Life — August 21, 1931 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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# "Gandhi Gets My Goat" - Life Magazine This page satirizes plans to supply Mahatma Gandhi with milk via a goat during his visit to England. The letter from "Jack Cluett" (an American) humorously suggests the goat "Cora" be transported across the Atlantic and toured throughout England—visiting Oxford, the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, and Selfridge's Department Store—before reaching Gandhi. The cartoon depicts a barber reading the letter aloud to a customer, with the caption "Read dis letter fob me, Sam?" The satire mocks both the elaborate logistics of Gandhi's visit and the absurdity of the goat's proposed English tour. It reflects 1930s American amusement at Gandhi's ascetic lifestyle and dietary practices, treating his milk-drinking habits as exotic fodder for comedy.