Life, 1928-08-23 · page 7 of 36
Life — August 23, 1928 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several humorous sketches satirizing 1920s social attitudes: **"She Hadn't Any Illusions"** depicts a conversation between a man and woman debating whether women need stockings. The woman argues going without is a "foul idea," while the man counters that few girls can "get away with it" due to leg appearance. The satire mocks both 1920s fashion anxieties and gender dynamics around women's appearance standards. **"Slowing Down"** shows a traffic officer stopping a speeding driver, humorously subverting expectations—the driver is actually rushing to escape a Police Beach Party. **"A Lady in Conference"** depicts a woman literally sitting on a lightbulb to fix it, with the caption suggesting patience with household problems. The bottom cartoon shows a man buried in newspapers with the caption "Ho hum—nothing in the paper today," satirizing media consumption habits.
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Lede Lan SES Regge |i Sele 2 & Rises FESS LIFE fin “If that guy David gave two hundred pounds to Goliath—th’ fight was in th’ bag!” She Hadn’t Any Illusions Sut: Don't you think this going without stockings is a foul idea? He: Well, I think it all depends on what sort of legs a girl has. Sut: I s’pose it does, doesn’t it? But I mean I think awfully few girls can get away with it because their legs look kind of blue and repellent sort of, do you know what I mean? He: Yes, exactly. It is rather unat- tractive when they're that way, but I think a lot of girls get away with it all fight because Be have pretty legs. Sut: Do you really! But don’t you hon- estly think that on the whole it’s a ter- repulsive idea? I mean of course it’s fectly all right for girls to do it who can get away with it and all, I mean, but I think awfully few girls really can, don't you? He: Yes, I guess that’s true. Sue: Well, that’s why I simply refuse to go without stockings because I mean I haven't any illusions about my legs and I think it’s your own fault if you don’t reco’nize your limitations and go ahead trying to take up every new fad like that when you can’t get away with it, do you know what I mean? He: What makes you think you couldn't get away with going without stockings? Sue: What on earth makes you think I could, my dear? He: Well, you've certainly got beauti- ful legs! Sue: Don't be ridic—I haven't at all, my dear! I mean my legs look like noth- ing human! He: They don’t at all. I think you've got the best-looking legs of any girl I've seen. Sue: But I actually wouldn't dare ap- rr without stockings, my dear, because P think you simply have to be the type that can get away with sort of radical ideas like that, my dear—I mean I ac- tually dof He: Well, you certainly are the type if I ever saw it. Sue: Oh, go on—I'm not at all, my dear—but it’s awfully sweet of you to say so! Lloyd Mayer. SLOWING DOWN Trarric Cop: Say you! What in the hell do you think you are, driving at the rate of sixty miles an hour? Moronst: It’s like this, Officer. I bind hurrying to get a couple of tickets to the Police Beach Party before they were sold out. Trarric Cop: I've just got two tickets left, sir. Here you are, sir. That's right, two dollars, sir. Lovely weather we're having, sir. “It’s all right, dear. I'll sit up here with my cigarette lighter till you get the light fixed.” A LADY IN CONFERENCE Suddenly Bethinks Herself of the “Ultimate Consumer” Tue ake is very blue today, But I must turn my thoughts away From views outside that window—I Must concentrate on reasons why This soap appeals to folks like you, Because that’s what I’m paid to do. Tracy. Arter listening to sundry bari- tones in locker rooms, we have concluded that it is better to forget all of an old song than half of it. comicbooks.com