Life, 1926-08-19 · page 6 of 37
Life — August 19, 1926 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**The Statue of Liberty Cartoon ("You Can't Keep a Good Girl Down")** This Van Derrick illustration depicts the Statue of Liberty as a flapper—a 1920s young woman with bobbed hair and modern dress. The cartoon satirizes concerns about changing female behavior and independence during this era. The "good girl" reference suggests anxiety about women's liberation from traditional constraints, with Liberty herself embodying this cultural shift. The title's double meaning (can't suppress women's newfound freedoms) reflects the Jazz Age debate over women's roles. **Other Content** The page includes theatrical dialogue and a piece titled "Dat Gay David Sea" describing sailors. The overall content reflects 1920s social commentary on gender roles, modernization, and generational conflict typical of Life magazine's satirical approach.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
VAN DERRICK STATUE. Facet LFTs in au parts of YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD GIRL DOWN Publicity HEN from his steed the Prince of Wales is hurled Before the eyes of all the gaping world, How soon to England's hopeful heir is known “The fierce white light that beats about the thrown !”” Arthur Guiterman. SN’T it queer that two million parents can bring up one ion children a million different ways and still have them human? Life The Voices of Authority Scene: A Beauty Parlor Across the Styx N OF TROY (to the manicurist): Not quite so high a polish this time. (To the other patrons.) As I was saying of men, nothing flatters Catnerine: And madnesses, | suppose. Lapy Hamittow: Only incidental madnesses, your majesty. Perhaps them so much as a multitude of rivals. A woman can get anything she wants from a man if only she asks another man for it. Creopatra: I agree with you, my dear; but there is something to be said, also, for allowing oneself to be persuaded to do what one is dying to do. You know what I mean, my dears; the smouldering - fire attitude that wants only fanning to burst into flames. Of course, if the fans are weighted with jewels, they stir a brisker breeze. (There is a pause.) Qu izabeTi: Go on, gir’ Your discussion is highly diverting, as an abstract matter. I have heard love spoken of very favorably, in my own time, by competent practitioners. (The manicure girl snickers.) Diana: Men love the hunt, but one must make allowances for their age. In youth, the chase docs not tire them so soon. As they grow older, it is advisable for the quarry to note the pursuer’s physical condi- tion, or he may escape when she isn't watching. There are limits, of course, to being chased. Either spelling, my dears. Lavy Hamitton: The setting helps. In England, only poets and painters can be romantic, what with fog and rain, but transfer the scene to the languorous back- gtound of the Mediter- ranean and even diplo- mats have been known to speak plainly. (Catherine the Great enters.) CaTHERIN new? Heten: Love! Men! Catuertne: Well, that is new! Creopatra: We're discussing methods. : What's The Flapper’s Child: AND MUMMY—IP YOU CAN TELL EM Apart. WOW YOu TELL ONE ready, bullie: Y HE her head and blushed. ND GOD BLESS DADDY you can tell us what methods you believe most successful with men. Catuerine: The thing is simple. Catch ’em young; treat ‘em rough; tell ‘em nothing. And now for a mud pack; I hear Charon will be in with another boatload to-day. James Kevin McGuinness. Dat Gay Davil Sea “ A VAST, men!” bellowed the tarry old sea-dog. “Give us a lusty song of the splashing brine.” “Aye, aye, answered the chantey- wan, pulling at his forelock. © Fe ‘Hawsers, havwsers, hawsers, Goofy over hawsers, hawsers, haw—'” P. S. He “got” the gob. hung N the Army, men present arms; in the — drawing - room, women present legs. comicbooks.com