Life, 1927-04-14 · page 8 of 38
Life — April 14, 1927 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top cartoon depicts a woman in a revealing dress confronting a formal gentleman. Her caption reads: "She: SIR, I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I'M A LADY! / He: MY WORD! I NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED IT FROM THE HABIT OF JUDGING BY APPEARANCES." **The satire:** This joke mocks both parties—the woman's provocative clothing contradicts her claim to respectability, while the man's assumption that appearance determines status reflects period class anxieties. It satirizes how both men and women judged each other by superficial presentation rather than actual character, a common theme in 1920s Life magazine humor about modern social pretensions and the changing roles of women in post-WWI America.
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Take That! She: sin, 1’LL WAVE You KNow THAT VM A Lavy! He: My wonp! 1 SIMPLY MUST GET OVER THIS HABIT OF JUDGING BY APPEARANCES, The After-Dinner Speaker Goes Crazy “E gives me the keenest pleasure which reminds me of a story last year our glorious company sold three trillion door knobs and the Scotchman said to the Jew play square and make a religion of smiling a cheery smile into the face of a prospective customer because Glontz Brothers Etiolated Door Knobs are America’s gift to the world then the guy turned around suddenly and there was her hus- band undermining customer-resist- ance with sales-pressure so that the first Irishman kicked the other Irish- man in the face it is indeed an honor to be associated with such fine gentle- men as Mr. Izzy Glontz and his able brother Joseph we've got to beat the record set by the Kansas factory branch you can either sleep down here or sleep upstairs with baby the future of America the future of the race the future of the civilized world depends on your ability to sell more Glontz Brothers Etiolated Door Knobs.” Robert Lord. Contradiction Re: What makes you so uneasy? Dus: Easy payments! “Tell Me This” (A Counter-Attack for “Ask Me Another!”) Wit automobile company advertises “Anothy Nash”? In whose memory was the Washington Monumen erected? Why did so many people in Utah marry Young? Who wrote Homer's Odyssey? What presidential campaign had the slogan, “Keep Cool with Coolidge’? What large island adjoins Long Island Sound? What General said, “We win to-day or Molly Stark's; widow"? Where was the Boston Tea Party? What retail business uses the slogan, “Say It with Flowers”? Who went on Gulliver's Travels? Z. E.C, Binneyville Bugle HE statue of William Binney, after whom this tow was named, was unveiled yesterday on the publi square. It is a very lifelike piece of art except th sculptor put creased pants on the old gentleman. ** * Bud Tangworth, who was sent to the State peniter- tiary several months ago, writes to his mother that kk likes it fine. He expects to make the baseball nine this summer, has been selected as a member of the glee club, and he sent her ten dollars he'd won playing bridge R RUGGIST: I'll wait on the customer. he want? Puarmacist: Three fluid ounces of chocolate wit marshmallow pill, and ten grains of pulverized peanuts between two slices of rye bread moistened with fire minims of mayonnaise. What does THE AMATEUR GARDENER PREPARES HIS GARDEN TO SHOW TO WEEK-END VISITORS FROM THE CITY, comicbooks.com