Life, 1929-04-19 · page 16 of 52
Life — April 19, 1929 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page features three cartoon vignettes alongside witty quotations from public figures and writers. The top cartoon shows a man in a car telling the driver "Stop that whistling, I'm trying to think!"—satirizing intellectual pretension. The middle cartoon depicts two shabby men in front of an "Eat at Joe's" sign discussing fashion ("That's a swell suit, you're wearing, Pete")—mocking working-class aspirations. The bottom cartoon shows Officer O'Brien chasing a golf-playing crook through an alley—a humorous commentary on misplaced priorities or law enforcement. The accompanying quotes touch on marriage, religion, drinking, and social class, offering satirical observations on American life and society. The overall tone is gentle, class-conscious humor typical of Life magazine's editorial stance.
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Little Rambles With Serious Thinkers When people declare that, as a whole, matrimony is a failure, they are often wrong. —Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland. I do not believe that every word of the Bible is true; I know it. —Rev. ]. Frank Norris. Important news from Palm Beach, where prosperity gets its coat of Win- ~ ter tan, Ladies, “the very nicest,” FARIA St, walk on the beach in silk pajamas, wearing sandals, no stockings. The sandals reveal their little toes, and “Stop that whistling, I'm trying to think!” these toes are manicured, the nails nicely rounded, beautifully polished. Carlyle could have written about that. —Arthur Brisbane. Except among a certain clement drinking has practically stopped in this country. The younger generation is forgetting all about it. Oh, I hear about drinking, but I never see any of it. —Senator Wesley L. Jones. Iam never bored by a Borzoi book. —George Gershwin. The relation between an employer and his secretary, for instance, is very much like that between a man and his wife. —Dorothy Dix. One sort of talk we can’t stand is weather talk. What difference does the weather make?—Jay F. House. 1 am capable of making mistakes; capable too of being completely wrong —St. John Ervine. The clean, decent poor, their women are more wonderful than the daugh ters of kings. —Edgar Wallace. An evening coat is sometimes a pleasure, and sometimes it is not. —Mrs. Anne U. Stillman. Having more money than your neighbor can get to be monotonous. —Edgar A. Guest. , apis . Eyes were made to look forward. Officer O’Brien chased a golf-playing crook up an alley and caught him, That’s why they're in the front of the but the officer finally got away. head. —Bruce Barton. comicbooks.com