Life, 1929-06-14 · page 15 of 44
Life — June 14, 1929 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct satirical pieces from *Life* magazine: **Top cartoon**: A domestic scene mocking a "bootlegger's wife" who answers the door. The humor references Prohibition-era illegal alcohol smuggling—bootleggers were criminals who produced/sold illicit liquor. The satire targets the wives of these criminals. **Bottom cartoon ("Little Rambles With Serious Thinkers")**: A wife in a tall apartment building tells her husband "Theophilus, I'm certain I hear somebody down stairs!" This satirizes urban anxiety and paranoia, likely mocking both the claustrophobia of apartment living and exaggerated domestic fears. The thought bubble shows chaotic activity below. The page also includes several quotations attributed to public figures (Dorothy Dix, George Jean Nathan, Milton Cross, etc.) offering social commentary on wives, speech, and class—typical of *Life*'s satirical format mixing visual jokes with pithy observations.
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| If men would only take as much trouble in training their wives as they do their stenographers there would be more efficient wives and more satis- fied husbands. —Dorothy Dix. A nation that eats its sandwiches sitting on the grass is pretty gener ally a peaceful and contented one. —George Jean Nathan Because we announcers are the daily caamples of spoken English to inil- lions of people, we should be most par ticular of our speech. —Milton ]. Cross. Boorteccer’s Wire: OA, Fred—there’s someone at the door! Litele Rambles With Serious Thinkers I myself came from the working cass. When I was a young man | worked for years in factories. These working people are close to me, al- though [am no longer a working. class man. I have my own class. I belong to the artist class. —Sherwood Anderson. Probably no woman in American political life has more truly qualified as a genuine stateswoman than has Mabel Walker Willebrandt. —Ernest H. Cherrington. Mencken, although extremely igno- rant about women, is, in my opinion, Wire: Theophilus, © I'm the most intelligent American I know certain 1 hear somebody and would make the best President. « down stairs! —Heywood Broun. comicbooks.com