Life — March 7, 1930 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Scott Shots - Life Magazine Satire Page This page contains humorous one-liners and cartoon vignettes by W.W. Scott satirizing American life, likely from the Prohibition era (references to "speakeasies" and "church bells ring" celebrating prohibition anniversaries). **Top cartoon**: A woman in pajamas approaches a hotel desk clerk, asking "Madam, can I do anything for you in pajamas?" — a joke playing on double meaning (the garment vs. the location). **Bottom cartoon**: A frustrated man with a broken radio tells his wife "You say the radio won't work? Fine! I'll be home for dinner!" — satirizing how radio was becoming a household fixture, with the husband using radio-listening as an excuse to avoid coming home. The scattered aphorisms mock social pretense, gender relations, and American manners of the period.