Life, 1927-12-15 · page 9 of 40
Life — December 15, 1927 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon:** Two men chat by a pig pen during winter. The hunter complains to a "Backwoods Farmer" about isolation; the farmer replies he wouldn't survive without his pigs. This is a gentle rural humor about self-sufficiency and animal companionship in isolated farming communities. **Bottom Cartoon:** Two caricatured figures in military/combat gear appear to be Chinese soldiers or celestial beings (the text references "First Chinaman" and "Second Celestial"), engaged in violent combat. The caption suggests starting an offensive to "wipe you out." This reflects early 20th-century stereotyping of Asian conflicts, likely referencing tensions or wars involving China during this period (Life was published 1919-23 according to visible dates).
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HUNTER: I suppose it's pretty lonely out here in the winter. BACKWOODS FARMER: Yep, I don't know what I'd do if it warn't for my pigs. Who’s Who ARL O'SHAUGHNESSY E Inc., Chicago, 1919-23. Ser- and Blow-Torch Company, 1927-30; BAUERMAN. Born July 4, gee at-Arms, the Fritz Holter- President, 1931-86. Chairm 1896, Germantown, Ill. Son of — greiwe Post of the ran Legion, Committee on House Rules, Herman Ludwig Bauerman and — 1919-27. Salesman, Americ Fritz K. Holtergreiwe Post of the Margaret. Bauerman (O'Shaugh- Es Match Company, 19 . American Legion, 19. Vice- Common school education, ber, the Executive Committee — President, the Old Glory Incinerator geant-Major, U. Chemical — of the Thompson-for-Mayor Club Company, 1940-46; President, 1947- Warfare Division, 1917-18. Sales- West Clark Street, 1927. Vicee- 51. Chairman, the Permanent Citi- man, the Washington Furnace Com- President, the National Oil-Stove — zens’ Committee on the Investigation of Public School Textbooks, 1951-53. Superintendent of Public Schools, 1954. Tupper Greenwald. The Perfect Suburb T has a name taken from a novel of English country life The station architecture has just a suggestion of the hunting lov Wives who drive their husbands to the trains have that sophisticated air that comes of hav read the latest Mercury and knowing all the prices at th &P. The men who get off the six-four- teen are a mixture of country squire and next-window-please banker You can see most of a show and get home the same night. It is the perfect suburb. No resident would sell out for less FIRST CHINAMAN: We're going to start an offensive that will wipe you out. than a third of what his place cost. SECOND CELESTIAL: Aw, hold your Tong. MeC. H, comicbooks.com