Life, 1926-10-14 · page 17 of 44
Life — October 14, 1926 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The page contains satirical "Life Lines" commentary and two illustrated cartoons. **Top cartoon** ("Old Mother Hubbard's Butcher"): Shows a butcher with a customer asking about bones, likely satirizing post-WWI meat rationing or shortages affecting ordinary households. **Bottom cartoon** ("She Should Worry"): Depicts a couple at what appears to be a formal event. The woman wears face powder despite her coat being covered in it; her companion dismisses her concern, joking he has "plenty more in my vanity case." This mocks the era's cosmetics obsession and women's vanity, a common satirical theme in 1920s magazines. The "Life Lines" section contains brief social commentary on topics like Jack Dempsey, inventions, and politics—typical of the magazine's gossipy, observational humor targeting contemporary urban culture and current events.
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SPORT writer reveals that Jack Demp: ye A sight is so perfect he can read the title on a phonograph record while the machine is running. We can do that same trick blindfolded. It’s always Valencia.” aL Reading phonograph records will be a good occupation for Demrsey during the long evenings from now on. aL A dispatch from Berlin tells of an invention whereby a mA may protect herself from a masher by pressing against her assailant’s body an induction coil attached te Pruess Battery, which she carries concealed under her dress. (The italics are ours.) aL According to the National Get-Out-the-Vote Club, the Old Mother Hubbard’s Butcher: Goov Mornt automobile is responsible for keeping half of our voters Mrs. from the polls. Just why this half should be composed so largely of Democrats has yet to be explained. aL A scientific expert now comes forward with the claim that fish kill mosquitoes. But who wants to take a fish to bed with him? JL Those non-permanent seats in the Council of the L of Nations must be like the seat one expects to find WHE: again in the day coach on returning from the smoker. * JL “ACCOUNT OF new arrival in’ family, will sell almost new. sa 2 cheap. Part Jereie (N. Slovp, baby, slee A prize has been offered for a nativ American d ning an en- tire novel idea. + how about hav Jewi y marry an Trish girl and. ..? 4 good health.” —Philadelphia Inquirer. And so, we trust, is her old lady. es That Nebraska Judge who is sen- just thing to get their names American Mercury. a This being Fire Prevention Week, a wracked pedestrian rises to gest that it be followed by Back Ted: MY COAT 18 ALL COVERED WITH PACE POWDER. > Prevention Week. Madge: NEVER MIND, DARLING, I'v NTY MORE IN MY VANITY CASE. He: HUBBARD. HOW ARE YoU FIXED FOR BONES? Faute de Mieux TRAVE , trouble, music, art, A kiss, a frock, a rhyme,— I never said they feed my heart, But still they pass my time. Dorothy Parker. I'm afraid it’s going to be a stupid party. Well, we'll simply have to gin and bear it. She Should Worry comicbooks.com