Life, 1928-02-02 · page 11 of 38
Life — February 2, 1928 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three humor pieces mocking 1920s social trends: 1. **"A Night Club Conversation"**: Satirizes young women's increasing independence and sexual frankness in the Jazz Age. The dialogue between "Jack" and "Ruth" captures the modern flapper's casual attitude toward romance and travel—shocking to conservative readers. 2. **"Realization"**: A poem about romantic disappointment, contrasting initial happiness with present separation. The tone is sentimental, typical of period verse. 3. **"Those Honeymooners"** and **"Molly"**: Brief comic exchanges mocking marriage and women's changing roles—including a jab at women's presumed materialism (the final "Dwarf/Fat Woman" caption). The accompanying illustration depicts a large woman in revealing attire, reflecting period caricature conventions and attitudes toward female sexuality and body types.
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Realization HAT care I that now it’s ended ? We had happiness a while. Joy and grief are often blended, Hidden in a pleasant smile. You, the one who, gayly smiling, Bound, but for the nonce, my heart: Now have found me less beguiling, Now decide that we must part. We had fun while I was taking You about; but now I see (Please excuse the pun I’m making), Darling, you were taking me. Carroll Carroll. Those Honeymooners M RS. NEWWED: In one of those quaint temples we saw candles that had been burn- ing before a shrine for over a thousand years. Frienp: How wonderful! ewwep: And of course Harry had to blow them out and kiss me. M OLLY: What rakes you in- sist his heart is in the right place? Potty: He laid it at my feet yesterday, Apa: You must be awfully proud to be the first woman to make a non-stop flight from the Garden of Eden. Eve (modestly): I did it for the kiddies. A Night Club Conversation “ ANT to dance? No? Let's wie talk, then. It’s much nicer. We have such a lot of things to say to each other.” “You can’t get to know each other, just dancing.” “Naw....Hold your glass steady, Ruth.” “Not too much, please, Jack.” “I only gave you a little. There's a lot left.. e, I like this place.” “Yes, New York’s nice, but give me New Eng- land any day.” “I'l give it to you for Christmas.” “T could swap it for Brooklyn, eh, Jack?” “Gee, you're cute, Ruthie.” ou're pretty nice yourself.” “Say, Ruth, I'll give you Staten Island, too.” “IT don’t want Staten Island. I said I wanted New England.” We're all out of New England.” “You're tight.” “No, I'm not. I'm just feeling good....Come on, Ruth, let’s dance.” “All right....Say, Jack—" “What, Ruthie?” “Tt was nice to have had this little talk.” Norman R. Jaffray. Dwarr: Did Flossie marry her partner in that flying-trapeze act? Fat Woman: No; she decided to drop him. comicbooks.com