Life, 1928-08-02 · page 15 of 36
Life — August 2, 1928 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct cartoons satirizing 1920s American life. **Top cartoon**: A businessman instructs his assistant Joe not to hire "the whites of their thighs"—a crude reference to women's newly visible legs during the flapper era. The satire mocks both sexual hypocrisy (the boss's own lascivious interest) and the conservative anxiety about women's changing fashion and social freedoms. **Bottom cartoon** ("1928 Midsummer Night's Dream"): References a baseball game (Tunney-Heeney fight, mission bands, Phil Carlin broadcast). The hostess complains about staying indoors while guests listen to the radio broadcast. This satirizes how radio broadcasting was capturing public attention and disrupting traditional social activities, even on pleasant summer days. Both cartoons lampoon contemporary social anxieties about modernity.
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Little Rambles with Serious Thinkers Turse old human hearts of ours can be very selfish and narrow and small upon ccasion, but how they can spring open in a burst of generosity when they are touched by some big human dramatic force—Graham McNamee. Certainly, sexual attraction is one of love's underlying components. —Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. Sex appeal is a sign of success. —Texas Guinar. Love is the prime pastime of mankind. —Benito Mussolini. The whole Puritan civilization which has built a sturdy, orderly Nation is threat- ened by Smith.—William Allen White. Do not be so foolish as to envy the rich. They all have their troubles, and usually those troubles are far greater than those] Mr. FLorenz Ziwcrexp (to assistant): While I'm gone, Joe, just remember this—don't hire of the poor.—Bernarr Macfadden. till you see the whites of their thighs. People who are losing money in Wall Street have my deep sympathy. by au-| NOT COUNTING THE SPARE - Y Withany Howard Taft. | thority of the Federal Radio Commission.” Al Graham. Tue War Department has announced I live at an expensive hotel solely because na new methods have peen developed ef their consideration for dogs. that enable rubber to last thirty-five years. —O. O. Melntyre. “Wuar did the check for that dinner] This means that motorists may soon party come to?” purchase a set of tires that will outlast Where is the net profit in all this New] “Me.” thirty-five automobiles. Freedom tidal wave through which humanity is floundering breast-deep? —Albert Payson Terhune. A husband is the man nobody knows. —Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland. 1928 Midsummer Night’s Dream “Wet, folks, this is Graham McNamee speaking and we're up here at the Yankee Stadium for the big battle of the century, the Juanes een scrap.....Ramona, Thear the mission bands above now, folks, while the crowd is filing in, I'm going to let Phil Carlin here say a few words Ramona, I love you, Ramona... .. Tunney has just climbed through the ropes, folks, and he certainly is getting a great hand Ramona, | hear the mission bands above There's the bell, they're off, the big battle of the century is on, folks Ramona, I love you, Ramona now if you'll just stand by you'll hear from your own announcer Uhear the mission bands above ? - down—he's DOWN! What a sock Tue Host: It's really a crime to stay indoors on a day like this. Ramona, I love you, Ramona, Ramona, Tue Hostess: Ail right—I'll tell Jenkins to set up the bridge table on the porch, comicbooks.com