Life — April 11, 1930 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Scott Shots and Hotel Politeness This page contains several short satirical pieces by W.W. Scott. The top section mocks Prohibition-era behavior and social problems—including gangsters, divorce, and naval policy—through brief, pithy observations. The lower cartoon depicts a landlord showing a rundown property to prospective tenants, with the caption suggesting the building's poor condition makes it unsuitable even for evicting the last tenant. This satirizes predatory landlord practices common in that era. "The New Politeness of Hotel Employees" humorously catalogs how different hotel staff mechanically greet guests with identical "How are you this morning?" inquiries in rapid succession, mocking the performative nature of service-industry courtesy and the lack of genuine human connection in commercial interactions.