Life, 1927-09-08 · page 6 of 36
Life — September 8, 1927 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contrasts two moments across nine years of American history. The top panels show a soldier's farewell in 1918 (WWI era) versus a casual 1927 encounter with "Mrs Tupple," satirizing how quickly wartime sentiment faded into peacetime indifference. The "Rebuked" sketch mocks maternal prudishness about women's hemlines—a recurring 1920s controversy as skirts rose dramatically, shocking older generations. "Here's to the City of Boston" references the Lowell family's religious conservatism and the Sacco-Vanzetti executions (1927), a controversial case dividing American opinion. "The Exodus of Summer Boarders" humorously catalogs rural/rustic speech patterns—the farmer's colorful dialect contrasting with city visitors' sophistication. These pieces collectively reflect 1920s social tensions: changing gender norms, class differences, and generational conflict.
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1918 “GooD-nY, LITTLE MVR. ET PORRVER AND EVER” Rebuked AY OTHER: You must learn to : keep your skirt down Your legs are visible ‘way above your stockings, Davoren: How frightfully com- mon of you to notice it. The Old Hip-Flask “SAY, MILL, WILL vou THUS WITLE UM Away 2" TAKE CARE OP LOVE You “WELL, IF ISN'T LITTLE MARIE, UI—-SIIAKE IANDS WITH Mrs TUPPLE.” Here's to the City of Boston! THe Cabots and the Lowells haven't recently exercised their ancient prerogative of talking to God. They're afraid that He might affront the traditional dignity of Massachusetts by expressing an opinion on the execution of Sacco und Vanzetti. The Exodus of Summer Boarders Leaves the Farmer with an Enriched Vocabulary SIRE as been this summer sure panic. It’s bin my Aunt’s cat’s pants, I'll tell the cock-eyed world an’ 1 don't mean maybe. Crops ‘a’ _bin whoopee; stock's bin aces, chick- ens ‘a’ bin layin’ their beans off an’ Old Ezra he sure does know his groceries. Had a right smart mess o° boarders, an’ how his ain't no chin music, big boy, this is pre-war quality stuff I'm handin’ ye, with the boloney parked . by cracky! n’ T made jack on the boarders, t Yessire got a load o° kale that'd knock your pan goofey. A flocka swell-lookin’ mammas ‘a’ bin stayin’ with us all and summer, what they did to the place ain't no- Still, it gonna cost a heap fer re T'll salt away the diffe what's all damp. eve T didn’t knock body's business, It.’ at's wh > gals told me, feller, an’ the Missus kin laugh that off. See ya again, I'm afraid, Elisha, an’ don’t t no lead dimes.” Tom FP. Barry. First’ Legionnaire: r..o, WHAT OUTFIT WERE You ING THE WAR? Second Legionnaire: se1n0-Goin- WYN STUDIOS. 1 WAS AN EXTRA R AN APTERNOON IN “THE BIG PARADE.” Buppy. witht pur comicbooks:!com