Life, 1926-11-25 · page 30 of 44
Life — November 25, 1926 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humorous anecdotes and light satirical cartoons typical of Life's format. The content mocks social conventions and human foibles: **Main cartoons:** Top illustration shows young women in 1920s dress, joking about distinguishing identical twins by their behavior when kissed—one threatens to tell mother, the other promises secrecy. This satirizes flirtation customs and parental control. **"Down to Work"** jokes about a businesswoman wearing a mannish silk shirt (referencing the era's androgynous fashion shifts) and her boss's surprise. **"At the Parish House"** mocks both rummage sales and clergy, suggesting the church uses donation proceeds for ministers' gambling debts. Other brief items satirize: pretentious art critics who lack original thought, typographical errors in newspapers, women's social posturing, and human weakness (eating all candy, breaking dates). **Context:** This represents 1920s-era lighthearted social commentary—genteel satire targeting gender norms, religious hypocrisy, and modern manners rather than hard political critique. The humor assumes readers recognize these social situations as recognizable absurdities.
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“MOW DO YOU TELL THOSE TWIN SISTERS APART?” “WHY, WIEN YOU KISS ONE OF THEM SIE ALWAYS TIIREATENS TO TELL MA, AND THE OTHER ONE ALWAYS SAYS SITE’LL TE Down to Work Tne young business woman came into her office wearing a silk mannish shirt beneath her smartly tailored suit. “Where's your tie this morning?” ques- tioned the chief from behind his mahog- any desk, “My brother got up first,” was the laconic reply.—Indianapolis News. At the Parish House “Dip the rummage sale make much money?” “No, but we got enough hats to pay the minister's election bets for the next twenty years.”"—Toronto Telegram. Few insults equal that of using all second-string men in the last quarter. —Columbia (S. C.) State. “0 YOU ATE ALL THE CANDY?” “YES, MAMA.” “AND NOW WHAT Do You OUGUT TO GIVE Yo! “a GLASS OF WATER, MAMA. THiesty.”” —Excelsior (Mezxico City). THINK 1 1 AM VERY pa.” ow (London). TALIST PRATT, WHO SHOWED ME AN OPTICAL MAT. FROM Washington Columns. Pranars the most felicitous linotypical slip of the month is lifted from the Times, “There was a ruffle of drums,” says the clipping, “and the band swung into the Rumanian national anthem and then the Tsar-Spangled Banner.” —New York Herald Tribune. After the Quarrel Manse: Of course you speak to Helen when you pass her? Manet: Indeed I do not! Why, I don’t even notice what she has on. —Boston Transcript. Biooest Lie or Aut. Times—Once there was a man who could eat one salted pea- nut and then stop.—Louisville Times. Consolatory Aw artist who gave an exhibition of his works got a very bad notice from one of the critics, He resented this, and complained to a friend about it. “Oh, that man?” said his friend, “I shouldn't take any notice of him. He doesn’t think for himself. He merely repeats what everybody else is saying” —London Daily Express. ‘A MAP OP AFRICA —Penn State Froth, The Wreck My bonny ship I freighted With wines in every chink, Such wines as were created For friendly men to drink Now give a glass in charity to this old salt, for he Through stormy winds and evil chance has lost his all at sea! We loved what we transported, We were a jolly crew, And, while the fresh winds sported, We drank a cup or two. But while, still cheerily drinking, We sailed toward the shore, We found the ship was sinking, And saved ourselves—no more! ‘Twas better down our gullet, This wine, than in the sea; Within your belly’s hull i Is from all danger free Now give a glass in charity to this old salt, for he Through stormy winds and evil chance has lost his all at sea! —G. K's Weekly (London). Her Campus Standing “Wirat kind of a girl is Hel “Well, she broke a date with me last night.” “Oh, 1 see; a nice girl...by default.” “Witar would you do,” asks a house- hold writer, “if you upset the ink bottle on an expensive table cover?” Why, the average man, of course, would just listen. —Detroit News. “AND HOW, SIR ILUMORIST, DO YOU FIND SO MANY RIDICULOUS SUB- srcts?” “1 LISTEN AND 1 LOOK.” —L'Illustration (Paris). comicbooks.