Life, 1926-01-28 · page 8 of 36
Life — January 28, 1926 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine's humor section contains several brief satirical items: **Main cartoon** (bottom): Shows figures in a swampy setting with a sign reading "RABBIT HUNTERS." The leader's speech bubble reads: "AW, COME ON! THAT SIGN'S FOR RABBIT-HUNTERS. WE'RE HUNTIN' BEAR, AIN'T YOU WANTA KEEP A LOOKOUT FER INJUNS, TOO." The joke appears to satirize careless or overconfident hunters ignoring warning signs and underestimating dangers. **Text items** above discuss: President Coolidge's message about national debt; plans to solve New York crime; a new cloth ("lither than thistledown"); and Florida's planned twenty-one-boom salute honoring Greece's ex-king. The overall tone is lighthearted social and political commentary typical of 1920s satirical journalism.
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HEN last heard from, Rep Grance was still trying to give the people a run for their money. iL said in his message that $15,200,688,253.92 is owed to the United § Let's show a concilia- tory spirit and not be a Shylock among the How about calling it a round $15,200,688,253 and letting it go at that? President Coottne ates. nations. iL With a nucleus composed of Carot of the Romanoff or two and any be Rumania, former German Crown Prince, a Hapsburgs that happen lying around, Europe has all the ings of a highly respectable back-to- the-throne movement aL ow Dr. P. A. De Forest, of Hins- dale, IIL, gets his name in the papers by paying a $4.18 tax after a thirty- year delay, If the Internal Revenue Department will drop us a card in 1956 we shall be happy to duplicate. loose to The Leader: you AW, COME oN! COCOSGOEcs The Last Laugh in National Laugh Month “There may be a few elem the country among which drinking is more prevalent than before, but they not the people I care’ about.” ein C. Dinwiddie, of the Anti League. More than one thousand plans for solv- ing the crime situation in New York have been submitted to the Society for the Prevention of Crime. And that re- minds us, what ever became of the Bok peace plan? aL Unfortunately for statisticians, the only THAT SIGN’S FOR RABBIT-HUNTERS, objects which can actually be laid end to end to substantiate their theories are pedestrians. LL The question confronting the motorist when he has a blowout is whether to please Hoover and drive home on the rim, or help along England, interna- tional comity, and the World Court by putting on the spare. LL As the storm clouds gather over Wash- ington we note that every one of them seems to have an aluminum lining, L A new cloth, lighter than thistledown, has appeared on the London market, and ever so many flappers are hoping it reaches here in time for the next cold snap, LL In honor of the approaching visit of ex-King Grorce of Greece, we under- stand the Florida realtors are planning to fire a royal salute of twenty-one booms. WE'RE HUNTIN’ BEAR, AN’ WANTA KEEP A LOOKOUT FER INJUNS, TOO.