Life, 1928-03-15 · page 26 of 34
Life — March 15, 1928 — page 26: what you’re looking at
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The main cartoon depicts a car accident involving a drunk driver. A policeman asks what happened; the driver—speaking in exaggerated Irish dialect ("Can't shay, offisher")—blames a woman for making him angry, implying she caused the crash through nagging rather than accepting his own intoxication as responsibility. Below is a humorous "Glossary of Riding Terms" mocking wealthy city dwellers who take up horseback riding at fashionable riding academies. The satire targets inexperienced, wealthy young women attempting to ride horses they cannot control, repeatedly falling off. The definitions joke that riding academies exist to warehouse old, worn-out carriage horses; that students are entertainment for humorists; and that women's expensive riding habits are useless since they spend more time on the horse's neck than in the saddle. The smaller "Tom and Jake" whiskey advertisement uses Irish-dialect humor typical of the era's casual ethnic stereotyping.
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PoticeMaNn: What's all this mean? Driver: Can't shay, offisher, but that woman must have said somethin’ to make me mad. ORSE: An animal used for drawing milk wagons and car- toons about the Prince of Wales, formerly found on any farm but now kept in the city at a Riding Academy: A place where the milkmen send their horses when they get too old to pull the milk wagon and are not quite ready for “.,."Ello, Jakie....I'm needin’ a couple of cases of whisky! You'd better make it Irish whisky—I'm givin’ a Saint Pat- rick’s Day party....” Glossary of Riding Terms the glue factory, to be rented out at one dollar an hour to Riding Students: People who fall off horses for the benefit of humor- ists and the amusement of the Groom: A fellow who may have been just married but still has an eve left for a nifty Riding Habit: Costume worn by a young lady student which is of small value in assisting her to stick in the Saddle: Leather dingus attached to the horse’s back, which the young lady usually touches only at short, painful intervals after the horse breaks into a Canter: A society pace which looks very comfortable but gives the young lady such an awful jolt every time she and the horse get together that she clutches wildly at the Reins: The straps with which the young lady intended to steer the fiery steed, but to which instead she clings desperately for support as she The regular Silent Drama is omitted this week, owing to the illness of Mr. Sherwood. On page 28, bowerer, will be found a List of pictures previously reviewed in LIFE, and recommended to our readers. lands on the old nag’s neck and pursues a zigzag course down the Bridle Path: The cindered trail down which the young lady walks home after the horse’s abrupt depar- ture for the old Stand: Posture in which the young lady prefers to eat her meals the following day. Asia Kagowan. Tue Jic Is Ur comicbooks.com