Life, 1927-09-29 · page 15 of 38
Life — September 29, 1927 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two satirical pieces mocking early 20th-century gender roles and social expectations. **Top cartoon**: A couple in formal dress enacts a parody of Romeo and Juliet, with the woman asking if love makes the world go round. The satire titled "If Lloyd Mayer Had Written Shakespeare" humorously reimagines the famous scene with pedestrian modern dialogue about names and romance—deflating Shakespeare's poetry to mundane conversation. **Bottom cartoons**: "A Young Ladies' Finishing School" depicts a woman at vanity tables labeled "Powder," "Rouge," "Eyebrow Pencils," and "Lipstick." The joke satirizes education focused narrowly on cosmetics and appearance rather than substantive knowledge. **"The Sentence Completed"**: A brief joke where a woman's tendency to "shut your eyes and mouth" supposedly makes her a good driver—mocking women drivers through gendered stereotypes. The overall theme criticizes superficial feminine education and romantic expectations of the era.
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She: 1 WONDER IF IT IS REALLY LOVE THAT MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND? He: LeT’s GIVE IT A WIRE AND FIND OUT If Lloyd Mayer Had Written Shakespeare JULIED: What's in a name any- ways? I think any one’s terribly foolish to think a name means at thing, don’t you really think so? Romeo: Jour: h—I guess so. © I mean I think anything to do with Be a name hasn't it, da you think it does? Romeo: No, I think you're right I mean it's simply foul * some people turn up their at names when you could call a rose anything else and it would smell as sweet, don’t you s’pose it would? Romeo: You bet. Jeuet: 1 actually think is the most perverted name can have, don’t you think it i Romero: Well, I think it’s all right, but—— Jeniet: 1 think it's awfully nice of you to say so, but I mean it’s such Juliet zirl in unusual name, do you know what I mean? Romero: I think it’s a nice name. A Young Ladies’ Finishing School Jeuiet: Do you, really? Romeo: You bet Jeniet: Well, I think it’s per feetly adorable of you, but it’s a ter y unusual name and I'm awfully glad names don’t mean anything. Illan R. Bosworth The Sentence Completed SHE: your eyes and Hi drives a car. ‘Open your mouth and shut And that’s the way a woman comicbooks.com