Life, 1926-01-07 · page 10 of 40
Life — January 7, 1926 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains three separate satirical items: 1. **Top left**: Criticizes the Shah of Persia for claiming he gained no wealth in Florida real estate—implying he's lying about his financial dealings. 2. **Center cartoon** ("The Ford Civilization Reaches Africa"): A detailed satirical illustration mocking American industrial expansion into Africa. It depicts Ford automobiles, factories, and American consumer culture being imposed on African landscapes, satirizing both corporate imperialism and the assumption that Western industrialization represents "civilization." 3. **Right side** ("Our Privileged Class"): A poem satirizing wealthy Americans who pay no taxes, avoid work, travel seasonally, evade bill collectors, and face no legal obligations—suggesting the rich operate under different rules than ordinary citizens. The overall tone critiques wealth, corporate expansion, and class inequality.
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NFORTUNATELY for the piti able state of Mr. Rep Grance’s nces, the th i —the exact fig ures escape us—of yards he won last year were not gained in Florida real estate aL It develops that the new Shah of Persia was once a stable boy. If he had only » telling to what heights he might have climbed. JL ng in Moscow, a Russian poet carried ice, there is Lect recently declared: “America has neither love of art nor literature, ideals nor honesty, nor justice.” spread suspicion that he had been read- he American Mercury aL “Her eyelids quivered and a tear There is a wide- trickled down and mingled with the heads of perspiration on her temple."— Pictorial It's a good trick, as Hovntni told Marcery, the medium, if you can do it. LL After the coal strike started, parties of miners and their wives sailed from From a story in THE FORD CIVILIZATION REACHES AFRICA Philadelphia for a trip abroad - ior the United Mine in the Navy and See the gested slo; Workers: World!" L amatic critic of the Paris Temps, has just fought a duel with the stepson of Cora La Pakcerir French actress. Although the exact cause is not given, it is probable M. Brisson termed the lady's performance “adequate.” Pierre Brisson, ¢ JL A campaign is to be started in E according to the New York Sun, for a single language for radio international broadcasting. Our ballot is hereby cast for the sign code employed by the deaf and dumb. aL “IT wish there were a world series in poetry,” said CLement Woop in a lec- ture in Boston recently. But who would want to Authors’ League? ay the Pirates in the LL Definition of “hyperbole,” as given by the late Mr. Noam Wenster: “A fig- ure of speech in which the expression evidently exaggerates the meaning to be conveyed Example: “Prohibition enforcement.” Our Privileged Class HEY always have plenty of money They pay no income tax They don't have to work They park wherever they please. They can go South in the winter and North in the summer. They are never approached by bill collectors. They are not required to serve on juries are never pestered by subscrip- tion solicitors They can get their names on the first page any time without the expense of a press agent They can take anything or leave it. » wonder the country is overrun with bandits. H. Hovious Rafferty. comicbooks.com #+