Life, 1929-08-09 · page 18 of 44
Life — August 9, 1929 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate satirical pieces: 1. **Top cartoon**: A soldier and woman meet on a street corner near "Wash Square." The caption jokes about movie rights and prohibition, suggesting wartime romance as commercial opportunity. 2. **"Shop Girl" caption**: Mocks a young woman's promise to return promptly from her outing, with implied skepticism about her reliability. 3. **"Scott Shots" section**: Three brief satirical observations about modern life—unwatched taxi meters continuing to run, new shoes causing discomfort, and motor cars being "wonderful educators" in hard knocks. The bottom cartoon shows someone being hit by a car, with dark humor about traffic dangers. The overall tone reflects early 20th-century American urban humor about dating, commerce, prohibition, and automobile culture.
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in a cottage is. all right’ if you can sell the movie rights. Well, Prohibition is still with us and all we can do is gin and beer it. Some men are so sober and respectable that they won't drink even if it is against the law. One way to fall asleep is to count sheep going over a fence and another way is to count your money going down a tough strect. —W. W. Scott. Stop Girt (af 9:00 a. M.): Jeems be back with the car promptly Scott Shots A watched pot may never boil, but a watched taxi meter gocs right on with its work. A good example of an unhappy ending is a man breaking in new shoes. _ The school of hard knocks may be a wonderful educator, but we wish our . motor hadn't studied there. Lanv: Well, that is encouraging—you say there are people who hit it! comicbooks.com