Life, 1929-04-12 · page 8 of 44
Life — April 12, 1929 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief satirical quips and two cartoon illustrations mocking early 20th-century social attitudes. The top-left exchanges joke about divorce ("I've been divorced only once") and a song title "Agate By As Long As I Have You," satirizing popular music. The large central cartoon depicts a statue of a woman holding children, positioned on a pedestal like a monument—likely mocking the idealization of motherhood and domesticity. Two small male figures below comment "No, it doesn't click!", suggesting skepticism about this romanticized vision. The right-side cartoons joke about gender dynamics: one about a kidnapped pup, another mocking women's education ("two sons at Yale") juxtaposed with financial dependence ("strapped till the first of the month"). Overall, the page satirizes changing social attitudes toward women, marriage, motherhood, and education in this era.
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Moderne furniture often becomes an- tique before it is paid for. Sue: ioned wife. once.” “Yes, I'm just an old-fash- I've been divorced only “Heard the new jewel song?” “Shoot.” “ ‘Agate By As Long As | Have “No, it doesn’t click!” Life The youth of former years was al- ways expected to say in the face of temptation, “Get thee behind me, Satan,” but now it’s, “One side, Nick —you're blocking the road.” All jack and no work makes whoo- Tue pur: Adopted—hell!! Kidnapped! “Why do you dislike that tune so much?” “It’s the theme song for my husband’s bath.” “T've got two sons at Yale.” “Sorry, I’m strapped myself till the first of the month.” comicbooks.com