Life, 1928-05-03 · page 13 of 46
Life — May 3, 1928 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains primarily **humorous social commentary rather than political cartoons**. The recurring theme "Maybe She Didn't Have On Her Walking-Shoes" appears multiple times with different jokes, playing on a contemporary rumor or scandal involving a woman (possibly named Maude) who rode out with a man and didn't return home properly—suggesting impropriety. The jokes mock various college types, drug store interactions, and social conventions of the era. The repeated refrain suggests satirizing how people excuse or explain away a woman's questionable behavior through increasingly absurd rationalizations. The cartoon illustrations accompany short jokes from various colleges and publications, representing typical early-20th-century college humor and social satire rather than direct political commentary.
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He: Ever try opium? He: Howzat go? He: Opium mouth and shut your U. of Mich, Incinerator. First Porchclimber: A girl that won't neck, smoke and drink gin is archaic. Co-Ed: Well, we can't eat archaic and have it, too. —Rutgers Bathmat. vn MAYBE SHE DIDN’T HAVE ON HER WALKING-SHOES Mabel went out riding when Her fella gotta flivver; She came riding home again— And may the Lord forgive her! —Williams Purple Sock. ven Second Student (after exam): D’ ja pass? Eleventh Student: Yop. Out. —Cornell Crutch. “Heard about the difference be- tween a flapper and a guy who tests guns for the government?” How come?” “The other works the shoots.” —Washington § Mary Hatrack, With Apologies to @lkegeHumor Professor: Does your Sheba roll her stockings? Dean: Nope. President Emeritus: How's she keep- ing up? . Old Grad: Oh, she’s holding her own. —Princeton Liver and Bacon, ver MAYBE SHE DIDN'T HAVE ON HER WALKING-SHO He and she went out to ride— He never was faint-hearted— She came home riding at his side; That’s how the rumor started. —Lehigh Can-Opener. WHAT AN: AWFUL BLOOMER * SAID THE DEACON>%= Frosh: How now, varlet, canst render me the word “pessimist” in a sentence? Prof: Go to, zany, and a mur- rain on thee. I’m optimistomach in trouble already. —Notre Dame Oz-Muzzle. Wilde: Jove, Jimmy, that was a funny crack you just pulled. I wish I had said Whistler: You will, Oscar, you will. —Amherst Night Letter. ver MAYBE SHE DID HAVE ON HER WALKING-SHOES We drove in the country both uphill and down, Our heads in a helluva whirl; She was still in the car when we got back to town, For she was that kinduva girl. —Ohio State Lily Cup. MAYBE SHE DIDN'T HAVE ON HER WALKING-SHOES There was a young lady named Maude Who drove out with a man in a Faude; She rode all the way back In the very same hack, And everyone murmured, “My Gaude!” —C. C. N.Y. Sleeve-Garter. Fair Customer: Have you any de- odorant? Drug Store Clerk: Yes, Mum. —Johns Hopkins Specimen. ver Warden: What do you think of a flapper that doesn’t know how to swear? Sheik: Gosh, she must be dumb! Bus-boy: She is. —Stanford Kiddy Kar, ver Sadie: Did you night? Mazie: No, I took a buss. —Dartmouth Birdseed. ver First Esthete: Some of the old fight- ers used to go a hundred and fifty rounds to a finish. His Aunt: Yes, they were regular all-day sockers. walk home last —Harvard Shoe-Tree, comicbooks.com