Life, 1926-12-23 · page 12 of 37
Life — December 23, 1926 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical content: 1. **Santa Claus Christmas Comic** (top): Santa addresses children about visiting homes and filling stockings—standard holiday fare with no apparent political satire. 2. **"At's Th' Bunk!"** (middle): A cartoon showing children dismissing something as nonsense, likely satirizing naive or false claims. 3. **"The Burning Question"** (bottom left): A couple discusses whether girls and boys should be "frank" (honest) before marriage. The satire mocks conventional relationship anxieties—Ralph's concern that honesty might cause problems, Gloria's pragmatic response that secrets are inevitable. This reflects 1920s-era debates about changing courtship norms. 4. **"Hollywood Idyl"** (right): A dialogue between characters "Moe" and "Joe" discussing someone named Abe's job at "Superb" (likely a studio). The satire appears to mock Hollywood's transient employment and casual industry gossip.
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. Life CHILOREN, | AM SANTA CLAUS AND 1 AM NOW TALKING >) ALL THE GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS IN THIS GREAT NATION _OF OURS! WHILE YOU ARE SOUND ASLEEP 1 SHALL VISIT YOUR HOMES AND IN THE MORNING, WHEN You AWAKE FROM YOUR SLUMBERS, YOU Wn, > FIND YOUR LITTLE STOCKINGS BULGING WITH Goo» > 2AT?S) TH? BUN ( { Le KD y The Burning Question “Be frank, Ralph, and T° you honestly. “Gloria, HE couple sat on the rustic seat beneath the great elm through which the moonlight was filtering. “Gloria,” faltered Ralph awk- wardly, “you believe that girls or boys should be perfectly frank with cach other before getting married, don’t you?” “Yes, Ralph,” she answered shyly. “And that neither should keep any secrets from the othe “Yes, Ralph.” “Because you know one might find ater and it would cause all Ralph burst « tube from the top?” Character ERKINS (at door, to ii stallment man): Sorry but I can't pay you any- thing this week. INSTALLMENT week before. Perkins: Well, didn’t I keep my word ? “AIL sorts of trouble,” she finished for him. “Yes, Gloria, some men might not care, but I think it is best to ask if—if—" “Yes, Ralph,” ing confidently eyes. Gloria, perhaps I ought not to demand this, but I don’t feel as though I could get along with a woman—who—who—” she answered, IRCUM- STAN- CES and whisky runners al- ter cases. into his searching ously, “do you squeeze a toothpaste Mary Had a Little Lamb white as snow e that Mary went sure to go. And here are some of the places it y shoppe for a marcel; -cream parlor; a candy kitchen; a bargain sale; a cute little tea room for a bite For a stroll along Fifth Avenue to look in the shop windows; To a movie; To a coffee shoppe; To a bridge party; To a night club. Mary is still going but the lamb up at Muldoon’s Health B.C. B. ia Hollywood Idyl 2LLO, Moe. {ello, Joe.” hear about Abe gettin’ h—wouldn’t it burn yah up— wouldn't it make you sick! “IT learned that bum all hi when he was workin’ for n “Him production manag: ignorant such-and-such! “But he won't last, Moe.” “Naw, in a coupla weeks they'll shove him out on his ear, Joe.” “Listen, Moe, wanna buy $50,000 house, stuff HL answer put nerv- kK. A. \ my a dirt I'll sell Lincoln ‘ot jus’ now, but you my equity in a Sedan.” “Well, guess I'll go over and congratulate Abe.” “Yeh, I jus’ gave him a buzz. Can't never tell when that so-and-so might throw a job your ne ? Nope—sure pays to keep on the g side o’ that dirty such-and-such.” So long, Joe.” “So Moe.” Robert Lord. long. CONGRATULATIONS!” comicbooks.com