Life, 1925-12-17 · page 17 of 40
Life — December 17, 1925 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon, titled "One Postman Who Did More Than His Bit," depicts a mail carrier navigating a chaotic household while attempting delivery. The humor appears to target both the absurdity of domestic life and possibly post-WWI social upheaval—the "bit" likely references military service contributions ("doing one's bit" was a WWI phrase). The "1926 Model" cartoon mocks modern divorce culture, showing a woman seeking divorce with the same casual efficiency as purchasing a consumer product, reflecting 1920s anxieties about changing gender roles and marriage instability during the Jazz Age. The page also contains social observations ("From a Club Chair") and brief humorous anecdotes about modern life, typical of Life magazine's satirical format targeting upper-middle-class American readers concerned with social propriety and contemporary trends.
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LIFE * Post-Bellum Note HHREE men watched the sun set on Flanders fields. “It was here,” said the youngest, the slightest tremble “I think it was here that—that they got my You know—we were in the same squad. A of a shell...But we went on,” he added proudly; d what was left of their first line. We went on...” * murmured the oldest of the three, a in his voic brother. “ll never forget,” said the third, “the time I neglected to hate Germans. An officer—one of theirs—and two men, all that were left of an advancing line—coming at us through the smoke, alone. They knew they were alone, on they came. They were going to take our trench single-handed! Of course—they didn’t. But they were ve men,” sighed the older man; “there were heroes sides—naturally. You boys,” he continued, placing rm around the shoulders of each, “you boys belong mmortal band of noble warriors. You have fought c removed his arm from the shoulders of the youngest and touched his eye with a handkerchief. he added modestly, “you mustn't forget that had it not been for us poor devils who stayed home and manu factured munitions you mightn’t have had any war at all!” Gerald Cosgre Prehistoric belongs to the League of Women Voters. Her hair bobbed and she wears her skirts shorter than the rs. She swims in a one-piece bathing suit and knows new Charleston steps. She loves her golf and And yet she is hopelessly old-fashioned. She D. H. has never had her wedding ring made over. 1926 Model WANT to marry your daughte “But can you divorce her in the manner to which she s been accustomed Conn Ss. ‘AxoBRSEN— SURE, 1 KNOW SANTA CLAUS! IE BOARDS AT OUR HOUSE.” From a Club Chair O many of us are thrilled by what we r between the lines I am greatly disappointed because no astute pub- lisher has as yet issued a book of blank p. eee It is always a fair assumption that a man who has seen better days also has enjoyed lovelier evenings. eee Youth vanishes in the hour you approach a rendezvous half-hoping that it will not be kept. eee The final achievement of efficiency will come when our morning newspapers are printed on breakfast food. eee There is this much to be said for caution: one is more ready to forgive the poor bridge player who underbids. James K. McGuinness. Rarest of the Rare UIDE (in Paris): There goes one of the most distinguished _ poli- ticians in all France. Tourist: What's he done? Guwe: In all his career he has never been asked to form a new Cabinet A GHBOR'S house burned down the other night and the only thing not destroyed by the flames was the stuff he had in his coal bin, for which he had paid $25 a ton. HE greatest tobacco evil is the man ONE POSTMAN WHO DID MORE THAN HIS BIT who habitually quits smoking. comicbooks.com