Life, 1926-01-21 · page 5 of 36
Life — January 21, 1926 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains social commentary and humor typical of 1920s Life magazine. The three-panel cartoon at bottom tracks attitudes toward youth across three periods (1914, 1918, 1926), showing an elderly woman's consistent disapproval. In 1914 and 1926, she expresses concern about "pleasure mad, weak willed, degenerate, pacifistic, licentious" youth. The middle panel (1918) depicts a soldier, suggesting that wartime duty temporarily redeemed youth in public perception. The articles above discuss contemporary social observations: women's behavior, a hiring manager's anecdote about a broken mirror, and jazz's French origins during WWI. The satirical point appears to be generational anxiety—elders consistently criticized young people regardless of era or circumstances, implying such criticism was a perpetual, perhaps unfounded, tradition.
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Admission | E girls who paint and use plenty of perfume I like to see girls eat candy and chew gum Women who spend a lot of time over ice cream sodas and light lunches ap- peal to me. I enjoy seeing girls spend their fathers’ money freely. Girls who buy all the latest books and magazines are not to be censured. + do I believe in frowning on the girl who buys cigarettes in large quanti- ties. I own the drug store on the corner James A, Sanaker. Fresh Air “QPEAKIN’ of the weather ‘minds me Doc Brady was tellin’ the boys up to the store the other night ‘bout that old couple that lives in that house over to North Danville that Hiram Pritch- ard owned before he moved up to the Centre. Doe says the old man won't have no window open at night-time and the old woman's all for fresh air, and Doc says their hired gel told him that the other night the old folk were havin’ it back and to after they were in bed “bout the window not bein’ open, and heard the old man 0 err is human; “WHAT'S THE MATTER, BO?” “WHAT DO YOU THINK? THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE HAS GONE AND RAISED THE PRICE OF SEATS AGAIN! Doc says the hired gel said the old Jazz History woman git so mad she jumped af broke the glass with i ere just evacuating t, and it hired gel is head off Doc said the gel was scared at first, as havin’ a wat Tayi which the your old Marne! seems that when the old folks » they found the old woman had tead of the V JHAT who imi “They are fc to forgive, mascu- No, I really tate them to t Can we bet ee with alarm the h lay, pleasure-mad, hatred degererate, pacifistic, licentious — Can we bet view with alarm the youth of today, pleasure-mad, illed, degenerate, pacifistic, licentious — comicbooks.com