Life, 1929-07-12 · page 17 of 48
Life — July 12, 1929 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **Scott Shots**, a humor column with various one-liners about American life, alongside **Radio News**, describing efforts to combat radio interference from electrical devices. The main cartoon depicts a bathtub scene where someone lies ill inside while two figures stand outside. The caption reads: "Farmer: Yet, it does look peculiar but it is an easy way to get buttermilk." The joke plays on the absurdity of using a bathtub to make buttermilk—suggesting someone has literally filled a bathtub with dairy product, which the farmer ironically endorses as "easy." It's satirizing rural/agricultural practices and efficiency, treating an obviously ridiculous situation as matter-of-fact. The column's other quips mock contemporary concerns: housing shortages, telephone booth living, suburban life, young women wearing aviator goggles, and urban space constraints—reflecting post-WWI American anxieties.
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Hovsenovver: Want to buy a good watch dog? Scott Shots Some of the hot-dogs we see on stands by the side of the road look almost good enough to cat. Polygamy would never work in this country. Think of six wives in a kitchenette. There must be a housing shortage. Whenever you want to call up a friend you'll find a lot of people ap- parently living in telephone booths. Don't laugh at people who live in the suburbs. You may get a raise some day and live there yourself. Many a young girl is now laying away goggles and a helmet in her hop chest. For It’s Atways Farr WeEatuer Wuen Gin ano Lemon Get To- GETHER. A common house fly carries millions of germs, but, thank Heaven, no Arthur Schreiber. Who says sports are harmless? Think of all the unhappy children in this country made fatherless bv golf. Space is valuable in New York, but all a man really needs is a small apart- ment with a wifette—W. W. Scott. All the world can’t keep a fireplace in a camp cottage from smoking. It’s downright pitiful to see a young couple sitting on the porch, slowly dying them to the drug store fully a block away. Radio News We are pleased to announce that we finally have the radio menace well in hand. We talked the people next door into buying a new car so that they would get behind in their payments on the litte electric roarer, the anti-tobacco propaganda in of thirst, and no auto to take Farmer: Yes, it does look pe-e-e- culiar but it is an easy way to git buttermilk. comicbooks.com