Life, 1926-02-11 · page 17 of 40
Life — February 11, 1926 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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**Top Illustration & Story ("Sure Proof of Greatness"):** A sketch shows fashionably dressed women walking down a street. The accompanying text describes a neighbor named Sidebottom who is "great" because he repeatedly wears the same outfit without concern for appearing outdated. The narrator ironically praises this as evidence of Sidebottom's confidence and superiority—the joke being that most people obsess over constantly updating their wardrobes to appear fashionable. **Bottom Section ("Historic Working Girls, No. IV"):** Three cartoon panels humorously depict ancient female figures in historical roles: one operating Egyptian foundry work, another as a Pharaoh's daughter establishing a "Balustrida Founding Home," and a third in administrative position. This appears to satirize the contemporary women's employment movement by retroactively inserting women into historically male-dominated professions.
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“1 HAD A CHANCE OF A Goop JOB IN FLOKIDA, 1 “POR MEAVEN’S SAKE, WHY N “1 HADN'T A THING TO WEAR.” Sure Proof of Greatness MY neighbor, Sidebottom, is a great ahead. He had a box under his man. I used to let on I didn't see so, recalling the ¢ ation Well tom,” I's. How we club?” him when we were taking the same morning, I rema train for town, but that is all over. I your new Tux wait for him now when I see him run- "And he said, “That's exactly what as ning down his steps it is. T thought T might as well buy it "[S_ he devote One morning about two weeks ago. right away and sell the old one later.” N before I discovered Sidebottom’s real quality, he caught up with me and tried. ~~. to get into step, I say tried, because Historic Working Girls Sidebottom is that kind of fellow. He _ is not happy unless he is in step. I have made him skip as many as seventeen times in one block. Of course, I don’t do that any more. ! He said to me, “I think I shall sell my old dinner jacket and get one that’s up-to-date.” | Naturally, I just laughed cynically | I have said the same thing to my wife three or four times a year for ten | ] years and I still have the same outfit I had when we were married. I said some pretty mean things to Sidchottom. When I got off the train that even Sidebottom came of the out coach