Life, 1928-06-28 · page 9 of 35
Life — June 28, 1928 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top cartoon depicts firefighters at work, with the caption "The Chief: Be careful where you throw that match, Ed"—a straightforward safety joke about workplace carelessness. Below, "The Homey Touch" is an article praising the luxurious bathroom of La Comtesse du Barry's residence, celebrating its ornate details and modern amenities. The accompanying caption reads "You can't keep a good golfer downtown." The bottom cartoon, "The Influence of the Political Conventions on a Business Conference," satirizes how political conventions disrupt normal business activities. It depicts businessmen descending into chaos—shouting, waving signs and megaphones, seemingly unable to conduct orderly meetings due to the surrounding political frenzy, likely referencing early 20th-century political convention season's broader cultural disruption.
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Tue Curr: Be careful where you throw that match, Ed. The Homey Touch I auways enjoy my week-ends at the Smithingtons’. Especially do I revel in the marvelously appointed bathroom, _ pat- terned in meticulous detail after the Petit Trianon, which Louis XV erected for La Comtesse du Barry. Here, sur- rounded by luxuriousness in the shape of rich silk hangings, handsomely up- holstered chairs and lounges, multi- bulbed chandeliers, original _ paintings of the early masters, pillars of gleaming marble, and here and there felicitous little touches of citrous yellow,—I loll contented, at leisure and pleased with the world. In fact, so charmed am I with the Smithington bathroom that I can even completely overlook the cold, clammy fluid that comes gushing forth when [ turn the hot-water spigot. J. L. D. You can’t keep a good golfer downtown. Tue INFLUENCE oF THE PotiticaL CoNvVENTIONS ON A Business CoNPERENCE comicbooks.com