Life, 1928-11-16 · page 38 of 44
Life — November 16, 1928 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page mixes **advertisements** with **political satire**. The left side features product ads for Mollé shaving cream and other toiletries. The dominant content is a humorous fictional sketch titled "A Meeting of President Will Rogers' Cabinet." The sketch satirizes the **Coolidge administration** by imagining Will Rogers (a popular humorist and social critic of the 1920s) as president, with performers Eddie Cantor and Benny Benchley as cabinet members. The comedy derives from these entertainers incompetently conducting government business—card games, impromptu singing performances, and comical surrender during a mock "Confederate Army" attack. The sketch mocks government inefficiency and the absurdity of unqualified people holding office. A brief poem at bottom ("The Highbrow Looks at Life") adds commentary on working-class life, with dark humor about distracted commuters. Overall, the page reflects 1920s satirical humor about American politics and consumer culture.
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