Life, 1929-06-07 · page 36 of 48
Life — June 7, 1929 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects brief jokes and cartoon gags typical of 1920s American humor magazines. Key content includes: **Social commentary**: Jokes mock wealth disparities—a millionaire's airplane has a bathroom (absurdly requiring loop-the-loops for showers), while poor Tennessee mountain families must flee their collapsing shacks to sit in their one possession, a sedan. **Political reference**: The text announces ex-President Coolidge and ex-Governor Al Smith will write for magazines. The satire suggests politicians are now becoming writers, and the joke implies Smith's wife Catherine opposes his writing for Curtis Publishing, fearing he'll get "hurt dodging in and out among the automobile ads"—mocking magazine clutter. **General satire**: Other jokes target modern conveniences (self-winding watches), class pretension (finishing school children), and bathroom etiquette. The cartoons illustrate these brief quips with period-appropriate illustrations. The page reflects 1920s concerns: economic inequality, celebrity politicians, and rapid technological/social change.
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34 An aeroplane built for an American millionaire contains a bathroom. An excellent shower may be obtained by the occupant of the bath who clings tightly to the rim and then signals to the pilot to loop the loop a few times. —Humorist. Fonp Parent (finishing story): And so they lived happily ever after: Ancet Cuitp: Gee Pop, lucky they didn’t get married. —Yale Record. There are poor people in the Ten- nessee mountains who live in such dilapidated shacks that every time it rains, they have to go out and get in the sedan. —Tom Sims for Kay Features. exh Uncre: | suppose you two are putting something by for a rainy day? Youne Wire (brightly): Oh, rather! We're saving up for a closed car! —London Opinion. “Why are you so down on Czecho- slovakia?” “Iam a poet.” —Pennsylvania Punch Bowl. Following ex-President Coolidge’s debut as a magazine writer, it is an- nounced that ex-Governor Smith will do a series for the Saturday Evening Post. The proper greeting for public men these days would appear to be “Author! Author!” Mrs. Smith is understood to be very much opposed to Al writing for Mr. Curtis. He is not as nimble as he once was, and she is afraid he will get hurt dodging in and out among Sue: All good animals go to heaven, but the bad ones go to the Natural the automobile ads. History Museum. —New York Sun. —Punch (by permission). Wi _ pains Warrress: Haven't they given you I iyi" a menu yet, mister? I " Famisnep Customer: Yes, but 1 finished that half an hour ago. —Georgia Cracker. A new sort of watch winds itself, and if someone will perfect a device to put out the milk bottles automati- cally, there should be no further trouble about going to bed. —Detroit News. A Scotsman was fined recently for throwing a cigarette packet on the ground in a London Park. An empty one, I presume. —Passing Show. _ One of the dangers of golf is think- Prumper (caught slacking, to lady of house): Do you usually come bar- ing you have found some mushrooms. gin’ into the bathroom without knockin’? —Tom Sims for Kay Features. —Punch (by permission). comicbooks.com