Life — February 8, 1929 — page 24: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains short humorous news items from various cities, followed by a two-panel comic about bathtub safety. **The Comic's Point:** A woman entering a bathtub is advised by a man to use a "safety net for entering and leaving bathtubs" because of recent bathing accidents. The joke satirizes over-engineered safety solutions—the man's elaborate net contraption is itself ridiculous and impractical (in the second panel, the woman slips anyway while using it). **The News Briefs** mock various international absurdities: Argentine rifles detained in Bolivia, English houses being cold, Germans planning auto invasions of Paris, and a woman firing four times at an official in Argentina. The caption calls bathtubs "one of our safest vehicles"—ironically suggesting mundane objects are dangerously unsafe.