Life — July 5, 1928 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 7 This page contains three satirical humor pieces typical of 1920s Life magazine: 1. **"The College Comic Magazine Editor Applies for a Job"**: A dialogue mocking inexperienced college graduates seeking employment. The applicant claims extensive extracurricular activities but lacks actual skills, embodying the stereotype of privileged but unqualified youth entering the workforce. 2. **"Sorry Just Too Late"**: A brief anecdote about the Wilson family's absent-minded summer plans—people and pets scattered across various locations while they're delayed. It's light domestic humor. 3. **"In Chicago" section**: Brief gossip about film productions resuming. The bottom cartoon shows a figure soliciting hospital funds with dark humor: "You never know, mister, when you may be in a hospital yourself"—playing on self-interested charity pitches.