Life — March 6, 1931 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page **Top Cartoon:** Shows a man and woman at a table. The woman says the man is "slipping" intellectually and "used to be much more bored with things." This appears to be satirizing how intellectual pursuits or growing interests can damage romantic relationships—the joke being that boredom was actually preferable to a partner. **Main Article:** "High-Heeled Denizens of the Deep" is a humorous letter-exchange mocking the Middle Atlantic Shoe Retailers Association's proposal to make goldfish slippers. The satirist Jack Closett ridiculously elaborates on this absurd product idea, suggesting goldfish would need salt water maintenance and warning of confusion with actual fish markets. **Bottom Section:** Contains brief humorous items ("Buy Me a Cop, Dad," "No Business There") and a cartoon about headache powders.