Life, 1928-06-07 · page 16 of 54
Life — June 7, 1928 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon**: Shows children playing with grandmother's furniture, pretending chairs are a "locomotive." The caption reads: "Now, Grandmother, let's have your chair. It's going to be the locomotive." This depicts imaginative child's play repurposing household items—a relatable domestic humor piece about children's creativity and the wear-and-tear they inflict on furniture. **Middle Section**: Contains fashion advice ("Well-Dressed Man" authority packing for European travel) and brief humorous snippets about clothing choices and a hotel fire incident. **Bottom Cartoon**: Depicts a crowded street with storefronts (Hats, Shoes, Radio, Selling Club visible) filled with fire hydrants instead of parking meters. The caption asks why cities don't eliminate unsightly "No Parking" signs by using this alternative—satirizing urban clutter and parking regulation problems.
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“Now, Grandmother, let’s have your chair, It’s going to be the locomotive.” The ‘‘Well-Dressed Man” Au- thority Packs for a Trip to Europe “Martua, please hurry up with my smart sports ensemble for the late spring. It’s half-past three and I know I'll miss the boat looking for that damned solid color crépe necktic. I just must have it. It’s the only one I have that could pos- sibly match with my solid color golf hose. “And the panama hat with a medium to narrow brim. What! It didn’t come back from the cleaner’s! Ye gods, you'll drive me crazy yet, woman! At least you have my sennet straw, which is also in good repute, especially for wear in the city And my_ two-button, _ single- breasted jacket in gray-brown unfinished worsted. Oh, so your brother is wearing it? Well, that finishes me. Now I simply cannot wear my small-figured lightweight wool half hose in two shades of brown. ..-T tell you T can’t! My clothes don’t harmonize and my reputation will be ruined, “Hand me my two-piece bathing suit with white worsted shirt and dark flannel trunks. I’m going to swim across.” Arthur Erenberg. Nine-Year-Ovp Newssoy (at busy corner): Wuxtry! Spouse Slays Mate! You know—the age-old battle of the sexes! An Outrage Tue HoreL was on fire. On a sixth-stoy ledge stood a great movie actress, flames crackling about her. Below, the firemes were holding the net, while the crowd waited in agonized suspense. Finally, 2 strained voice screamed: “JUMP, lady— fer Gawd’s sake!” ‘ The great movie actress folded be a in calm disdain. “I'll do nothing of the sort,” sk answered. “Tell the director to send my double here this instant.” FAIRY STORY Once upon a time a heavily tanned youry lady won the bathing-beauty prize. Maney SELLING Ovum, Aw as 4 1 Wuy Nor Try Tus So as to Do Away with Unsicutty “No Parkinc” Sicns? comicbooks.com