Life, 1927-08-11 · page 15 of 36
Life — August 11, 1927 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains humor about marriage and gender dynamics typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. The top illustration, "Day After Day," depicts newlyweds discussing wedding plans with exaggerated comic frustration—the husband references "King Solomon" and class reunions, while the wife worries about appearances. Below, "Speaking of Figures" presents a dialogue between a husband and wife debating body image and clothing. The husband criticizes his wife's figure; she defensively argues that good figures look "poisonous on loads of girls" and that she needs a flattering one-piece suit. The joke targets both marital bickering and 1920s anxieties about women's fashion and body standards. The car illustration captioned about diamonds is a visual gag on automotive shine. The final section, "Let It Go at That," references Henry Ford's famous statement, using marital conflict as a setup for satirizing Ford's well-known stubbornness.
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Wife No. G31: King Solomon: Wes We SHALL HAVE SHE: My dear, I've gotten one of these one-piece bathing suits and I'm simply scared stiff to appear on the beach in it. He: Why? wearin’ ‘em now. Sue: | know—but I simply can’t get up nerve enough to wear it! He: That's absurd. You see lots of ‘em. Sur: look girls who wear them, don’t you really think they do? He: Well, they do on girls who haven't got good figures. Sue: [ think you really to have a simply n ous figure to get one-piece suit, don’t really think you do? He: Yeah—these dames that haven’t got good shapes look awful, all right. Sue: Well, I’m simply ter- rified to appear in one — I actually am! He: That's ridic’lous. . of girls are Lots But I think they - poisonous on loads of you SOLLY, OLD THING, “SOMETIMES DEY DON'T SHINE SO WELL. Day After Day TO-MORROW WILL BE OF OUR WEDDING THERE IN YOUR CLASS? Speaking of Figures But marvelous figure to get suit, don’t you really Sur: you have to have a simply in a one-piece think you « He: Ye with your Site: ful! He: Don’t be ridic’lous. away —but what's wrong gure ? My figure! It’s simply azw- I think v HOW DIAMONDS ARR. TO HAVE A REUNION, MY DEAR you KNoW He FIRST \NNIVERSARY HOW MANY ARE -T mean, I sve got a swell figure T haven't at all, but it's aw- fully sweet of you to say so! Let It Go at That OW that Mr. Ford has frankly N confessed that the most important part of the Dearborn Inde pene was entirely out side coulc bear the shock if informed that he has never fully re- alized just what kindof car, rest you've 1 swell figure bet y Sur Mayer. of his ken, we hearing his name, the of us have been riding in, looking at and listenin If it ever comes to that, Mr. Ford, don't apologize Let bygones be b: BE. 0. J. QE: We K not do anything you can't af- must ford, dear. Oh marry me, then you won't ufter all? comicbooks.com