Life, 1926-11-25 · page 12 of 44
Life — November 25, 1926 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains fashion and social satire typical of Life magazine's "Just Between Us Girls" column. The left section mocks overly elaborate women's fashion, with Lloyd Mayer sarcastically praising absurdly complicated garment construction—layered skirts, multiple collars, beleros, paillettes, and corseting effects. The humor lies in the exaggerated, breathless description of garments that are "Actually the MOST fascinating thing," satirizing both fashion industry excess and women's uncritical enthusiasm for impractical clothing. The right cartoons present brief social humor: "Experience" (a poem by Beatrice Barry about romantic disappointment), "The Goal" (joking that a woman completed college to marry), and "Wayne B. Wheeler" (referencing a temperance advocate). The bottom cartoon appears to satirize military recruitment or Navy admiration. The overall tone mocks consumer culture and women's fashion obsession.
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Life SUST BETWEEN US GIRL Experience HE voice of love was honey-sweet When I was very youthful, And I, unpracticed in deceit, Thought it was also truthful. My lover's frenzies racked my heart— He was so mad about me! He tore my feelings all apart; He could not live without me. Through him I know all lovers bold And estimate them rightly; I vow men do not find me cold, But oh! I love them lightly! I love to start in them a blaze - ‘ By every smile fanned higher, “T'S pale PINK, my dear; draped on the LEFT side at deatian frie ; I with TWO large-sized LOOPS at an ANgle to the With glee absorb each ardent phrase, SKIRT, and a SHORT train effect touching the And: think: “You liar? . FLOOR, my dear, and emBROIDered simply EX Beatrice Barry. quisitely with SILver PAILLETTES and I mean ii ’ , ACtually the most diVINE thing you've ever SEEN Classified because it’s so kind of SIMple and everything—do you JUNKMAN (at back door): Any old junk you want to know what I mean? And THEN, my dear, I got one get rid of, lady? of those perf'ly alLURING circular CAPES in emerald Lavy: Yes, come in; my husband will be here in a GREEN satin lined with emerald SWANSdown, my pinute. dear, with a simply HUGE collar of WHITE swans- down and two or three of those BOlero gown effects which have the SKIRT hanging STRAIGHT and quite, ELL, Grace The Goal 11 in just FULL under a WIDE swathed BELT effect, my dear,“ WELL; Grace completed her college, course in jus and I mean they’re ACtually the MOST exquisite things We. jie ee “wt ad Nem an Ss mu you've ever KNOWN, my dear—I mean they ACtually Smartiginl—whoid:she marry? ARE! And then I got one of those simply HEAVenly NAVY crépe full SKIRT effects edged with kind of WAYNE B. WHEELER must be a ventriloquist. NARrow RED and GOLD galLOON with the WAIST Every time he moves his lips a couple of hundred edged with galLOON where it BLOUSES over red Congressmen commence talking. STRIP, my dear, and I mean it’s ACtually the MOST fascinating thing you've ever SEEN, but I mean I think those PATCH- work gown effects with HARness trimming are kind of POISonous-looking, my dear, because I mean the emBROIDery kind of ROMPS around the NECK and down the SHOULders which kind of gives the ef- FECT of one of these wooden YOKES which those FOUL water carriers in kind of barBARic countries wear! But I mean I think MOST of the new fashions are simply seRAPHic, my dear—I mean I ACtually DO!” Lloyd Mayer. Contrasted AP: My wife doesn’t know what she wants. : You're lucky. My wife does! ay? oy ‘AN’ HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE BEFORE A GUY’D GIT TO BE AN ADMIRAL? comicbooks.com