Life, 1929-01-18 · page 12 of 44
Life — January 18, 1929 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains satirical cartoons and humorous quotes about early 20th-century life and social attitudes. The top cartoon labeled "OLD FAITHFUL!" depicts figures being launched upward, likely satirizing something repeatedly cyclic or predictable—the reference is unclear without more context. The middle cartoon titled "POSITIVELY THE LAST FORD JOKE" shows a car and suggests Ford automobiles were such a common subject of humor that jokes about them had become exhausted. The right column features "Little Rambles with Serious Thinkers"—witty one-liners from notable figures (Heywood Broun, E. Haldeman-Julius, etc.) commenting on contemporary social issues: marriage, divorce, women's roles, and economic anxiety. The bottom cartoon shows a college man whose anger caused hair loss—a visual gag about youthful frustration. The page exemplifies Life's satirical approach to modern American society and manners.
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Posttive.y tHe Last Forp Joxe IMPOSSIBLE App pitiful figures: A truck driver with an inferiority complex. AN optimist is a guy who believes girls’ skirts can get shorter. Tue source of man’s downfall was the apple source. “Tuat reminds me of one about an Irishman and a Jew who—” Sue: Wait a minute; I’ve forgotten my “Stop, man! Do you want to have Anne | lipstick. Nichols suing you for plagiarism?” He: You've got it on. Little Rambles with Serious Thinkers Politeness and chivalry are, I believe merely furtive methods for the expression of a profound contempt. —Heywood Broun, We are all actors and spectators in life, —E, Haldeman-Julius, A young man entering college naturally gets a “kick” out of a banner from a girly college—Bruno Lessing. Thin women never made history. —Lady Mary Drummond Hay. Things just come to me and I put them on paper—Anne Nichols. The forces of evil are exceedingly power. ful—Calvin Coolidge. This is a good time to keep out of dete. —B. C. Forbes, The truth is “the woman pays.” —Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, It is quite possible to see and feel life as you would a novel. —Sherwood Anderson. Successful men are not revolutionists; and married men are not radicals. —Will Durant. Divorce is no longer the disgrace that it was formerly.—Bernarr Macfadden. The college man, who got so mad, he tore his hair. comicbooks.com