Life, 1929-03-15 · page 12 of 44
Life — March 15, 1929 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes prominent figures' contradictory statements on marriage, women, and morality. The column pairs quotes from named politicians, celebrities, and public figures (Senator Tydings, St. John Ervine, Mayor James J. Walker, Princess Ileana of Rumania, George Matthew Adams) with absurd or hypocritical positions—one claiming women ruin everything, another saying women are all alike, a third too busy to marry. The cartoon above shows a man in a theater surrounded by debris labeled "Honor the Father and the Brother," mocking sentimental morality tales. The satire's point: prominent men make grandiose public statements about virtue, women's roles, and duty while their actual behavior contradicts these principles. The juxtaposition exposes hypocrisy in public discourse about gender and morality during the Jazz Age.
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Little Rambles With Serious Thinkers Of all the foolish legends with which this world is befogged the legend that women know anything about house- keeping is the most foolish. Beverley Nichols. Under our Constitution every man has the right to make a fool of him- self whenever he sees fit. Senator Tydings of Maryland. Of course the physical element is a factor, and a supremely vital one, which enters into all marriages. But what of it? Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. \ \ ces [ce “Well, boys—this round’s on the house!” Women have ruined the theatre, a: they have ruined everything clse they have gone into. St. John Ervine, Women are all alike, only some are more alike than others. Clarence Budington Kelland. All with sensitive throats should avoid chewing a cigar. Senator Royal S. Copeland. The average individual will tell yoo that divorce is due to marital unhap piness. Bernarr Macfadden. 1 do more work than any other maa in this city. Mayor James ]. Walker. 1am too busy to marry. Princess Illeana of Rumania. I shall never tire of rendering tribux to the dog. George Matthew Adams. A woman with personality can gt away with anything. Lady Drummond Hay. The next generationists are the © preme Bolshevists of the universe. Albert Payson Terhune. comicbooks.com