Life, 1929-05-24 · page 13 of 36
Life — May 24, 1929 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page features a humorous illustration of a domestic scene in a vine-covered garden or porch. A man sits reading while a woman stands nearby, with the caption: "Always makin' me wipe my feet! If I had my life to live over again I wouldn't have any parents!" Below are three brief satirical anecdotes about marriage, including references to a Scotsman who won a trip to Niagara Falls through a newspaper contest, and a dismissive editorial comment about "Incidental Songs" on the Vitaphone (an early sound film technology). The humor targets domestic routine, parental authority, and marital frustration—common themes in early 20th-century American comedy. The Vitaphone reference dates this to the late 1920s when synchronized sound was still novel.
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“Always makin’ me wipe my feet! If I had my life to live over again 1 wouldn't have any parents!” Then there was the Scot who got Don’t be fooled by these “Incidental “I’m at my wit’s end,” chortled married because he won a trip to Songs” that the Vitaphone has intro- — the editor as he sat at the bedside of Niagara Falls in a newspaper contest. duced; they’re not as bad as they theme. _ the dying gag man. USE LIFE’S TICKET SERVICE comicbooks.com