Life, 1926-12-09 · page 11 of 45
Life — December 9, 1926 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon: "He Got the Job"** This depicts a drug store clerk interaction satirizing job interviews and credentials. A customer asks if the store has whisky; the clerk replies they have "something just as bad." The accompanying dialogue mocks applicants who claim extensive education (studying in Europe, knowledge of art history and Greek orders, Gothic architecture) yet are vastly overqualified—or their credentials worthless—for menial work. The humor targets the employment mismatch of the era: educated men forced into low-wage jobs, and employers' indifference to qualifications when filling service positions. **Bottom Image: "Farm Relief"** A separate illustration showing rural/farming scenes, paired with Dorothy Parker's poetic quote about love and water. This likely references agricultural economic struggles of the period.
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Life Hu Customer: WAVE YoU ANY WHISKY? Drug Clerk: No, BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING JUST AS BAD. “He Got the Job”’ “ KELL,” inquired the man in the swivel chair as the seventy-fourth applicant of the day strode into his offic ‘ou had a thorough education in art?” answered the applicant confidently, “I “Studied in Europe?” “Yes, Four year: the Beaux Arts. “And you're su pu could guide v place competently ? “Yes, Tam sure.” I, we shall see. tors through this What were the three Greek Corinthian, and “Very good. What are the outstanding features of Gothic architecture?” “Pointed arches, vertical accent, skeletonal frame-work with small wall space and large windows. This con- trasts with the Romanesque where- 6 “Whoa. Whoa, That’s enough. And you'd be able to explain reproductions of great painters to inquiring visitors “Certainly. The perspec- FARM RELIEF. tive of Fabriano, the power and religious fervor of Ma- saccio, the splendid chiaroscuro of Leonardo, the relent- less realism of Rembrandt, the brilliant color tones of Veronese, born 1528, died. ‘i “Splendid! Now name some important sculptors.” “Praxiteles, Michelangelo, Houdon, Donatello, Ber- nini, Clodion, Cellini “You'll do. Now go and get your overalls on,” con- cluded J. Herman Mosinsky, proprietor of the Ducal Filling Station, Inc., “and give that customer out there a few gallons of gas.” Parke Cummings. Pictures in the Smoke allant was the first and glittering and The second love was water in a clear white cup; The third love was his, and the fourth was mine; And after that, I always get them all mixed up. Dorothy Parker. “fPRUTH, crushed to earth, will rise again.” “Yes—if it is sufficiently scandalous.” comicbooks.com