Life, 1926-10-14 · page 19 of 44
Life — October 14, 1926 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate humorous pieces: 1. **"Mother's Collecting Antiques"** (poem by M.E. Baker): A satirical verse about a mother accumulating household junk—broken wheels, flax, boot jacks, firedogs, tongs, a chaise-tongue door, and a refectory table—all justified as valuable "antiques." The joke mocks the 1920s fad for collecting old items as authentic period pieces. 2. **"To-morrow"**: A cartoon showing a fruit vendor operating a taxi, suggesting that during wartime (likely WWI), even street vendors diversified into taxi services to survive economically. 3. **"The Post-Graduate Wife"**: A prose piece describing an educated woman's domestic management skills—her ability to maintain proper household atmosphere and subtly defer to her husband's opinions—satirizing the expectations placed on wives of educated men. The dinosaur illustration appears unrelated editorial content.
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Mother’s Collecting Antiques MerHer’s collecting antiques: 42 She brought home a wheel that you turn And spin something called flax, And she brought home some jacks To remove people’s boots, and a churn, Mother's collecting antiques: She brought home some spits and a crane, And some firedogs and tongs That she purchased for songs, And we're using a fireplace again. Mother's collecting antiques: She's acquired an authentic chaise- longue, And a door with a latch, A bi brass key to match, And a hall clock that always goes wrong. Mother's collecting antiques: A refectory table she owns That is twelve inches wide, And has claw feet beside, Which Fatherencounters with groans. Mother's collecting antiques: It’s all very nice, I dare But tucked off upstairs Are some overstuffed chairs, And that’s where I'm sitting to-day. M. E. Baker. To-morrow Woelpn't it be tough if in the next war just one enemy air- plane should be ablé to slip through ican defenses, and it should y one bomb on New York, and that bomb should fall on the Hearst offices and damage Mr. Ar- thur Brisbane? drop THE FORMER FRUIT ~ Professor: Tus 18 A SPLENDID SPECIME REPTILE THAT FLOURISHED IN THE EARLY MESOZOIC OF THE DINOSAUR, A FEROCIOUS AGE, THE DINOSAUR AS CARNIVOROUS Little Edwin: MomMa! CAN 1 HAVE A HOT DOG? The Post-Graduate Wife HE knows that a trip back to the ‘old college for a football game cannot be made, with a good recov- ery, under a week. She knows that any rear-end col- lision, side-swipe, or ditch dive tak- ENDOR CONTINUES TO RECEIVE THE FAVOR OF THE COPS WHEN HE ENTERS THE TAXI BUSINESS. ing place while her husband is driv- ing is either the fault of the other fellow or due to some hidden defect in the car. She can tell from the breaktast- table atmosphere whether to drop in at his office around luncheon time. She knows the safe proportion for mixing antique and modern furni- ture. She is not averse to picking up a hint or two from the appearance of his seerctary. defer to his opinion on every ninth or tenth subject. HE old-fashioned corded his killings by cutting notches in his gun; the modern gun- man keeps a newspaper file. comicbooks.com