Life, 1928-08-09 · page 11 of 40
Life — August 9, 1928 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two separate cartoons from *Life* magazine: **Top cartoon** depicts a man expressing shock that "Old Bill Barmley's daughter" is riding a horse rather than driving an automobile. The joke satirizes the rapid shift from horse transportation to automobiles in early 20th-century America—what was once normal (horseback riding) now seems shockingly old-fashioned, while automobiles have become the expected modern standard so quickly that traditional modes of transport appear antiquated. **Bottom cartoon** shows a novice asking for directions to a fence gate, apparently confused about basic rural features. This is likely a "city slicker" joke, mocking urbanites' unfamiliarity with rural life and farm infrastructure. Both cartoons reflect early automotive-era class and cultural divisions between urban and rural America.
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| DRIVERIGHT INN], WAFFLES “Did you get that, Sam? Old Bill Barmley’s daughter ridin’ a horse! Gosh! A plain damn automobile was plenty good enough for poor ol’ Bill.” “T Only Play Az It!” “Pravinc a lot of golf these days, aren’t you, Bill?” “Well, I'm playing az it!” “What do you go round in usually?” “Oh, well, if I break a hundred I think I'm darn lucky.” “Well, that’s not so bad. I surprised myself the other day, though. I got an eighty-five. Believe me, I was never so surprised in my life.” “That's not so bad. Funny thing, I got an eighty-two one day last week. That was pretty near the best score I guess I ever made. I was just hitting everything right that day. I was never so surprised in my life!” “That's darn good golf, Bill, I’ve only broken eighty ‘bout once in my life, I guess. About a month ago down at the Winnawoohoo course I got a seventy- nine. Of course it was just luck.” “I don’t believe it was at all, Ed. You play pretty good golf.” “Oh, hell, no, I'm like you, Bill, I just play ae it, but that seventy-nine certainly gave me a surprise because the Winnawoo- hoo’s a pretty hard course to play over.” NEEDED “L'll say it is! Funny part of it is, the] “I wistt somebody would get out a only time in my life I ever played real | directory of all the candidates for election, golf was on that course. I shot a seventy-]and say whether they are dry or wet.” five that day.” Lloyd Mayer, “Yes—a sort of ‘Who's Whoopee.’ ' Tue Novice: Say, mister, where th’ heck is the gate to this here fence? comicbooks.com