Life, 1928-02-09 · page 11 of 35
Life — February 9, 1928 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon**: A justice of the peace performs a budget marriage ceremony for five dollars. The humor satirizes both rapid, commercialized marriages and the casual attitude toward matrimony—reducing a legal union to a quick transaction by a minor official. **"What I Think About It All"** (by Tupper Greenwald): Opinion piece discussing farm relief, tariffs, the Fall-Sinclair case, Smith and Vare's Senate rejection, Bobby Jones (golf), and the new Ford automobile. These appear to be contemporary political/sports topics of the era. **"Cash Girl!" cartoon**: Shows a woman who sold manuscripts titled "The Impressions of a Married Man" to a publisher. The joke plays on her being a "collector" rather than the author—satirizing either plagiarism or women's limited authorial recognition in publishing.
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Evorers: Five dollars for a marriage ceremony! We haven't that much, Judge. Movern Justice or THe Peace: Well, I can give you a trial marriage for two dollars, I THINK that the question of farm relief is a mighty big question and frankly I look for the Yanks, with Babe Ruth still in his prime, with Herb Pennock and Wilcey Moore back, and with the same infield and outfield as last year, to win in a walk. As for the tariff question, I don’t think its importance can be overestimated and I should like to see Dempsey and Tunney rematched because I believe that if Jack gets another chance he will make a monkey out of Gene. The question of armaments and the League of Nations is an- other big national, if not inter- national, question and as I see it, the new Ford is absolutely the biggest thing that ever happened and I don’t believe that Hispano-Suiza will have a look-in in the small-car field. As for our policy in Central America, that will take some deep thinking and no matter how you look at it, I think that Kiki Cuyler got a raw deal at Pittsburgh and it would cer- tainly be funny if he won the pennant for the Cubs. Prohibi- tion is another issue that will What I Think About It All just have to be settled one way or the other, and I look for some big im- provements in radio. What's to be done about the Fall-Sinclair case and about Smith and Vare, especially now that Smith has been rejected by the Senate, is a mighty big problem and I, for one, think that Bobby Jones is the greatest golfer of all time. As for Al Smith, I don’t think he has a chance to get the Demo- cratic nomination, but then again, you can’t tell; however, I do think that Harvard and Princeton ought to let bygones be bygones, and that goes for West Point and the Naval Academy, too, and as for the devel- opment of a merchant marine, if you left it to me, I'd let Remus go free because you can’t deny that he sold good liquor. And you can’t deny that J shall be able to carry on my sha of the public discussion that always takes place in a presi- dential year as well as the next fellow. Tupper Greenwald. Cash Girl! “TRHERE'’S ‘success’ for you! That girl used to be in the chorus and now she’s got all kinds of money.” “Where'd she get it?” “Sold some manuscripts called ‘The Impressions of a ' Married Man. “Oh,—she’s an author, ' »_— then?” fi y\~ “Not exactly—she's a col- “Sue Does Au. Her Own Work” lector. She sold ’em to the author.” comicbooks.com