Life, 1929-03-08 · page 13 of 44
Life — March 8, 1929 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains satirical quotes and two illustrations mocking social attitudes of the era. The main cartoon depicts a woman admiring her own portrait in a mirror while smoking—captioned "The girl who was told she bore a striking resemblance to her grandmother." The joke satirizes vanity and generational beauty standards. The smaller illustration ("That old gal, o' mine") shows a man at a doorway, accompanying a joke about burying a woman's head. The humor relies on misogynistic stereotypes common to the period. The "Little Rambles With Serious Thinkers" section quotes prominent figures (Carl Sandburg, Arthur Brisbane, etc.) offering observations about modern life, civilization, and gender relations—some progressive, others reflecting dated attitudes about women's roles and abilities.
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Little Rambles With Serious Thinkers | shall not inflict another volume of try upon the egg-headed American public until 1932, and maybe not un- til 1935+ Carl Sandburg. Sl That Edison or Lincoln could still have been Edison or Lincoln after four years at Harvard is impossible. Arthur Brisbane. Se $m Wee cs a Women know nothing about acting. St. John Ervine. To-day we measure the civilization of a nation by the question: How does it treat its babies? Bruce Barton. God calls a spade a spade. Uldine Utley. Industry is but another name for work. ]. C. Penney. By taking up smoking the modern woman has made herself far more prim and modest than her grandmother. Heywood Broun. Ifa married woman has men friends it does not necessarily follow that she must be untrue to her husband. Charles G. Norris. There are no new ways of getting drunk, Rev, Harry Emerson Fosdick. No other woman in the world has such a chance to win a man’s affec- tions as his wife. Dorothy Dix. The girl who was told she bore a striking resemblance to her grandmother. Nep—That swell-looking girl is dead He: Do you know Miss Bibber? from the neck up. He: Certainly, for years—we used to be the same age when we were Teo—Well, she can bury her head ‘ children. in my arms any time! Suorteneo—Hell hath no fury like a woman, Suggestion for a theatrical produc The “Don Juan” song: “That old gal. 0° mine.” tion—Hamlet in modern furniture. “IT Don Juan to play in your yard!'” comicbooks.com