Life, 1929-04-26 · page 11 of 36
Life — April 26, 1929 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two cartoons and several quoted aphorisms. The top cartoon depicts a figure on a tightrope above turbulent water, worried about "the old boat," suggesting anxiety during uncertain times—likely referencing economic or political instability of the publication's era. The bottom cartoon shows two figures in an old automobile labeled "The name's O'Reilly," appearing to be a visual pun or ethnic joke common to early 20th-century American humor. The surrounding quotations are satirical observations on various topics: education, gender relations, nationalism, feminism, and social class. They mock intellectualism, pretension, and conventional wisdom—typical of *Life* magazine's satirical approach during this period. The cartoons and quotes together represent the magazine's satirical commentary on contemporary American society and politics.
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“Mate, I've got to be frank. I'm getting worried about the old boat.” Little Rambles With Serious Thinkers Sex should be put in its proper place. It should be extolled and deified. —Bernarr Macfadden. Women are women. —D. H. Lawrence. I think of a young friend of mine who hasn't a penny in the world, who owns a Rowlandson drawing and a chipped Sevres teapot, and who re- turns to his one room in the evening after his day’s work, sure of a warm greeting and companionship. He will marry one day, I suppose, and value his teapot less highly, but it has al- teady seen him thru several difficult years with a loyalty that only a few human beings can rival. —Hugh Walpole. Any nation that can sing will be Prosperous, —Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. A feminist is a woman with a feeble mind whose brain cracked when she tied to reason. —A. B. See. The way to Heaven is not over a hill called Harvard, Yale or Princeton. —Gypsy Smith. When you hear a person say that cocktails do not agree with him, it gen- erally means that it is the glass the cocktails have been served in that does not agree with him. —George Jean Nathan. Active minds and hens aren't dis- couraged by infertile eggs. If an oc- casional batch doesn’t hatch they keep on and lay others. —Herbert Kaufman. I refuse to regard the people of the United States as in any way a holy people. —H. G. Wells. comicbooks.com