Life — February 10, 1927 — page 17: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical humor: 1. **"Precautionary Measure"** (top): A cartoon mocking marital discord—a husband suggests his wife read about Europe to appreciate travel, but she's already reading about it to *avoid* looking at it during the trip itself. The joke targets wives seen as deliberately contrary. 2. **"Mrs. Pep's Diary"** (left): A lengthy diary entry recounting theatrical memories and social gossip from January 1921, written in gossipy, rambling style typical of period humor mocking women's supposed superficiality and chattiness. 3. **"Heh, Heh, Heh!"** (bottom): Two brief anecdotes—one about an earthquake at a film studio, another mocking courts as corrupt. The humor is observational rather than political. The page targets domestic life and social pretension through gendered stereotypes common to 1920s satire.