Life, 1925-11-12 · page 13 of 41
Life — November 12, 1925 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate humor sections: **Top cartoon:** Shows a man in top hat presenting a toy or game to children, with the caption "They sent me the framework and expect me to build my own turkey, I suppose." This satirizes consumer frustration with incomplete or unassembled products—a relatable domestic complaint. **"Conversational Helps for the Thanksgiving Reunion":** Humorous dialogue snippets about family tensions during holidays—criticisms of wives' budgeting, concerns about children's behavior, and dinner etiquette. The satire targets awkward family dynamics and strained relationships during holiday gatherings. **Right column sections** include brief humorous pieces on energy conservation, movie culture, and household staff departures. The overall tone mocks middle-class American domestic life and social pretensions of the era.
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> wee li antny Chorus of Wives: Now, SOLOMON, YOU KNOW YOU PROMISED TO TEACH US THE GAME THE NEXT TIME YOU PLAYED. Conversational Helps for the Thanksgiving Reunion LL, Julia, you may look young- er with short hair, but I can’t truthfully say it's becoming to a mar- ried woman of your age. You must let's see, there’s only two years cen you and Adelaide, and she was born in——" “Do you mean to say, Min, that you still have to cut up Bobby's meat? Why, as soon as our Clyde could come to the table, I trained —"” “Mamma, I don’t like this cranberry jelly; it's got skins in it. We don't have skins in our jelly at home. Why docs Aunt Emily put skins in her jelly, Mamma?” “Excuse me, Elizabeth, but you haven't got that quite right. It was Grandpa Higginbotham’s stepson that married your Aunt Margaret, not his nephew. Now what relation does that make to the Phipps girls, and h one did Joseph——" “James, you really ought to have Althea’s throat examined. I believe it's adenoids that give the child that queer, vacant ex- Pression——” “You've given up budgets? Now, May, it must be because you don't understand the system! Just let me show you how I—” “How's that? Your wife wants a new car? Well, Bill, all I have to say is, don’t let it interfere with the pay- ment that’s due on my loan——” “THEY SENT ME THE FRAMEWORK AND EXPECT ME TO BUILD MY OWN TURKEY, I SUPPOSE.” “Of course, it isn't my affair and I don't want to meddle, but I can’t help feeling that if you had been firm with Charlie right at the start, he never would have—” “Your dinner looks lovely, Em, and I hate to make a bit of extra work, but I'm still on a diet, you know, and if I could trouble you for just a bit of dry toast and a cup of weak tea without—” Corinne Rockwell Swain. The Little Wasters PERIMENTERS are try- ing to harness the energy of the sun’s rays. But why go so far when we have lots of wasted ene n our own little world? For instance, the ap- plause of movie audiences... the second half-hour of the sermon... .campaign promises... the football game that ends in a scoreless tie...pie crust... third-class mail...the time you took to read this. Nostalgia “QO your new maid left, too?” “Yes, she couldn't get her home town station on our set.” comicbooks.com