Life — October 24, 1930 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page Analysis: Life Magazine This page contains two distinct pieces: 1. **"Disillusionment" (poem by E.L.)**: A sentimental poem about a young man the narrator admired from afar, who promised greatness but ultimately disappointed—"He looked too damn well fed!" 2. **"Page Emily Post" (by D.L. Cotte)**: A humorous social commentary featuring the Earl of Suffix, an absent-minded aristocrat. The cartoon illustrates a scene where the Earl fails to answer the Duchess of Wappinger's repeated questions about his English estates. His wife, Lady Suffix, must intervene, reminding him he's "forgetting your manors"—a pun on "manners." The satire mocks absent-minded upper-class pretension and social etiquette through wordplay about forgetting both proper behavior and actual property ownership.