left**: Military parade with Italian flag, referencing President Louis Bororo of Haiti reviewing Italian Marines. 2. **Top right**: A person doing a headstand, captioned as "The Latest Wrinkle in Public Worship"—appearing to mock Rev. Archibald Soap of Milwaukee for balancing the Book of Job on a chair while inverted. 3. **Bottom left**: A man in formal dress next to a liquor truck, captioned "Shunned and Forsaken"—showing Congressman Andrew Volstead during Prohibition, caught viewing Canadian liquor (ironic given his famous anti-alcohol stance). 4. **Bottom right**: Two men examining sample cases labeled as traveling salesmen, with a caption about "The Prince of Wales" books circulating in territories. The satire targets public figures through exaggeration and visual humor.
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eS : LIFE « ‘Che Wews tr Pictures PRESIDENT LOUIS BORNO OF HAITI re- views the Haitian Marine Corps on the parade grounds at Port au Prince as it embarks for the United States, where it will be employed’ to suppress lawlessness, preserve or- der and safeguard Haitian interests. THE SECRETARY | THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF SENTIMENTALISM pre- sents the society's silver cup to Gerald Chapman, in his rooms at the Wethers- field State Prison in Con- necticut, for being the most fascinating criminal of the 1924-1925 season. THE LATEST WRINKLE IN PUBLIC WORSHIP. Going the “Bible mara- thon” one better, the Rev. Archibald J. Soap of Milwaukee has Miss Fannie Gueen, noted equilibrist, read The Book of Job while balanced on a chair on the topmost ledge of the First National Bank Building, fifteen stories above the street. 13 comicbooks.com