Life, 1928-01-12 · page 25 of 39
Life — January 12, 1928 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three satirical pieces typical of 1920s Life magazine humor: **"Help Wanted"** mockingly advertises for a Republican presidential nominee—a distinguished, Protestant, business-minded man who understands farming and economics. The satire lies in treating candidate selection as a routine job posting, suggesting the Republican Party is simply filling a position rather than selecting a leader of conviction. **"Just Between Us Girls"** presents a gossipy monologue (by Lloyd Mayer) where a woman defends girls' loyalty against a man's claim that men are more loyal. She argues men are jealous while girls are disloyal only when "catty." The humor relies on the speaker's contradictory logic and exaggerated social anxiety—a satire of both female gossip culture and shallow romantic discourse of the era. **"Rear Admiral"** is a brief joke defining the naval term as applying to backseat drivers. The motorcycle family cartoon depicts chaos during a Sunday outing, satirizing the disruption caused by automobile culture. The overall tone reflects Jazz Age skepticism toward social institutions, gender relations, and modern leisure.
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Life 23 SUST BETWEEN US GIRLE Help Wanted RE YOU this man? We need a distinguished-looking gentleman about forty-seven years of age; Amer- ican-born, Protestant; college man preferred with some business experience. Training as director of large cor- poration or university desirable and helpful, but not necessary. Man should be popular, know how to make friends and to keep them. Should be able to converse freely on important affairs. Must know farming,farm problems and have an intelligent con- ception of econom- ics. Fair opinion of Prohibition an aid. Those searching for a mahogany desk and easy chair need not apply. If you are this man, and wish to make BIG MONEY, write to us to-day. An appointment will be made to interview vou in the very near future. Address: Republican Com- mittee on Nominations, Hdaqrs. She Went the Limit R. B. Brown. EAR ADMIRAL: Official title given to back-seat drivers in the Navy. “MY dear, I’m so MAD I could GARgle BUTtermilk at this point—I ACtually AM, because this BOY I know TERribly WELL made me SIMply FUrious the other night, my dear, because he started sort of ARguing that MEN were much more LOYal than GIRLS—can you BEAR it, my dear? I mean I think it’s the MOST ridic’lous idea in the WORLD because I think GIRLS are HEAPS more loyal to each other than MEN are, my dear, because MEN are TERribly JEALous of each other, f’r instance, and I don’t think GIRLS are a BIT, my dear, unless they're the CATty type like SYLvia, f’ instance, who is ALways saying something FOUL about her best FRIENDS, do you know what I mean? But this BOY,.my dear, said that when MEN sort of disLIKED each other they sort of came right OUT and SAID so to each other's FACE or something but he said GIRLS al- z were terribly SWEET to each other when they MET and then would turn right ROUND and RIP each other up the BACK —can you BEAR it, my dear? I mean I HONestly think MEN have an AWfully wrong imPRESsion of girls or something because if they REALly b'lieve anything as FOUL as that about girls it just SHOWS you how riDIC'lous their ideas ARE, don’t you really think it DOES, my dear? But I s’pose it’s girls like SYLvia and that rePEL- lent Mabel who are all the time making POIsonous reMARKS about their best FRIENDS, who are the TYPE that are sort of reSPONsible for giving MEN the im- PRESsion that GIRLS are disLOYal to each other and always RIPping each other up the BACK and I mean I think it’s TER- ribly unfair to judge US by hell-cats like THEM—I mean I ACtually DO!” Lloyd Mayer. More Exciting, Too “TT’S strange that you always start in the middle of a book and read the last half first.” The Well-to-Do Family with the Advance Motorcycle Squad to Help Them Find a Place for their Sunday Picnic. “Yes, I got the habit from going to the movies so often.” comicbooks.com