Life, 1929-02-15 · page 8 of 44
Life — February 15, 1929 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several humorous vignettes satirizing contemporary social situations: **"Page Diogenes"** jokes mock various professions and pretensions—a clerk's "unearned income," a press agent seeking publicity, an actress's vanity. **The main cartoon** depicts a street scene where a woman keeps her date Edgar waiting in the cold, claiming he can't freeze because he's "in plenty of alcohol"—satirizing both male patience in courtship and drinking culture. **"Everybody's Doing It"** and **"Relative Importance"** present contrasting perspectives on mundane problems (cold, divorce), suggesting how people downplay issues based on social class or pride. **The large cartoon below** shows crowds who once gathered at train stations to watch trains arrive—mocking a now-vanished entertainment, suggesting how quickly public amusements and social habits become obsolete. The page overall satirizes changing social customs and human absurdities.
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PAGE DIOGENES Crerk (filing income tax returns): At last! An honest man!” “What's happened now?” “Here's a fellow who classified his sal- ary as ‘unearned income’. Press Acent: We gotta figure out some way to get you on the front page. Actress: Well, I'll do most anything you say, but I won't bite no dog. Medical authorities are _ predicting another influenza epidemic this spring. Many of us who recovered too quickly from the last epidemic will have a chance to try the rest of those treatments which we didn’t get around to last time. We always thought we could under- stand women, but that was before we heard them in the talkies. Youncer Sister: Do you think March a good month for me to be married in? Otpver Sister: I don’t know: I was never married in March. “Gosh, what makes it so cold in here?” “The electric refrigerator just got struck by lightning.” Frarrer: Posh! I've kept Edgar waiting half an hour, but he can’t be frozen—I poured in plenty of alcohol. EVERYBODY'S DOING IT “Ou, dear. I don’t know whether to divorce Bill or not.” “Why not offer a prize for the best solution?” The people who used to go down to the station to watch the trains come in. RELATIVE IMPORTANCE “John, how's your cold?” “Why, I still have it, if that’s what you mean.” “Did you go to a doctor?” “OF course not! I wouldn't bother a doctor with my slight colds and_ petty ailments.” “Will you let me mix you a he drink?” “Don’t go to the trouble. I'll get rid of it in time.” “John, you make me so provoked. Now if there was something wrong with your golf swing you'd read all the books you could get and hire the best professional at the club to correct it.” “But that, my dear, is something yoo must never neglect.” Bill Sykes. A really modern apartment would consist of a garage, putting green and a bedroom. Hussano (impatiently, to primping wife): Say, ain’t you through dolling? Wire (delightedly): Why, George! That's the first sweet name you've calle me since our honeymoon! comicbooks.com