Life, 1926-08-05 · page 12 of 41
Life — August 5, 1926 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**"Adversity" cartoon**: Two elegantly dressed women hold cocktails while a man empties a bucket, illustrated with the caption: "He was once honored and respected, with scores of loyal, devoted friends — did burglars get it or did he drink it all up?" This satirizes the social consequences of Prohibition-era drinking. Once-respectable men lose their standing through either theft or alcoholism, reducing them to menial labor. **"Father's Day" cartoon**: Shows a man watching a seaside amusement stand labeled "Summer Special," depicting the nostalgic (or ironic) observation that fathers must work while families vacation. The page reflects 1920s concerns: Prohibition's social impact, gender roles, class anxiety, and economic inequality during this period.
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Dilemmas HEN girls were girls and women ladies, In that dead age full ten years past, To smoke was to embark for Hades, To drink was to be labeled “fast.” But since they’ve equalized the $ Beyond male hope to disavow, This thought an humble man_per- plexes— How can you tell a lady now? With barrooms gone to musty glory And brass rails rusted in their glooms, The old, all too familiar story Is heard again in drawing-rooms, Since open, unafraid psychoses Parade, complacent as a cow, And Freud is served in heaping doses— What can you tell a lady now? Adversity James Kevin McGuinness. HE WAS ONCE HONORED AND espe WITIE ECORES OF LOYAL, DRYOTED ry Ba cation of a Banker “DID BURGLARS GET IT OR DID HE DRINK IT ALL UP?” Ir the Old Days: Penmanship Drill. Mental Arithmetic. Compound and Simple Interest. Double Entry Bookkeeping. Advising Depositors on Finance. In the New Era: Target Practice. Gas Mask Drill. Detection of Counterfeit Cur- rency. First Aid Practice. Camouflage in Payroll Deliv- ery. Armored Car Service. What to Do Until the Police- man Comes. Identification of Bandits. How to Detect Forgeries. Machine Gun Technique. Burglar Insurance. Hand Lifting. Roy H. Fricken. I: All your summer boarders Me” ILINI now wants the gone? Italian people to eat less spa- Hi: Yes, but one of ’em left me — ghetti. Or, as we Americans put it, g picture to laugh over. avoid foreign entanglements. Still Coming YOUNG man came bursting into a crowded night club right in the midst of the evening's festivities. Walking up to the manager, he asked excitedly: ‘Was this place raided to-night? I'm a reporter.” “Raided?” exclaimed the manager. “Certainly not. Does it look it?” Father’s Day “All right, then,” replied the bright young journalist in a relieved tone. “I'll wait.” comicbooks.com