Life, 1927-08-11 · page 13 of 36
Life — August 11, 1927 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate pieces of social satire: 1. **"Gold Shoes" (poem by B.Y. Williams)**: A romantic poem about a woman named Marcia dancing in gold slippers, celebrating youthful exuberance and physical joy. 2. **"Journalistic Portraits: Secretary Mellon"**: A profile of Andrew Mellon (Treasury Secretary), praising his financial acumen while satirizing Republican newspaper control. The accompanying cartoon shows two women gossiping, with one claiming a week in Atlantic City "changed" her. 3. **"A More or Less Tactful Man Talks to Lord Chaney"** and **"Well Informed"**: Brief humorous dialogues poking fun at social pretension and club membership. The primary satire targets wealth, socialite culture, and political influence. The overall tone is lighthearted social commentary typical of Life magazine's satirical approach to 1920s American society.
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Gold Shoes Mak TA is dancing in gold shoes to-night— = Little gold slippers with gala red heels Throbbing jazz melodies seem to invite Marcia to show the elation she feels Youth in gold she Such a wee shining part Plays she te it in the scheme of creation! Marcia is dancin hearts, and her heart id shoes to-night Moan out, ye saxophones; mark time, ye drums! Some one is nolding her almost too tig Here like a bright swaying blossom she comes Youth in gold shoes! Naught can check the advance; Let not a censuring murmur be spoken— Little gold slippers were made for the dance Possibly, too, hearts were made to be broken B. Y. Williams. Journalistic Portraits Secretary Mellon I [! is said to be the greatest Secretary of the Treas ury since Alexander Hamilton, by Republican organization newspapers the editorial writers of which hope nobody will ask them suddenly to name. three others. He is supposed to be able to tie the French financial authorities into the tightest knots since Benjamin Fra lin’s, an assertion never challenged at the regular ‘Thurs- day luncheon of the Kiwanis Club. He is the Repub- lican dictator of Pennsylvania, which in itself is suffi- cient proof of finan cial genius A More or Less Tactful Man Talks He has been ap- to Lon Chaney plauded for origi- “YOU say you like that guy, Lon? You're kidding nating the Mellon you don't know him. Why, if any plan, which is some- ty he stepped on it's him, Lon. I'd thing like the Pena mi aan ‘ Dawes plan in that it does not have to be understood to be ated is a success ful banker. In fact, he has done more for banking than any man ex- . - cept the in- Well Informed ventor of the SHE (as he leads her from the dance floor): Do you “Next Win- 9 think you'll be able to find a nice spot where we “VVE BEEN STAYING A WEEK ATATLANTIC dow, Please” — won't be disturbed? CITY WITH MY HUSBAND, AND THE system He (proudly): 1 should say so. I belong to the Nook- CHANGE HAS DONE ME A LOT OF Goop.” Me. H. of-the-Month Club. . THE TUG-OF-WAR CHAMPION TAKES CHARGE OY THE ANCHOR him as T would a scorpion or a tarantula. faced, I'm telling you—just about the most two-faced guy [ever saw and I've seen some two-faced guys in my time. You can't make a bird like that out. On day he’s one kind of person and the next day he's some thing else again. TM bet his own mother t know him, the way he acts. He's just a erab. He certainly ought to be stepped on. You know, Lon, they te funny story about him td Tup. comicbooks.com