Life, 1926-11-18 · page 11 of 44
Life — November 18, 1926 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This cartoon satirizes a domestic dispute over household finances. A dentist presents his bill to his wife, who appears upset. The caption reads: "AND CAN YOU IMAGINE IT? LITTLE FIFI, HERE, TRYING TO BITE ME JUST BECAUSE I FORGOT TO PUT THE SALTS IN HER BATH." The humor relies on the wife's apparent spending on luxury items (implied by "salts") for a pet dog ("Fifi") while the household struggles financially—suggested by the dentist's concern over his unpaid bill. The cartoon mocks upper-class domestic tensions: husbands resenting wives' extravagant pet care while marital finances suffer. The "cave-in" title suggests financial collapse or domestic breakdown resulting from such frivolous spending priorities.
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Life man’s body is worth, chemically, ninety-eight cents. This explains woman's hitherto inexpli- cable fondness for man, D" ALLAN CRAIG, Chicago surgeon, says that a Among the prominent concerns paying money for Queen Manie’s endorsements appears to be the United States of America. LL We're all going to live to be one hundred years old, says Prof. Invina Fisuer. Oh, so the Government has quit poisoning our alcohol, has it? LL At the University of British Columbia is a hen which 48 eggs in a year. This is a stinging has produced who contend that a college education rebuke to doesn’t pay JL Scientists who recently observed Mars at close range concluded the Martians were having summer. That seems to have been a pretty good guess, although those white marks they saw might not have been detour signs. L With the United States Marines guarding the mails, we shall have to think up some other excuse as to why that check to the Internal Revenue Department never did get in. LL Commissioner of Health Nicott of New York declares physicians should get in closer touch with their clien- tele. We trust this advice will not be taken too seriously by the osteo- paths. JL Medical science has developed so amazingly within the past few years that it is now almost impossible for a doctor to find anything all right about a patient, A\THER FORECAST — Thunder showe lay probably followed by Saturd —Johnstown (Pa.) Democrats The weather prophet plays safe! +L Don't think that the tabloid editors haven't their worries. Just suppose that Peacies came back to Dappy on the same day a verdict was reached in the Hatt-Mitts case and the Aimer Sempre McPuerson mystery was solved! iL The Government probably will con- sent to the consolidation of Sears, Rorsvuck and Montoomery Warp if the parties will promise not to com- “AND CAN YOU IMAGINE IT? After the Cave-in KELLY—Y GET IT FOR THIS ONE WALL WE WUZ ORDERED TO LEAVE STANDID Couldn’t Stand Prosperity “T! M’S a bad egg, all right.” “Tim wasn't so bad till he got rich robbing mail- trucks! Money will ruin anybody.” “MD HIS may hurt you a little,” said the absent-minded dentist as he handed the patron his bill. LITTLE FIFI, HERE, TRYING TO BITE ME JUST bine their catalogues. BECAUSE I FORGOT TO PUT THE SALTS N HER BATH.” comicbooks.com