Life, 1894-03-08 · page 11 of 14
Life — March 8, 1894 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis: Life Magazine, Page 155 This page contains social humor and commentary typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. **Top illustration**: Shows a formal interior scene (appears to be a church or formal venue) with well-dressed men in tuxedos. The caption jokes about a modest-looking girl named Miss Giltedge, suggesting irony about her appearance versus her character. **Main content**: A substantial article by Rev. Madison C. Peters criticizing Italian educator Satoelli's involvement in American schools. Peters argues that sending a foreign educator to dictate school policy is insulting to American intelligence, particularly given Italy's literacy rates. He invokes Revolutionary patriotism ("spirit of 1776"), suggesting this represents unwelcome foreign interference in American education. **Bottom**: Brief humor pieces about love and a Sunday school riddle. The satire targets both pretension and foreign influence in American institutions.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
oepenrmypguermce n= He: WHAT & MODEST LOOKING GIRL Miss GILTEDGE 18, She: THe MOST MODEST CREATURE I EVER KNEW. SHE 18 TOO MODEST TO TELL THE NAKED TRUTH. EXTRACT FROM MARRIAGE NOTICE. “The bridegroom, who appeared extremely happy, was supported by his friend, Mr. J— s—.” HE REV. MADISON C. PETERS, in speaking on “ No ign Interference with American Schools,” recently hit the nail on the head with an accuracy that ought to send it a good way toward home. He said “Satolli’s cautious concessions on the school question, made when he first arrived here, won him the good- will of the American people. But Satolli has shown himself to be a man of many masks. If Americans need any outside aid in settling their educa- tional problem they would prefer an ambassador from a land, if such can be found, where the standard of education is higher, and not lower, AT THIS SEASON. than it is in the United States. It is an insult to American HE head and the heart in the game of love, intelligence to have a man sent here to dictate in reference Must each play a separate part ; to our schools who cannot speak our language, and who But we'll pardon a girl a cold in the head, comes from a nation where at least 70 out of 100 persons If she'll only be warm in the heart, can neither read nor write. If Americans still cherish the a spirit of 1776, Satolli would be placed ina pneumatic gun of IN SUNDAY SCHOOL. solid American sentiment and fired to Italy forthwith.” “TEACHER : Who was the wisest man ? SCHOLAR: Noah; cause he knowed when to go in ‘* HE Girl I Left Behind Me" was on “ A Bicycle Built out of the wet. for Two.”