It is dated 1938. There are four panels. The first panel gives the title, "For Men Only: What to expect during housecleaning..."
There is a photo of Victor Gook with an angry face. He is eating from a can of beans. The caption reads: "Arthur Van Harvey, star of the NBC coast-to-coast "Vic and Sade" program, demonstrates what American husbands can expect during spring housecleaning season, this year or any other year. Coming home to eat your beans for dinner - and out of the can at that!".
The next photo is kind of hard to distinguish but Vic looks to be searching through some rubbish. It says, "The little woman has thrown away everything you want and kept what you don't want. Imagine finding your favorite pipe in the waste basket!"
The next photo has Vic sitting down on the floor reading. He doesn't look too unhappy (maybe he has a Kitchenware Quartley or his lodge magazine) but on the other hand he doesn't look too happy either. The caption reads: "All settled down for the evening with a magazine - on the floor. During spring housecleaning you're lucky to get in the house at all."
The final photo shows Vic in his hat, suit coat and tie but no pants! He grasps another suit jacket on a rod. It's obvious that he's unhappy. (It's a funny picture by the way, perhaps the funniest picture of any of the cast I've ever seen, anyway.) The caption reads: "Next morning you discover with a shock that the junk man has appropriated the trousers for your new suit. That's life - and spring housecleaning!"
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