Life, 1929-05-24 · page 6 of 36
Life — May 24, 1929 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains humor rather than political cartooning. The main cartoon depicts a car precariously balanced on a cliff edge, with the caption suggesting the occupants are worried about "one-arm driving" while in genuine danger of plunging off. The "Similes" section offers satirical social commentary on 1920s-30s American life: jokes about exchanging husbands like old cars, housewives cleaning medicine cabinets, artificial fishing bait, and trees jumping in front of automobiles. The bottom illustration shows a "Love Sick Youth" on a dock, threatening to jump—a melodramatic romantic reference typical of period humor. Overall, this represents Life's satirical commentary on contemporary domestic life, automobiles (then novel), and romantic sentimentality—not political satire.
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WW 24,493,124 motor vehicles registered in the United States, it is reported. That figure must be inaccurate; we're sure we counted more than that at the ferry last Sunday. Newspaper Man’s Curse—May all your children be tabloid editors. This would be a much nicer world if a man’s pipe wouldn't go out when he stops puffing on it to do a little whistling. “Now will they stop hol- lering about one arm driv- ing. Supposing we hadn't been holding hands!” Simile Exchanging wives or husbands for new ones is like exchanging old cars for new ones. Before you make the exchange you find out what you can get on the old one. About every six months a good housewife cleans out the medicine cabi- net so that her husband may have a place to keep his shaving things for a few days. The chief criticism of artificial bait for fishing is that very often it mis. takes the seat of your trousers for a trout. A uce will stand beside a road with- out making a move for sixty or sev- enty years, and then one day it will suddenly jump in front of an auto. The height of illegibility—a doctor's Prescription written with a post-office pen on a train, Girls nowadays must be lean to be appreciated. First Dry Snooper: Let's raid just one more place tonight. Seconn: No, we've had plenty for one night. Love Sick Youtn: Durn herl I'd jump off that dock and drown myself, but 1 don't think I can make it! comicbooks.com a aa