Life, 1926-12-09 · page 19 of 45
Life — December 9, 1926 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several humor pieces typical of 1920s Life magazine satire: **"The Window Shopper"** cartoon depicts a woman gazing at a restaurant window displaying steaks, suggesting commentary on economic disparity or rationing during this era. **"Without a Peer"** humorously lists contradictions about a school basketball player—he's simultaneously perfect in multiple ways, satirizing the impossible idealization of student athletes. **"A Dud!"** shows a man and woman with dialogue about dancing, poking fun at dating customs and romantic expectations. The **"If They Talked as Men Do"** dialogue mocks women's conversation, presenting exaggerated small-talk between acquaintances—a common sexist trope of the period stereotyping women as superficial gossips. Overall, this represents typical early-20th-century magazine humor mixing social observation with period stereotypes about gender and class.
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Transcript of a Maiden’s Thoughts LOOK beautiful to-night I wish 1 were going out with somebody I liked I wish this Potkins man would have his hair cut he looks like something out of the zoo why is it we girls have to be just the same to everybody but if I didn’t go to this party I'd be miserable because I'd always think I'd missed some- thing it will probably be an awful bore but you've got to keep going or lose out this dress certainly oming and the new way I do my hair makes me look like Ann Harding yosh she’s lovely-looking I'll bet Vd be a hit on the stage I really think I have talent Heaven knows I've had enough practice pre- tending to enjoy myself — with poisonous people like this Potkins person there goes the door-bell I suppose it’s him and I haven't even got my lipstick on yet well it'll do the boob good to wait gosh I hate to go with him but lots of girls will have worse anyway that’s some con- solation I'm crazy to encourage Jim Fitts but the minute I did he'd chuck ime but I think he’s heavenly I love dark men they're so brutal- looking and masterly like movie heroes gosh how I wish I were going with somebody who ap- preciated me instead of this sap who's always proposing but any- ways I'll see Jim and heavens I've kept that dumb brute waiting twenty minutes already but he'd wait all night gosh what fools men are | look beautiful.” Lloyd Mayer. you'll is bee Without a Peer vrizes the dear old ‘s basketball schedule. He knows when the baseball car cocked for a school tenor to send ig for the glee club. knows the names of the cross-country runners. is the perfect alumnus. arantees the receipts for atic society when it plays McC. H. it could be ‘y called them Bi lind Plies prices would go still higher. HE THE people of this country arc stupid.” Let's start a new magazine.” Paul: 1 LONG AGO LEARNED TO THINK A Dud! TWICE BEFORE I SPEAK. Betty: LET’s GO IN AND DANCE! I WINDOW SIIOPPER If They Taiked as Men Do Scene: Hotel lobby. RS. G.: Well isn’t old — Mrs. R.: Well, well, well. (They pump hands and slap cach other on the back.) Mrs. Well, well, where was it I saw you last? League of Women Voters! My, let me see—three years ago—well, well, how old tempus fugits. Mrs. R.: What you doing now? Still in the home-girl game? Mrs, G.: No, I severed my con- nections with that last June thirtieth—end of the fiscal year, you know—ha, ha. Mrs. R.: You don't say. Well, I rated you with enough per- centage to sce that the returns in that game wouldn't hold up. Mrs. Most uncertz re- turns of any game, and the over- head was something fierce. When George showed me I'd finally end up on the red side of the ledger, I didn’t offer any sales resistance, Mrs. R.: Well, well, what game you in now? Oh, I'm in the mother well, well, if it well, Great, so am I, Well, well, Well, well. Mrs. comicbooks.com