Life, 1926-06-10 · page 11 of 44
Life — June 10, 1926 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top illustration depicts a **City Visitor** and **Farmer** in conversation near a fence. The city visitor asks if the farmer's crops are "much distressed by pests," and the farmer replies "this place ain't near a paved road"—a joke about how rural areas, lacking modern infrastructure and urban conveniences, escape certain urban problems. Below are three sections: **Signs** (a poem about summer), **Hunger** (a doctor-patient dialogue about food scarcity), and **The Cynic Looks at Literature**—which cynically defines literary terms and novel types. The centered callout **"Now You Tell One"** invites reader contributions. The overall page satirizes rural simplicity, urban problems, and literary pretension typical of early-20th-century American humor magazines.
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