Life, 1929-02-01 · page 16 of 40
Life — February 1, 1929 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct items: **Top cartoon**: A visual gag about a burglar who encounters a "trick shot" marksman in a home—the homeowner is shooting at targets while the burglar tumbles through the space, accidentally becoming part of the shooting practice. **Bottom cartoon**: A satirical museum display labeled "The curator of the museum of Natural History installs a new specimen in its proper place." It shows a "Modern Civilized Man" alongside specimens labeled "Savage," "Primitive Man," "Missing Link," "Anthropoid Ape," and "Tabloid Reader"—sarcastically suggesting that the tabloid-reading modern man belongs in the same evolutionary/anthropological display as primitive specimens. This mocks both tabloid readers and pseudo-scientific racial classification theories popular in the era. **Text items**: Brief news jokes about Senator Norbeck's bill, archaeological excavations, and Henry Ford's philosophy.
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—Senator Nor- beck introduces a bill to inquire into World War guilt. Which will be taken up after the cruiser bill is passed, no doubt. NEW HAVEN—Doura, a city founded by Alexander the Great and buried under Syrian sands for 2,000 years, is being excavated by a Yale expedition. Looking for Cambridge, Mass.? NEW YORK—A world in which no one smokes or discusses prohibition, where farmers no longer farm and housekcep-| ers no longer cook and where machines take care of the drudgery, is outlined by Henry Ford in his book, “My Philosophy of Industry,” just published. And where there are no Ford jokes? NEW_ YORK — The report of Dr, George William Carter, general secretary of the New York Bible Society, read yes- terday at the annual meeting of the Society, showed that the Bible was still the most popular book, with an annual circulation of more than 30,000,000 copies and with 965,671 copies distributed in the city and harbor of New York by the society in 1928. A hint for the Book of the Month Club. P. GE ODERN | | SAVA\ Bh Sa ———— M \} CIVILIZED 4) Se et The curator of the museum of Natural History installs a new specimen in its proper place, comicbooks.com