Life, 1929-01-04 · page 16 of 36
Life — January 4, 1929 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The single cartoon on this page depicts a sickbed scene where a man in formal dress addresses a reclining patient. The caption reads: "For me, a little dry toast and vichy and for Fifi some nice breast of chicken. With what sauce?" This appears to be a humorous commentary on class pretension and pet indulgence. The standing figure's fastidious ordering—requesting specific preparations for himself and his dog "Fifi"—satirizes affected, aristocratic behavior. The joke likely mocks wealthy individuals who fuss elaborately over trivial dietary preferences while neglecting the sick person's actual needs. The dog receiving gourmet treatment comparable to the human guest underscores the absurdity of misplaced priorities. This reflects early 20th-century satirical interest in lampooning upper-class affectation and vanity.
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ROME, December 28—Augusto Turati, secretary of the Fascist party, has issued a circular to all provincial secretaries or- dering all Fascists who belong to Rotary Clubs and wear buttons to discontinue | the practice or go to jail. Well, there may be something to this Fascism after all. ROME, Dec. 26—Luigi Federzoni, | Minister of Colonies, one of Premier} Mussolini’s closest collaborators in the} Cabinet, resigned today, setting in motion a whole chain of changes in the higher | posts of the Italian state. Signor Federzoni’s place was taken} by Mussolini himself, who has assumed his seventh Cabinet post, and thus con- stituted himself a majority. Small town boy makes good. MEXICAN BULLFIGHTS SERVE PRACTICAL PURPOSE MEXICO CITY—Bull fighting serves the practical purpose of supplying the market with considerable quantities of steaks and roasts. Well, the ‘bull’ fights in Washington produce a good many ‘roasts’ too. AHWAY, Persia, Dec. 18—Blood has already been shed here in a revolt occa- sioned by an order from the Shah abolish- ing baggy trousers. Shoot him in the coat, the baggy trous- | ers are mine. CROSS MARKS THE SPOT! SEMPRINGHAM, England—A Saxon cross, said to be over 1,100 years old, has been discovered half hidden in the grave- yard adjoining the ancient Abbey Church. Must have had Tabloids even in those | days. VIENNA, Austria, Emanuel years ago invented the postcard, is to have a huge monument erected over his grave. And the inscription wil! probably be: “Wish you were here.” COLCHESTER, England, Dec. 22— Seven acres of land here are under dis- Dec. 15—Prof. Herrmann, who seventy-five | pute between the local antiquarians and the Town Council. The Town Council wishes to use the land for tennis courts while the archaeologists want to dig it up to look for the remains of an old Roman temple. Why not make it a public golf course and satisfy both? LONDON — Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin sent out Christmas cards to friends this year which bore the inscrip- tion: “May God, good will and good neighborhood be your company.” It is rumored that this phrase is to be inscribed on the prows of new battleships. | LONDON, Dec. 15—The electric chair | was shown, in a new way last week, at the New Health Exhibition at the Royal | Horticultural Hall, Westminster. Its object |is to assist in the fashionable cult of the | day by making women slimmer and it js said that ten minutes of its vibratory mas. sage is the equivalent of an hour's strenu- ous exercise, Won't you sit down? PERSIAN TELEPHONE COMPANY ISSUES NEW EDICT Telephone operators in Persia must un- derstand fourteen languages to get jobs, This does not, of course, include the profane. PEKIN, China, Dec. 19—C. C. Wu has been appointed Minister to the United States, replacing Sao-ke Alfred Sze. The incoming Minister, it is under. stood, speaks not only in English but in his native Tong. “For me, a little dry toast and vichy and for Fifi some nice breast of chicken.” “With what sauce?” comicbooks.com