Life, 1926-04-01 · page 16 of 46
Life — April 1, 1926 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This satirical page contains brief political commentary and a cartoon mocking a labor meeting. The cartoon depicts a speaker addressing workers, referencing classical historical figures—Julius Caesar, Attila the Hun, Moses, Robert Bruce, Charlemagne, and Hannibal—asking where they are. An "Enthusiastic Usher" instructs boys to stand so "the boss can see you," suggesting the speaker is performing for management rather than genuinely advocating for workers. The satire critiques labor organizing as performative theater where speakers invoke grand historical revolutionaries while actually serving employer interests. The text snippets above cover unrelated items: Ma Ferguson's gubernatorial ambitions, San Francisco customs officials rejecting Latin classics, and remarks about Charles Nessler's hair predictions. The page exemplifies Life's satirical style targeting various political and social targets of its era.
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A FERGUSON wants to be elected Governor again M for her husband's vindication. Evidently his first Vindication didn't take. aL And now San Francisco customs officials are holding up a shipment of the works of Ovin on the grounds of moral turpitude. A tremendous increase in enrollment in Latin fi nation’s schools is expected. aL 1, an antiseptic fifty times stronger than ay be swallowed without injury. Until it d in larger quantities, only one bottle will be sold to a customer. classes in Hexylresorcin carbolic acid, 1 can be proc uw Supreme Court Justice Ottver Wexpett Hotatrs, on the {th birthday, had not been absent , but our guess is that s occasionally at the calendar and mutters: “Ho-hum, scems as if this quarter-century will cr end |” aL tice Hotates’s record is equalled only by that of the occasion of his eighty f t even he his in twenty-four year: Speaker (at labor meeting HUN? usiastic Ush Govtp family, who also have not missed a court session for twenty-four years. ae Radicalism will never gain a foothold in the United States while Mz Its president, Cartes Nesster, has just made the annual prediction that bobbed hair is on the wane. LL Dr. Hrnucka’s discovery that the forchead of the typical ter Hairdressers’ Association is on the job. American is increasing in height is said to have cast gloom throughout the tabloid newspaper industry. his assurance that th ght of the brow was no index of intelligence that the w lication. It was only on 1 editors decided to resume pub- L ew American as a person of The popularity of the Charleston Dr. Henuicka describes the “relatively few extremes.” thus remains unexplained. -L It is a wise Frenchman that knows his own Premier, AND WHERE, I ASK YOU, IS JULIUS CASAR? WHERE IS ATTILA THE WHERE ARE MOSES, ROBERT BRUCE, CHARLEMAGNE, HANNIBAL? STAND UP, BOYS, SO’ CAN SEE You! THE Bos’ comicbooks.com